Improving International Capacity Development: Bright Spots

by Jim Armstrong

Book Overview

Nothing is more important to a new, fragile or developing nation than developing the capacity of its government to support national well-being. Every society is complex; every government is complex. Yet, well-intentioned international development aid, born in an era of infrastructure projects, continues to apply simplistic technical solutions to these wickedly complex development problems. It's an outside-in approach that rarely succeeds, even by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349456527
• ISBN13: 9781349456529
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"