Title: On the meaning(s) of \"capacity\" in the literature and practice of administrative reform in transitional countries : searching for clarity (with an application to local government in Serbia)

Authors: Straussman, Jeffrey D.

Place: Lawrence, KS

Publisher: University of Kansas. Public management research association (PMRA)

Year: 2002

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, public services, public administration, capacity building, training programmes

Abstract: This discussion of the concept of CB highlights the imprecision of the term. But more important than conceptual elegance is the fact that projects aimed at enhancing capacity really have had very broad and sometimes unclear goals.

URL: http://www.pmranet.org/conferences/georgetownpapers/Straussman.pdf

Document type: Portal