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From compliant to capable: balanced capacity development for local organisations

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  • Anna Wetterberg
  • Derick W. Brinkerhoff
  • Jana C. Hertz

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How to strengthen local capacity through donor-funded projects remains opaque. Using the European Centre for Development Policy Management's core capabilities model to examine a project engaging local organisations, we identify capabilities differentiating performance and gains from project participation. The studied organisations were often weak in capabilities important for successfully working with local governments. Some strengthened capacity, but improvements were concentrated in capabilities related to complying with donors’ requirements rather than capabilities enhancing performance. We question assumptions underlying programme designs based on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's donor-country cooperation principles, and offer suggestions for balancing capacity gains to sustain independent local organisations.

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  • Anna Wetterberg & Derick W. Brinkerhoff & Jana C. Hertz, 2015. "From compliant to capable: balanced capacity development for local organisations," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(7), pages 966-985, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:25:y:2015:i:7:p:966-985
    DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2015.1073224
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    1. Joseph Kwadwo Danquah & Farhad Analoui & Boakye Boampong & Ambrose Kwabena Amenshiah, 2022. "Developing sustainable capacity for urban assemblies: Case study of a World Bank project in Ghana," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 34(8), pages 1587-1605, November.

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