Case studies

After analysing the framework of capacity building and the various regimes in which it operates, this chapter moves to examine the impacts and vulnerabilities of these efforts on the ground. By undertaking the case studies of three countries, Bangladesh, Uganda and Jamaica, two of which are LDCs and another a small island developing state (SIDS), we demonstrate that LDCs and SIDS are impacted the most by climate change. This chapter particularly highlights that although these two groups of countries are in need of capacity building, their needs differ in critical ways. Country-based studies and reports conducted by governments and various agencies demonstrate overlapping and differing aspects of vulnerabilities, policies, institutional mechanisms and capacity-building efforts. In order to bolster South-South cooperation, LDCs and SIDs can learn from each other’s strengths and weaknesses to overcome development hurdles.