Capacity and capacity development: Coping with complexity

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-10

  Brinkerhoff, Derick W ^a   Morgan, Peter J ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; COMPLEXITY; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MODELING;

BRAZIL; PAKISTAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; TANZANIA;

EID: 72549104097     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.559     Document Type: Article

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