Contents -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY OF RESULTS -- Current Social and Economic Situation -- Improving the Lives of the Rural Poor, Reducing Poverty, and Achieving the MDGs -- Creating Wealth and Diversifying the Economy -- Government Commitment to STI Capacity Building -- Methodology and Design of the STI Capacity-Building Program -- Lessons Learned -- Implementation Issues -- Notes -- CHAPTER 2: THE FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY -- Situation Analysis/Needs Assessment -- Standardization and Quality Management -- Human Resource Constraints -- Markets for Processed Foods -- Development Potential for the Food-Processing Industry -- Recommended Strategies -- Educating and Training People -- Developing Business Development Services -- Improving Transport and Packaging -- Conducting Market Research and Feasibility Studies -- Adopting Complementary Measures -- CHAPTER 3: VALUE-ADDED EXPORTS -- Situation Analysis/Needs Assessment -- Recommended Public-Private Partnerships for Capacity Building in Value-Added Enterprises -- Public-Private Partnership for Technical and Vocational Training -- Public-Private Grant Facility for Enterprise-Based Training -- Establishing a Public-Private Technology Information Service -- Establishing a Matching Grant Program for Investment in Productive Technologies -- Creating a Public-Private Organic Production and Research Association -- Building Capacity for Organic Production and Certification -- Public-Private Instruments for Capacity Building in Design and Product Development -- Notes -- CHAPTER 4: DEVELOPMENT AND DIFFUSION OF APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES -- Situation Analysis/Needs Assessment -- Agencies and Institutions Responsible for Promoting Appropriate Technology -- Factors Hampering the Development and Transfer of Appropriate Technology.

Recommended Strategies -- Building Capacity at CITT -- Building Capacity at IRST -- Building Capacity at Vocational Training Centers -- Establishing a Technology Development Fund -- Notes -- CHAPTER 5: DELIVERY OF CLEAN DRINKING WATER -- Situation Analysis/Needs Assessment -- Recommended Strategies -- Training Local Water Technicians -- Training District- and National-Level Managers -- Building Capacity at KIST -- Building Capacity at NUR -- Building Capacity at ISAE -- CHAPTER 6: GEOSCIENCES AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY -- Strategy A: Fast-Track "Urgent" Plan for Geothermal Resource Assessment and Pilot Power Generation -- Institutional Set-Up -- Capacity Building through Hands-On Training -- Strategy B: Long-Term Institution/Capacity Building for Geothermal Energy and Geoscience Development: The Rwanda Geoscientific Center -- Required Capacity-Building Efforts -- Notes -- CHAPTER 7: CLIENT-FOCUSED AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHAND OUTREACH -- Situation Analysis/Needs Assessment -- Weaknesses in the Performance of the Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer System -- Weaknesses in the Public Research and Technology Transfer System -- Weaknesses in Private Sector Participation -- Weaknesses in the Agricultural Education and Training System -- Recommended Strategies for Capacity Building -- Strengthen the Key Components of the Agricultural Researchand Technology Transfer System -- Empower the Beneficiaries of Agricultural Research and Outreach -- Promote the Profitability of Agriculture and Private Sector Participation -- Improve ISAR's Institutional Performance -- Improve Coordination, Methods, and Performance Standards for Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer -- Develop and Manage Human Resources -- Build Capacity at ISAE and NUR -- Notes -- APPENDIX 1: Background Documents.

APPENDIX 2: Sample Terms of Reference for the Needs Assessment and Action Plan Studies -- APPENDIX 3: Public Institutions Involved in STI Capacity-Building Action Plans -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Box 1.1: Improving Institutional Capacity and Building anInnovation Culture -- Figure 1.1: Enterprise-based Model of STI Capacity Building -- Figure 1.2: Cross-cutting Nature of STI Capacity Building -- Figure 1.3: STI Capacity Building Cuts Across Traditional Silos of Development -- Figure 1.4: Capacity-building Needs at Various Skill Levels -- Figure 5.1: Access to Clean Drinking Water and Sanitation, 2000-20 -- Figure 7.1: STI System for Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer (ARTT) in Rwanda -- Table 4.1: Status of Appropriate Technologies in Rwanda -- Table 5.1: Recommended Capacity-Building Activities in the Water and Sanitation Sector -- Table 5.2: Projected Number of Workers Needed to Handle Basic Water Supply and Management Tasks -- Table 3A.1: Public Institutions Involved in STI Capacity-Building Action Plans.