Market‐oriented approaches to capacity building in Africa
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Public Administration and Development
- Vol. 14 (5) , 479-487
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pad.4230140504
Abstract
Following a brief review of recent criticism of technical cooperation as an instrument for capacity building in sub‐Saharan Africa, this article examines current strategies for addressing the professional staff retention problem within African governments, and for making the market for technical cooperation more effective by allowing greater substitution of national experts for expatriate experts in project design and implementation. In order to strengthen and effectively use scarce local expertise, while avoiding its diversion to donor‐financed projects, the article proposes capacity‐building strategies aimed at the development of national or regional markets for development analysis and management expertise in sub‐Saharan Africa.Keywords
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