Publication: Linking Individual, Organizational, and Institutional Capacity Building to Results
Date
2006-12
ISSN
Published
2006-12
Author(s)
Vinod, Thomas
Abstract
Achieving rapid development calls for
improved capacity in the public and private sectors to
support development policies and projects. The World Bank
recognizes that capacity building is a long-term process
requiring a systemic approach. That is why many Bank
projects in Africa and elsewhere include capacity
development activities. But three drawbacks have limited the
effectiveness of these efforts: many operations do not --
but need to -- take an integrated view of solutions
involving the individual, organizational, and institutional
contexts; individual, organizational, and institutional
links vary greatly across sectors -- not addressing these
differences has led to less effective capacity building; and
capacity goals as they relate to this understanding of the
individual, organizational, and institutional aspects have
not been explicit. This Capacity Brief discusses and
illustrates the importance of integrating capacity-building
efforts at all three levels, and addressing differences
among sectors in their integration, while setting forth
explicit capacity goals and monitoring and evaluating
progress toward them.
Citation
“Vinod, Thomas. 2006. Linking Individual, Organizational, and Institutional Capacity Building to Results. Capacity Development Briefs; No. 19. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/149e2b5f-3a9d-5f5e-be21-51280681b926 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”