발전과정에 있어서 제도개혁의 역할과 역량개발

The Role of Institutional Reform and Capacity Development in the Process of Development

This paper is to concern with paradigm shift of aid and development, the important role of institutional reform and capacity development to enhance development and aid effectiveness in developing countries. The traditional approach of aid and development was moved away and putting institutional development at the center of aid efforts and development made a radical paradigm shift in the way of doing cooperation. In this new paradigm, institutional development becomes both a key objective of cooperation as well as a method of work; i.e. an overall approach geared at delivering aid in ways that build ownership, mobilize local capacity and produce institutional change, improving governance, policy reform and development. Mainstreaming institutional development is both a timely and complex exercise. In order to enhance the exercises of success, it seems useful to agree on a set of basic premises(or guiding principles) for effective implementation. Institutional reforms for good governance are key elements in the process of development for all developing countries. Development can not be achieved without improved governance and institutional reform including capacity development. The major role of implementing these tasks must be played by governments of developing countries in collaboration of international donor agencies. Success or failure of institutional development mainly depends on ownership, leadership, strong commitment and capacity development at home. The heart of the problem in developing countries is not the lack of funding or technical know-how, but a matter of governance and the resulting inability to make good use of existing institutions and capacities. Helping to overcome these fundamental institutional barriers to development is the key challenge for the international donor community. Needless to say that if donor agencies want to provide an effective contribution to this agenda, they will need to reform their own corporate culture and management system, procedures and capacities.