Books: 'Capacity building strategies'

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Liu, John. Strategies for capacity building uptake. Port Vila, Vanuatu: s.n., 2003.

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Motihar, Renuka. New hopes, new horizones: Capacity building strategies for girls. New Delhi: Population Council, South & East Asia--Regional Office, 1999.

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Capacity-building in science and technology in the Third World: Problems, issues, and strategies. Boulder, Colo: Westview Press, 1991.

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Sako, Soumana. Capacity building for the promotion of trade and investment in Africa: Challenges and strategies. Harare: African Capacity Building Foundation, 2007.

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Andrew, McCoshan, ed. Enterprise and human resource development: Local capacity building. London: P. Chapman Pub., 1993.

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Women, Chicago Foundation for, and Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Asset-Based Community Development Institute, eds. A guide to building sustainable organizations from the inside out: An organizational capacity-building toolbox. Chicago, IL: Distributed exclusively by ACTA Publications, 2000.

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Verghese, B. G. Project India: Human resource development and capacity building : the Ford Foundation in India, 1952-2002. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research, 2006.

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Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute., ed. AFRICOM's dilemma: The "global war on terrorism," "capacity building," humanitarianism, and the future of U.S. security policy in Africa. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2007.

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Rayner, Mike, Kremlin Wickramasinghe, Julianne Williams, Karen McColl, and Shanthi Mendis. Capacity building. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198791188.003.0011.

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This chapter opens with a definition of capacity building and the history of its emergence as a concept. It outlines how capacity is required at the level of the environment, within organizations and individuals in order to enable individuals, institutions and societies to function. It goes on to describe the process for capacity building and provides examples of three attempts to integrate institutional capacity building into a larger long-term non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention strategies. The chapter includes a discussion of a systems approach. Just as the problem of NCDs exists within a highly complex system, responses need to be complex and viewed as just one of many pieces of a solution. The chapter outlines the levels where public health interventions can be made and discusses challenge of translating NCD interventions from one setting to another.

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Educational Resources Information Center (U.S.), ed. The district role in building capacity: Four strategies. [Philadelphia, PA]: Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, 2000.

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Shanks, Trina R., Leslie Hollingsworth, and Patricia L. Miller. Building and Maintaining Community Capacity. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190463311.003.0007.

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Abstract: This chapter focuses on the work the UMSSW/TAC did to support development of neighborhood organizations, especially smaller nonprofits (NPOs) that did not have large budgets. This entailed a variety of strategies including workshops, a leadership academy designed specifically for NPOs, individual and small group consultations, coaching, and personnel resources including placing graduate student interns and VISTA volunteers. The chapter also summarizes initial recommendations for systems development to create a coordinated system of care in each neighborhood, with a focus on youth development programming for those between the ages of 0 and 18. It ends by describing the youth development strategy that the Skillman Foundation ultimately pursued, as well as efforts to support the alignment of youth programming across the domains of youth development, youth employment, and career-themed education.

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Shanks, Trina R., and Patricia L. Miller. Building and Maintaining Community Capacity. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190463311.003.0008.

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Abstract: This chapter details the work of the UMSSW/TAC to connect with informal leaders and support neighborhood residents in accomplishing their goals. The TAC led or supported several strategies that directly assisted residents of the six Good Neighborhoods communities. These include the Leadership Academy (a co-designed model of individual capacity development), the Small Grants Resident Decision-Making Panel, workshops and issue forums, and staffing or participating in the various learning communities. Engaging and training residents and the creation of learning communities became signature tools of Good Neighborhoods. The learning communities include the Good Neighborhoods Learning Partnership; the Youth employment learning community, which eventually formed what is now the Detroit Youth Employment Consortium; the Ready to work, ready to hire learning community; and the Neighborhood-based transportation learning community.

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Educational Resources Information Center (U.S.), ed. State strategies for building capacity in education: Progress and continuing challenges. [Philadelphia, PA]: Consortium for Policy Research in Education, University of Pennyslvania, Graduate School of Education, 1998.

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Learning for Leadership: Developmental Strategies for Building Capacity in Our Schools. Corwin, 2013.

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Educational Resources Information Center (U.S.), ed. State strategies for building local capacity: Addressing the needs of standards-based reform. [Philadelphia, PA]: Graduate School of Education, University Of Pennsylvania, 1998.

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Foundation, African Capacity Building, ed. Market for skilled African development management professionals: Toward strategies and instruments for skills retention and utilization. Harare, Zimbabwe: African Capacity Building Foundation, 2007.

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Williams, Paula J. Building Capacity to Manage Forest Resources: Tanzania Forestry Action Plan, Prospectives on Implementation and Possible Future Strategies. World Resources Inst, 1994.

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Bank Muñoz, Carolina. Building Power from Below. Cornell University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501712883.001.0001.

