Case stories on capacity development and sustainable results

iiiForewordAbout the publicationAcknowledgementsTable of ContentsJoint Statement on Results and Capacity DevelopmentALBANIA – Strengthening local government in the Kukës region 1ASIA AND THE PACIFIC – The Asia-PacificDevelopment Center on Disability 4BHUTAN – Building capacities to build revenues 7ETHIOPIA – Building capacity for aid management 10GUINEA-BISSAU – Supporting development of the education system 13KENYA – National capacity for policy analysis and research:the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis 16LAO PDR – Entrepreneurs driving productivityand capacity in smallholder rice farming 19Nigeria – The Interfaith Mediation Centre 22Papua New Guinea – Creating capacity fordecentralized service delivery 25Paraguay – Improved coordination for poverty reduction 28São Tomé e Príncipe – Building an effective healthcare system 31SIERRA LEONE – The improvement of service deliverythrough decentralization and capacity building in Sierra Leone 34UGANDA – Using multi-stakeholder processesfor capacity development in an agricultural value chain 37ZAMBIA – Support to the water sector 40ZAMBIA – Building capacity of small and medium-sized businesses:the Zambia Chamber of Small and Medium Business Associations 43ivviviiix