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Practical Guide to Capacity Development in a Sector Context

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Publication Date: May 2008
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This Practical Guide aims to assist practitioners working with capacity development (CD) processes. It targets staff and managers in public organizations who are or want to become change agents or change managers, as well as staff from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or other development partners who wish to support CD processes.

The guide is most useful in decision making and planning processes at the strategic level. While it is intended to serve within the context of a broad sector perspective, where several organizations may form part of a sector-wide CD process, the tools in the guide may also serve narrower CD processes in individual organizations.

The tools are first and foremost helpful for partner-led diagnosis and planning of CD. They are intended for use in governments’ diagnostics and analytical work, pre-country program strategy analysis, and assessments and economic, thematic, and sector work.

We would be interested to know your comments on the use of the tools and suggestions for its improvements are most welcome. Please send them to CDfocalpoint@adb.org.

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Contents

Background and Credits

  1. Part A: Introduction
    1. Capacity Development—Basic Concepts
    2. Overview of Tools and Their Use in the Context of ADB Business Processes
  2. Part B: Using the Tools
    1. Setting the Stage—Delimiting the Sector
    2. Scanning the Institutional and Political Economy Context
    3. Assessing Organizational Capacity
    4. Sector Governance Mapping
    5. Stakeholder and Actor Analysis—CD Readiness
    6. Partners’ Roles in CD Processes
    7. CD Change Management Design
    8. Self-Assessment of Change Capacity
    9. Sequencing and Scoping of CD and Reform
    10. Logical Design of CD Processes and Support to CD
Appendix 1: Quick Summary Capacity Scanning Matrix and Process Checklist
Appendix 2: Terms of Reference for Capacity Assessment
References and Guidelines for Capacity Development

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