January 2011 Blog Posts (4)

Updated Development Database

The World Bank’s Open Data Initiative website now has easier access to data and additional data sets. The site is searchable by country/economy, indicator and topic. The data catalog includes World Development Indicators, Actionable Governance Indicators, Gender Statistics, Knowledge Economy, AidFlows and much more.

This short video describes the website's key…

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Added by WBICapacityDevelopment&Results on January 20, 2011 at 3:45pm — No Comments

Capacity Development for Resources Managers

I truly believe that capacity can be acquired, especially for administrators and the resources managers.It is all about commitment toward community economic planning, and economic development , is about improving the living condition of people in our environment. Development involves process of economic, political and social change in a progress direction towards better social well being of the people of our beloved nation. That is why in social sciences, people must be at the centre of…

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Added by Oladipo Michael Aderohunmu on January 19, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments

Multi-actor systems as entry point to capacity development

See for an interesting article on Capacity.org

Effectiveness is created ‘on the shop floor’ and spreads mosteffectively through bottom-up and horizontal links rather than being imposed from the top. Capacitycannot be taught. Rather it evolves from helping actors to deal jointly with real-life challenges.So working consciously, or deliberately, with multi-actor systems is an essential evolution. Theconcept of action CD helps to shift away from a supply-push approach to responsive support.… Continue

Added by Harm Duiker on January 12, 2011 at 6:06am — No Comments