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Graduate School of International Studies
Department of International Development Cooperation
3. Theses(Master)
Impact of Korean aid (KOICA Fellowship Program) on capacity development of Nepal
- Subtitle
- A case study of KOICA fellowship returnees'
- Author(s)
- Satyal Siri
- Advisor
- Byoung Kwan Kim
- Department
- 국제대학원 국제개발협력학과
- Publisher
- Graduate School of International Studies Ajou University
- Publication Year
- 2020-08
- Language
- eng
- Alternative Abstract
- Foreign Aid has been playing a vital role in the economic development of developing countries like Nepal. It is very hard to deny the standing of it in Nepal. It remains an important source of development finance for Nepal. Nepal’s quest to become a middle-income country and achieve the SDGs by 2030 demands a huge amount of resources including foreign assistance. It flows to some areas of National Priority are efficient .The majority aid consists of capacity development elements. Technical assistance, capacity building, capacity strengthening no matter what name given by the donors to the program there is always focus to create internal strength of Nepal. Human resources in government are crucial for national development because civil servants have been recognized as crucial elements for national development that formulate and implement public policies. Reinforcing limit with regards to better public governance is increasing numerous features recent years in Nepal and it began to pay increasing attention to capacity development programs especially through supporting authoritative change activities and improving administrative systems through offering scholarship opportunities for academic courses and training programs, under the funding of foreign nations and their funding agencies in the name of a capacity-building program. KOICA Fellowship program is one of the major cooperation programs of capacity development where public servants from developing countries like Nepal are invited to Korea for technical training, knowledge and experience sharing. Until this point, 1622 Nepalese government authorities have gone to KOICA program in Korea. The study attempt to investigate, report and analyze the participants’ critical occurrences of learning during the recent years, each individual participant’s biographies, their insights of how the KOICA Fellowship Program influenced their critical learning incidents, and the results of their learning on their work places. Using a newly collected, detailed dataset of 254 returnees of the KOICA fellowship Program. This study evaluates the impact of the program by applying Kirkpatrick’s four-level training evaluation model to evaluate (1) returnee’s satisfaction on the program, (2) knowledge and skills gained from the program, (3) application of gained knowledge on their work, and lastly (4) contribution to socio-economic development of Nepal . Results advise high levels of satisfaction with most aspects of the program, while identifying areas for future enhancement. Participants report high knowledge gains in all fields of study, as well as boosts in career-related confidence levels, Knowledge gained during the program is found to be applied at work, shared with colleagues, and used heavily in the design and implementation of policies in their home countries.
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