
Rethinking Absorptive Capacity
A New Framework, Applied to Afghanistan's Police Training Program
Centre for Strategic & International Studies,U.S. (Publisher)
Published on 1. July 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
68 pages
978-1-4422-2505-3 (ISBN)
Description
When recipients cannot absorb the aid and attention they are offered, the common response is "capacity building"-as if the source of the problem is the recipient's implementation capacity. In this report, Robert D. Lamb and Kathryn Mixon present the results of their research on the sources of absorptive capacity. They find that this sort of "blaming the victim" mentality, while common, is not always justified. While it is true that many aid recipients do not have adequate capacity for implementation, it is equally true that many aid programs are designed and implemented without an adequate appreciation of local desires, resources, capabilities, and challenges. Absorptive capacity, in other words, is a byproduct of the donor-recipient relationship. The authors present a new framework for measuring absorptive capacity. This framework is intended to supplement existing planning, monitoring, and evaluation processes, offering a new way to test whether an existing approach is compatible with local conditions and a method for improving the fit.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
198 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4422-2505-3 (9781442225053)
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Robert D. Lamb | Kathryn Mixon
Rethinking Absorptive Capacity
A New Framework, Applied to Afghanistan's Police Training Program
E-Book
07/2013
1st Edition
Centre for Strategic & International Studies,U.S.
€49.49
Available for download

Robert D. Lamb | Kathryn Mixon
Rethinking Absorptive Capacity
A New Framework, Applied to Afghanistan's Police Training Program
E-Book
07/2013
1st Edition
Centre for Strategic & International Studies,U.S.
€49.49
Available for download
Persons
Robert D. Lamb is a senior fellow and director of the Program on Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation at CSIS.
Kathryn Mixon is program coordinator and research assistant with the Program on Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation at CSIS.
Kathryn Mixon is program coordinator and research assistant with the Program on Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation at CSIS.