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Building Power from Below analyzes the success of Walmart workers in Chile. Retail and warehouse workers have achieved the seemingly unachievable. They have organized Walmart. How do we explain workers’ success in Chile, the cradle of neoliberalism, in challenging the world’s largest and most antiunion corporation? Chilean workers have spent years building grass roots organizations committed to principles of union democracy. While both retail and warehouse workers have successful unions, they have built different organizations due to their industry, workforce, and political histories. The independent retail worker unions are best characterized by what I call flexible militancy. These unions have less structural power, but have significant associational and symbolic power. While they have made notable bread and butter gains, their most notable successes have been in fighting for respect and dignity on the job. Warehouse workers by contrast have significant structural power. Their unions are best characterized by what I call strategic democracy. Their structural power has offered them the opportunity to “map production” and build strategic capacity. They have been especially successful in economic gains. While the model in Chile cannot necessarily be reproduced in different countries, we can certainly gain insights from their approaches, tactics, and strategies.

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Elizabeth, Evenson, and Smith Alison. Part VI Impact, ‘Legacy’, and Lessons Learned, 49 Completion, Legacy, and Complementarity at the ICC. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198705161.003.0049.

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This Chapter examines some of the key issues the Court and its States Parties will need to address to define the concept of completion for the ICC. While recognizing that completion has a number of unique features in the ICC context, this contribution identifies some of the lessons learned from strategies of other tribunals. It focuses on three key areas: capacity-building, outreach, and archive management. It argues that the consolidation of the Court’s legacy in situation countries is at the heart of a successful completion strategy, and suggests that the Court should draw a close connection between completion and positive complementarity. Capacity-building of national jurisdictions should be a pillar of completion strategies across the Court’s situations. The ICC will need to develop a working model for completion and establish methods (e.g. consultation with affected communities and national authorities) to adapt that model to a given situation.

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Makurumidze, Getrude, Anna Gamell, and Emili Letang. AIDS Orphans and Other Children Affected by HIV. Edited by Mary Ann Cohen, Jack M. Gorman, Jeffrey M. Jacobson, Paul Volberding, and Scott Letendre. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199392742.003.0005.

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Since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the number of deaths in reproductive age groups has led to nearly 18 million children being left orphaned. Orphans are not only faced with the loss of one or both parents but may also suffer loss of property and inheritance, disruption from school, and psychosocial distress from the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS. This chapter explores the psychological, social, and cultural aspects of HIV/AIDS orphanhood. It addresses the financial and emotional support that orphans and their caregivers need, as well as key strategies shown to be effective to protect, support, and empower orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). Such strategies include providing education, psychosocial care and support, household economic strengthening, social protection, health and nutrition, child and legal protection, and capacity building. However, despite the considerable progress achieved, multiple challenges still prevent many OVC from receiving effective care and support. These aspects need to be urgently addressed in order to build evidence-based programs, respond to the needs of all AIDS-affected children, and achieve the dream of an AIDS-free generation.

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Garcia Calvo, Angela. State-Firm Coordination and Upgrading. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198864561.001.0001.

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Since the 1980s, Spain and South Korea have experienced a dramatic transformation from middle-income to advanced economies. How did Spain and South Korea upgrade? While market liberalization and globalization were important forces for change, and states continue to be central in the organization of the Spanish and Korean economies, the liberal and the developmental state perspectives do not provide an comprehensive explanation of these transformations. Building on a combination of historical institutionalism and international business literatures, this book argues that upgrading was underpinned by cooperative models based on interdependencies and quid pro quo exchanges between national governments and large firms. The negotiated nature of these arrangements opened the door to institutional variation and enabled Spain and Korea to pursue different strategies. Spain adopted an integrational approach based on foreign direct investment, technological outsourcing, and regional integration. Korea pursued a techno-industrial strategy that prioritized self-sufficiency and the development of local technological capacity. These strategies enabled Spanish and Korean firms across multiple complex sectors to reach the efficiency frontier, but resulted in different productive specializations in complex services and manufacturing respectively. Through this comparative study of transformation in Spain and Korea, this book shifts our perspective on the political economy of economic transformation from markets or states to state–firm coordination as a driver for economic transformation, from one to at least two different pathways to upgrading, and from a world divided into emerging economies and world leaders to a more nuanced perspective that recognizes the perspective of new advanced economies.

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Day, David V., and Patricia M. G. O'Connor. Talent Development. Edited by David G. Collings, Kamel Mellahi, and Wayne F. Cascio. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198758273.013.15.

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The chapter provides an overview of talent development in organizations, including why it is important, whom to invest in materially, and how to identify best practices in the field. We first review literature on talent development in young people. Then elaborate on how nature in the form of emergenic traits and nurture regarding epigenetic experiences interact to shape development. This perspective is applied in understanding focal issues on building organizational capability through talent. State-of-the-art talent development focuses on developing collective capability through the creation of systems, processes, practices, and culture required to achieve strategic objectives sustainably. Talented individuals are integral architects of these types of collective phenomena, responsible for executing, stewarding, and improving them. A comprehensive approach to building organizational capability does not rely on any one—or a few—extraordinarily talented people. It involves development of broad-based organizational capacity for leadership.

