"According to one early observer looking at the state of the field, ‘capacity building’ is simply being used as a ‘buzz word’ by international agencies for whatever they wish to do, with or without any accountability or logic (Enemark, 2003). The current state of the field among the major donors is such that it appears to have already reached a theatre of the absurd. A World Bank review noted that ‘examples abound’ in which these initiatives ‘severely undermine public management in recipient countries and unwittingly block rather than promote progress in public sector reform and institution-building."