The record of capacity development in Africa over the past decade is mixed. Yet the experience is also full of lessons learned and approaches tested that provide a treasure trove of evidence for building a more successful and sustainable approach. Some of the lessons are for the international...

In Niger, where only a fifth of the population is literate and poverty is rife, radio has taken on an extraordinarily important role in the lives of its citizens. Radio programs are not only the means through which people entertain themselves and get the daily news, they are also playing a proxy...

WHEN MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES gathered in September in Accra, Ghana, to discuss the effectiveness of the $100-billion-a-year international aid business, one topic permeated nearly all the discussions: capacity development. This article looks at the changing approach to capacity development in...

A growing body of evidence suggests that learning and cooperation among developing nations is increasing in both frequency and complexity and expanding from just economic cooperation to include a variety of topics: health, education, communication, research, and development. Due to shared...