
Effective Consultancies in Development and Humanitarian Programmes
Oxfam Professional (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 15. December 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-0-85598-500-4 (ISBN)
Description
This guide to good consultancy practice is unusual in two respects: its focus is consultancy work in the international development sector; and it describes the process from the perspectives of both clients and consultants, helping each side to understand what the other does. Using detailed checklists, the authors explain the stages of a typical consultancy, paying close attention to the practical, ethical, financial, and legal aspects of the process. Drawing on their own extensive experience and a wide-ranging survey of international NGOs and freelance consultants, they discuss how to develop more effective working relationships with all the relevant stakeholders, including donors, partners, programme managers, local staff, and local communities. They also show how development agencies can manage particular consultancies in order to promote long-term learning and thus improve the general quality of their programmes. As both managers and freelance consultants,
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxfam Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
263 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85598-500-4 (9780855985004)
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Persons
John Rowley is a consultant in international development with many years of experience training practitioners in participatory methods.