Rethinking Absorptive Capacity
A New Framework, Applied to Afghanistan's Police Training Program
1st Edition
Published on 1. July 2013
68 pages
979-8-216-36063-6 (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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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
ISBN-13
979-8-216-36063-6 (9798216360636)
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Robert D. Lamb | Kathryn Mixon
Rethinking Absorptive Capacity
A New Framework, Applied to Afghanistan's Police Training Program
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07/2013
Centre for Strategic & International Studies,U.S.
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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.
