Individual learning and building organisational capacity for development

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-48

  Johnson, Hazel ^a   Thomas, Alan ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Capacities; Development policy and management; Individual learning; Organisational learning

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; LEARNING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33847736171     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.429     Document Type: Article

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