Capacity: Helping countries lead

The Ownership Policy Brief encourages United States Foreign Aid to deliver aid in a way that listens and learns from those who know best: people who receive and deliver aid. This specific paper urges the US to support capacity-building by increasing the use of already pre-existing national systems. It provides background on capacity and country ownership, as well as information on how the US is currently dealing with aid and capacity-building. The documents present risks and threats, and sheds light on reforms that are going in the right direction.