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Capacity development: why, what and how (pdf 169kb)

This paper outlines some of the reasons for the emergent interest in capacity development within the international development community. It also attempts to explain what is meant by the term capacity development while detailing some of the implications for donors and developing countries of embracing a capacity development approach.

 

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