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050	0	0	_aPamphlet DS371.412. _bL363 2013
100	1		_aLamb, Robert D.
245	1	0	_aRethinking absorptive capacity : _ba new framework, applied to Afghanistan's police training program / _cauthors Robert D. Lamb, Kathryn Mixon.
260			_aWashington, DC : _bCenter for Strategic and International Studies, _c2013.
300			_axi, 55 pages ; _c28 cm.
490	0		_a(Managing absorptive capacity series)
500			_a“June 2013”.
500			_aAbstract: 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			_6Includes bibliographical references.
505			_aContents: 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.
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650		0	_aAbsorptive capacity (Economics) _z Afghanistan _x Evaluation.
650		0	_aEconomic assistance _z Afghanistan _x Evaluation.
650		0	_aTechnical assistance _z Afghanistan _v Evaluation.
650		0	_aPolice training _z Afghanistan _v Evaluation.
700	1		_aKathryn Mixon.
942			_2lcc _cMON _kPamphlet DS371.412.L363 2013
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