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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lopes, Carlos, author.

Contributor:

Theisohn, Thomas, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial capacity--Developing countries.

Industrial capacity.

Economic development projects--Developing countries.

Economic development projects.

Technical assistance--Developing countries.

Technical assistance.

Organizational learning--Developing countries.

Organizational learning.

Organizational change--Developing countries.

Organizational change.

Leadership--Developing countries.

Leadership.

Intellectual property--Developing countries.

Intellectual property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Earthscan, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

pt. A. Capacity development in practice : issues, potentials and critical considerations

pt. B. Casebook of experiences and lessons.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-03117-3

1-315-06568-1

1-134-03110-6

9781315065687

OCLC:

852759145