What does capacity look like? How does capacity develop endogenously? What is the driving force behind successful capacity development? Does better capacity necessarily lead to better performance? What can outsiders do to support capacity development?
These are the kinds of questions that a study under ECDPM leadership is trying to answer. This study - Capacity, Change and Performance - aims at a better understanding of the relationships among these three factors and at developing practical guidance for policy makers and practitioners. Its research methodology focuses mainly on an extensive literature review and 18 in-depth field cases which look at how capacity has developed from the perspective of those involved in the change process.
The focus of the study is on the endogenous process of capacity development – the process of change from within the system. This includes the factors that encourage it, how it differs from one context to another and why efforts to develop capacity succeed in some contexts better than in others. The specific purposes of the study are:
- to enhance understanding of the interrelationships amongst capacity, organisational change, and performance across a wide range of development experiences, and
- to provide general recommendations and tools to improve the effectiveness of the design and implementation of interventions in support of improved capacities and performance.
| We have finalised the work with a Study Report, entitled Capacity, Change and Performance, which has been uploaded into the synthesis section. We are looking forward to your comments. |
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Last update on 7 May 2008