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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163009903321

Autore

Analoui Farhad

Titolo

Critical Capacity Development / / by Farhad Analoui, Joseph Kwadwo Danquah

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-47416-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVII, 134 p. 5 illus., 3 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

320

Soggetti

Economic policy

Economic development

Economic development—Environmental aspects

International organization

Social change

Development Policy

Development Theory

Development and Sustainability

International Organization

Development and Social Change

Regional Development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Why Capacity Development?  -- 2. Management Perspectives and Trajectory of Capacity Development  -- 3. Capacity Development in context of Development: A Critical Debate  -- 4. Capacity Development: The World Bank and UNDP Perceptive  -- 5. Uses of Capacity Development in the Development Practice  -- 6. Capacity Development and Institutional Change: Impacts on Development Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa  -- 7. Conclusion: Current Thinking in Capacity Development, Vision and Implications.

Sommario/riassunto

This book contributes to our understanding of a neglected and poorly-understood concept within the development field: ‘capacity development’ in the context of international human and organisational



sustainable development. Relating ‘capacity development’ to other perspectives in development thinking and practice and providing an account of the concept’s genesis, the book introduces readers to contemporary empirical research initiatives that help to elucidate the concepts of capacity, capacity development, and capacity management. While capacity development initiatives and programmes have been used by most governments, third-sector organizations, and international and national agencies over the course of the last five decades, the term means different things to different people and especially to different major players and stakeholders in the international community. This weakens its effectiveness, hence the need for unification. This book therefore strives first of all to set ground rules that can be utilised by international aid providers such as UNDP, OECD, World Bank, and CIDA and practitioners alike. .