Capacity-building
Capacity-building in Global Commerce Policy
In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: support for developing countries to improve their ability to implement and observe their international treaty obligations. Capacity- building programs are usually provided through multilateral and regional organizations, such as the WTO and APEC, or through bilateral programs. Various methods and principles have been devised to make capacity-buiding more effective. The OECD Development Assistance Committee, for example, has adopted the following principles: (a) coordinate trade capacity-building efforts among donors, both bilateral and multilateral, (b) ensure that trade capacity-building activities are comprehensive in scope and integrated in execution by going, for example, beyond trade ministries, (c) foster local ownership and participation in trade-related development cooperation activities, (d) devise and embrace approaches that will strengthen sustainability, (e) strengthen donors’ own trade-related capacities through a systematic exchange of information on programs and experiences, and (f) commit greater financial and personnel resources to efforts to build trade policy frameworks in developing countries – with the prospect of substantial returns. See also implementation.[1]
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For an introductory overview on international trade policy, see this entry.
Resources
Notes and References
- Dictionary of Trade Policy, “Capacity-building” entry (OAS)
See Also
Capacity Building
See Also
- Governance
- Community Organizing
- Contract Enforcement
- Knowledge Management
- Regional Development Bank
- State Building
Further Reading
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Blunt, P. (2003). Governance conditions, roles and capacitybuilding
needs in the rebel held areas of southern Sudan.
Public Administration and Development, 23(2), 125 139.
Shirlow, P., & Murtagh, B. (2004). Capacity-building,
representation and community conflict. Urban Studies,
41(1), 57 70.
Squires, G. D. (2002). Book review: Building community
capacity. Contemporary Sociology, 31(2), 173 174. - Capacity Building in the Encyclopedia of Governance, Mark Bevir – University of California, Berkeley, USA, 2007, SAGE Publications
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