Absorptive Capacity in the Security and Justice Sectors - Assessing Obstacles to Success in the Donor-Recipient Relationship

In development, stabilization, and peace building, donors increasingly recognize the importance of being sensitive to the local contexts of their efforts. Yet the use of "blueprints" remains widespread. Even when standard approaches are modified for particular aid partners, there often remains a poor fit between donor efforts and local conditions. When recipients cannot absorb the aid and attention they are offered, the common response is "capacity building."

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Robert D. Lamb, Kathryn Mixon, Andrew Halterman

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• Authors: Andrew Halterman, Robert D. Lamb, Robert D. Mixon Lamb, Kathryn Mixon
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.07.2013
• EAN: 9781442225138
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-2513-8
• No. of pages: 52
• Series: CSIS Reports; CSIS Reports
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education