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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820922603321

Titolo

Capacity building in Africa : : an OED evaluation of World Bank support / / World Bank Operations Evaluation Department, OED

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2005

ISBN

1-280-18194-X

9786610181940

0-8213-6242-9

Descrizione fisica

xvii, 92 pages : illustrations ; ; 28 cm

Collana

Operations Evaluation Studies

Disciplina

332.1/532/096

Soggetti

Economic development projects - Africa - Evaluation

Public administration - Africa

Infrastructure (Economics) - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-92).

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Summary of Findings and Recommendations; 1 Introduction; Tables; 2 Assessing Support for Capacity Building in the Public Sector; Boxes; Figures; 3 Relevance: Making Capacity Building a Goal; 4 Efficacy: Adapting Interventions to Country and Sector Conditions; 5 Providing Capacity Building Support through Corporate and Regional Mechanisms; 6 Findings and Recommendations; Annexes; Endnotes; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

African countries need to improve the performance of their public sectors if they are going to achieve their goals of growth, poverty reduction, and the provision of better services for their citizens. Between 1995 and 2004, the Bank provided some 9 billion in lending and close to 900 million in grants and administrative budget to support public sector capacity building in Africa. This evaluation assesses Bank support for public sector capacity building in Africa over these past 10 years. It is based on six country studies, assessments of country strategies and operations across the Region,