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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826681803321

Autore

Lopes Carlos.

Titolo

Ownership, leadership and transformation : can we do better for capacity development? / / Carlos Lopes and Thomas Theisohn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Earthscan, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-03117-3

1-315-06568-1

1-134-03110-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (372 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TheisohnThomas <1961->

Disciplina

338.4/5

Soggetti

Industrial capacity - Developing countries

Economic development projects - Developing countries

Technical assistance - Developing countries

Organizational learning - Developing countries

Organizational change - Developing countries

Leadership - Developing countries

Intellectual property - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [158]-166) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. A. Capacity development in practice : issues, potentials and critical considerations -- pt. B. Casebook of experiences and lessons.

Sommario/riassunto

The third and final in a series, this text bridges the conceptual foundations of capacity development and the difficulties and practical realities in the field. It demystifies the process of capacity development to make it more user-friendly. The book has two parts. The first shows how long-standing development dilemmas can be turned into opportunities for capacity development and societal transformation. It proposes a set of principles to guide the search for context-specific approaches as the norm, and based on these default principles the authors explore relevant issues in comprehensible st