Capacity building in developing countries : human and environmental dimensions
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Capacity building in developing countries : human and environmental dimensions
Praeger, 1998
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-306) and index
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Description
The term capacity building refers to enabling the indigenous people of developing countries to carry out development processes successfully by empowering them through strengthened domestic institutions, provision of domestic markets, and improvement of local government efforts to sustain infrastructures, social institutions, and commercial institutions. Capacity building also involves the need to recognize indigenous interest groups, encourage local efforts, provide incentives for privatization, and coordinate local, regional, and international strategies to enhance productivity and wise use of natural and human resources. Most important, capacity building encourages a bottom-up or grassroots effort for sustainable development.
The grassroots effort begins with the family unit. Capacity building addresses all areas of social, economic and health, and environmental processes through a holistic approach. The chapters of this book, written by experts in their fields, address these three areas of the developing societies.
Table of Contents
Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Building the Capacities of Developing Nations through Empowerment by Valentine Udoh James Sociopolitical Issues Ethnicity in the Politics of a Nation: Nigeria and the Problems of Social Transformation by Babatunde Oyinade The State and Interplay of Gender and Class on the Emergence of Women as Political Leaders in Developing Countries by Ifeyinwa E. Umerah-Udezulu The Difficulty of Consensus Building in Developing Countries: The African Dilemma by Valentine Udoh James and Melanie Marshall James Democratization and the Grassroots: The Case of Jomoro District Assembly by Cyril K. Daddieh Economic Issues Economic Theory and the Growth Ethic: Proposals for Alternative Measures of Economic Performance by Michael Burayidi A Reassessment of the Impact of Structural Adjustment in Ghana by Benjamin Asare and Clifford L. Staten Pineapple Production and Marketing Relations in the Peri-urban Economy of Accra, Ghana by Cyril K. Daddieh Maintaining the African Wealth: A Natural and Human Resource Sustainability Issue by Valentine Udoh James Development Issues Modernizing Influences and Traditional Villages in Sarawak: The Need for a Paradigm Shift in Development Strategies by Lee Boon Thong and Tengku Shamsul Bahrin Exceptional Kerala: Efficient and Sustainable Human Behavior by William Alexandra Measuring Development Policy Organizational Effectiveness in Third World Countries by Ambe Njoh Communications and Democratic Governance for Sustainable Development in Africa by Nwafo Nwanko and Babtunde Oyinade The Role of Indigenous Education in Development: The Tanzanian Case by Charles Bwenge The Role of Food Self-Sufficiency in Sustainable Development in Africa by Bassey Ekpono Management Capacity Building: Strategic Issues in Sustainable Development by Felix Edoho Manpower Development in Nigeria: a Research Note on the University by James Etim Rural Population and Economic Development in Africa: An Analysis of Some Policy Issues by Paul Kanjo and Agber Dimah References Index
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