Capacity-Building: An approach to people-centred development (Oxfam Development Guidelines) - Softcover

Eade, Deborah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0855983663 ISBN 13: 9780855983666

Verlag: Oxfam GB, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

(Capacity-building is an integral part of development theory and practise. However, aid agencies that ignore people's existing strengths may create dependency and so make people more vulnerable than before. This book considers specific and practical ways in which NGO's can contribute to enabling people to build on the capacities they already possess. It reviews the types of social organisation with which NGO's might consider working and the provision of training in a variety of relevant skills and activities. The particular importance of using a capacity-building approach in emergency situations and of the dynamic and long-term nature of the process is also emphasised)

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Capacity Building makes highly interesting reading for all those involved in development cooperation. It challenges the reader and forces one to answer some pertinent questions. I recommend it. Development Cooperation

Reseña del editor

The prime purpose of Oxfam and similar development agencies is to assist poor men and women in changing their situation and exercising their right to participate in the development of their societies. However, aid agencies that ignore peoples existing strengths may create dependency, and so make people more vulnerable than before. This book examines the concept of capacity-building and why it is such an integral part of development. It considers specific and practical ways in which NGOs can contribute to enabling people to build on the capacities they already possess, while avoiding undermining such capacities.

"Capacity-Building" reviews the types of social organization with which NGOs might consider working, and the provision of training in a variety of skills and activities, for the people involved and for their organization. The particular importance of using a capacity-building approach in emergency situations, and the dynamic and long-term nature of the process, are emphasized.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxfam GB
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0855983663
• ISBN 13: 9780855983666
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 236