What Role for Diaspora Expertise in Post-Conflict Reconstruction? Lessons from Afghanistan, and West Bank and Gaza
The Afghanistan Expatriate Program (AEP) and the Palestinian Expatriate Professional Project (PEPP) recruit expatriates through a merit-based system to build capacity in government departments and agencies in Afghanistan and West Bank and Gaza resp...
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okr-10986-111812021-04-23T14:02:54Z What Role for Diaspora Expertise in Post-Conflict Reconstruction? Lessons from Afghanistan, and West Bank and Gaza World Bank CAPACITY BUILDING CORPORATE CULTURE CORRECTIVE MEASURES DECISION-MAKING DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FLEXIBILITY GAPS GOOD PRACTICE IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INCOME KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS NGO PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PRIVATE SECTOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSPARENCY The Afghanistan Expatriate Program (AEP) and the Palestinian Expatriate Professional Project (PEPP) recruit expatriates through a merit-based system to build capacity in government departments and agencies in Afghanistan and West Bank and Gaza respectively. Beyond individual success stories, both initiatives faced the tremendous challenge of translating individual inputs into institutional capacity building and as a result, both programs could not generate the expected increase in capacity of the local civil service. Indeed, strengthening management and technical capabilities of the ministries and agencies in both projects was achieved only sporadically. The one real value of the expatriate programs was the expatriates' knowledge of the local language and environment and, in the case of the AEP, a single window funding for short-term consultants. However, such programs are only stop-gap and unless they build capacity over the medium term, as donor funding diminishes they are unsustainable for recipient governments. This dissemination note aims to capture lessons learned from the AEP and PEPP programs. 2012-08-13T14:22:33Z 2012-08-13T14:22:33Z 2006-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/07/7008653/role-diaspora-expertise-post-conflict-reconstruction-lessons-afghanistan-west-bank-gaza http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11181 English Social Development Notes; No. 25 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research South Asia Middle East and North Africa Afghanistan West Bank and Gaza |
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The Afghanistan Expatriate Program (AEP)
and the Palestinian Expatriate Professional Project (PEPP)
recruit expatriates through a merit-based system to build
capacity in government departments and agencies in
Afghanistan and West Bank and Gaza respectively. Beyond
individual success stories, both initiatives faced the
tremendous challenge of translating individual inputs into
institutional capacity building and as a result, both
programs could not generate the expected increase in
capacity of the local civil service. Indeed, strengthening
management and technical capabilities of the ministries and
agencies in both projects was achieved only sporadically.
The one real value of the expatriate programs was the
expatriates' knowledge of the local language and
environment and, in the case of the AEP, a single window
funding for short-term consultants. However, such programs
are only stop-gap and unless they build capacity over the
medium term, as donor funding diminishes they are
unsustainable for recipient governments. This dissemination
note aims to capture lessons learned from the AEP and PEPP programs. |
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What Role for Diaspora Expertise in Post-Conflict Reconstruction?
Lessons from Afghanistan, and West Bank and Gaza |
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What Role for Diaspora Expertise in Post-Conflict Reconstruction?
Lessons from Afghanistan, and West Bank and Gaza |
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What Role for Diaspora Expertise in Post-Conflict Reconstruction?
Lessons from Afghanistan, and West Bank and Gaza |
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What Role for Diaspora Expertise in Post-Conflict Reconstruction?
Lessons from Afghanistan, and West Bank and Gaza |
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What Role for Diaspora Expertise in Post-Conflict Reconstruction?
Lessons from Afghanistan, and West Bank and Gaza |
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what role for diaspora expertise in post-conflict reconstruction?
lessons from afghanistan, and west bank and gaza |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/07/7008653/role-diaspora-expertise-post-conflict-reconstruction-lessons-afghanistan-west-bank-gaza http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11181 |
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