Rethinking absorptive capacity : (Record no. 26188)

MARC details
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control field OSt
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control field 20140402120102.0
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781442225053
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Transcribing agency ACKU
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
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Geographic area code a-af---
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number Pamphlet DS371.412.
Item number L363 2013
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Lamb, Robert D.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Rethinking absorptive capacity :
Remainder of title a new framework, applied to Afghanistan's police training program /
Statement of responsibility, etc authors Robert D. Lamb, Kathryn Mixon.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Washington, DC :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Center for Strategic and International Studies,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2013.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xi, 55 pages ;
Dimensions 28 cm.
490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement (Managing absorptive capacity series)
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note “June 2013”.
General note Abstract: 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. The waste and disruptions that result are even greater in high-profile and politically sensitive situations, when political considerations demand large-scale responses. 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, the authors 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.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Linkage Includes bibliographical references.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. The concept and its analogues. Early conceptuatlizations -- Ongoing debates in international development -- Absorptive capacity for knowledge, technology, and innovation -- Ecological systems, resilience, and adaptive capacity -- 3. Absorptive capacity as adaptive capacity. Adaptive capacity -- Theory of change -- The MAC framework -- Applying the framework -- 4. Afghanistan : National Police training programs. Intended outcomes -- Intervention design -- Prerequisite structure -- Actual outcome -- Donor capacity -- 5. Concluding remarks.
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note English
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Absorptive capacity (Economics)
Geographic subdivision Afghanistan
General subdivision Evaluation.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Economic assistance
Geographic subdivision Afghanistan
General subdivision Evaluation.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Technical assistance
Geographic subdivision Afghanistan
Form subdivision Evaluation.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Police training
Geographic subdivision Afghanistan
Form subdivision Evaluation.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Kathryn Mixon.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme Library of Congress Classification
Koha item type Monograph
Call number prefix Pamphlet DS371.412.L363 2013
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Date acquired Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
    Library of Congress Classification     Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University 02/04/2014   Pamphlet DS371.412.L363 2013 3ACKU000360130 02/04/2014 02/04/2014 Monograph