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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973465703321

Titolo

Capacity for development : new solutions to old problems / / edited by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Carlos Lopes, and Khalid Malik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Sterling, VA, : Earthscan Publications, 2002

ISBN

1-136-57050-0

600-00-0304-8

1-4175-2246-1

9786610475810

1-136-57051-9

1-280-47581-1

1-84977-065-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

viii, 284 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

Fukuda-ParrSakiko <1950->

LopesCarlos

MalikKhalid <1952->

Disciplina

338.9/009172/4

Soggetti

Industrial capacity - Developing countries

Infrastructure (Economics) - Developing countries

Economic development projects - Developing countries

Technical assistance - Developing countries

Information technology - Economic aspects - Developing countries

Economic development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Capacity and development -- pt. 2. Ownership -- pt. 3. Knowledge.

Sommario/riassunto

'The United Nations system was a pioneer in the field of technical cooperation, and capacity development is its central mandate. UNDP has long played an important leadership role in both, as a source of technical cooperation funds and advisory services and as the home of innovative intellectual research and analysis on how to make them more efficient and effective. This book [presents] a vision that builds on new possibilities for knowledge-sharing, for which the revolution in



information and communications technologies offers ample opportunities... a vision that is firmly founded on genuine ownership by the ultimate beneficiaries of development efforts: the government and citizens of developing countries' From the Foreword by MARK MALLOCH BROWN, Administrator, UNDP Capacity for Development brings together innovative and well-supported studies of technical cooperation along with its potential to build sustainable capacities in developing countries, by enhancing the knowledge, skills and productive aptitudes of their populations. A team of eminent development professionals and economists examine the achievements of technical cooperation and offer recommendations for reform in the context of globalization, democratisation, the information revolution and the growth of capacities in the South. They analyse the issues from three perspectives: ownership, capacity enablers and knowledge. The team show how the complex processes involved can be restructured to produce local involvement and empowerment, set out a normative framework for the input from society, and describe a new paradigm of knowledge for capacity building in the network age. This book will be essential reading for all development professionals and policy-makers, as well as providing an invaluable research and teaching resource.