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West, Traci C. Solidarity and Defiant Spirituality. NYU Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479849031.001.0001.

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This book embraces a transnational Africana perspective as crucial for conceptualizing an end to gender violence in the United States. Locating herself as an African American Christian leader, Traci West candidly criticizes religious responses to black women victim-survivors in the U.S. as too culturally insular and complacent. Then, in an investigation stressing the role of religion and anti-black racism West explores a decidedly expansive and activist alternative moral approach linking African and African diaspora contexts. Lessons on the politics of intercultural encounters emerge as the reader journeys with her to meet antiviolence leaders in Ghana, Brazil, and South Africa. West’s reflections on their strategies to create systemic responses to the violence together with its cultural support spark analyses of similar dynamics in the United States. The discussion of religion includes Christianity, Islam, Candomblé, and indigenous African religious traditions. Analyses of violence against women emphasize heterosexual marital rape, sex trafficking, and the targeting of lesbians for rape and murder. The book offers generative ideas connecting antiracist gender violence activism to religions and spirituality in order to broaden our moral imaginations with the capacity to create lasting cultural change. The conclusion conceptualizes defiant Africana spirituality as a resource drawn upon by antiviolence activist leaders that can birth hope for building vital, transnational solidarity in the work of ending gender violence.

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Kraemer-Mbula, Erika, Robert J. W. Tijssen, Matthew L. Wallace, and Robert L. McLean. Transforming Research Excellence. African Minds, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.47622/9781928502067.

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"Modern-day science is under great pressure. A potent mix of increasing expectations, limited resources, tensions between competition and cooperation, and the need for evidence-based funding is creating major change in how science is conducted and perceived. Amidst this perfect storm is the allure of research excellence, a concept that drives decisions made by universities and funders, and defines scientists research strategies and career trajectories. But what is excellent science? And how to recognise it? After decades of inquiry and debate there is still no satisfactory answer. Are we asking the wrong question? Is reality more complex, and excellence in science more elusive, than many are willing to admit? And how should excellence be defined in different parts of the world, particularly in lower-income countries of the Global South where science is expected to contribute to pressing development issues, despite often scarce resources? Many wonder whether the Global South is importing, with or without consenting, the flawed tools for research evaluation from North America and Europe that are not fit for purpose.This book takes a critical view of these issues, touching on conceptual issues and practical problems that inevitably emerge when excellence is at the center of science systems. Emerging from the capacity-building work of the Science Granting Councils Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa, it speaks to scholars, as well as to managers and funders of research around the world. Confronting sticky problems and uncomfortable truths, the chapters contain insights and recommendations that point towards new solutions both for the Global South and the Global North."

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Lema Vélez, Luisa Fernanda, Daniel Hermelin, María Margarita Fontecha, and Dunia H. Urrego. Climate Change Communication in Colombia. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.598.

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Colombia is in a privileged position to take advantage of international climate agreements to finance sustainable development initiatives. The country is a signatory of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreements. As a non-Annex I party to the UNFCCC, Colombia produces low emissions in relation to global numbers (0.46% of total global emissions for 2010) and exhibits biogeographical conditions that are ideal for mitigation of climate change through greenhouse gas sequestration and emission reductions. Simultaneously, recent extreme climatic events have harshly compromised the country’s economy, making Colombia’s vulnerability to climate change evident.While these conditions should justify a strong approach to climate change communication that motivates decision making and leads to mitigation and adaptation, the majority of sectors still fall short of effectively communicating their climate change messages. Official information about climate change is often too technical and rarely includes a call for action. However, a few exceptions exist, including environmental education materials for children and a noteworthy recent strategy to deliver the Third Communication to the UNFCCC in a form that is more palatable to the general public. Despite strong research on climate change, particularly related to agricultural, environmental, and earth sciences, academic products are rarely communicated in a way that is easily understood by decision makers and has a clear impact on public policy. Messages from the mass media frequently confuse rather than inform the public. For instance, television news refers to weather-related disasters, climate variability, and climate change indiscriminately. This shapes an erroneous idea of climate change among the public and weakens the effectiveness of communications on the issue.The authors contrast the practices of these sectors with those of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working in Colombia to show how they address the specific climate communication needs facing the country. These NGOs directly face the challenge of working with diverse population groups in this multicultural, multiethnic, and megadiverse country. NGOs customize languages, channels, and messages for different audiences and contexts, with the ultimate goal of building capacity in local communities, influencing policymakers, and sensitizing the private sector. Strategies that result from the work of interdisciplinary groups, involve feedback from the audiences, and incorporate adaptive management have proven to be particularly effective.

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Nowak, Dariusz, ed. Production–operation management. The chosen aspects. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18559/978-83-8211-059-3.

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The aim of the e-book is to present the theoretical, cognitive and practical aspects of the essence and complexity of operational management in a production company. The presented modern production methods together with the challenges and problems of contemporary enterprises should better help to understand the issues of sustainable development, with particular emphasis on waste. The book consists of six chapters devoted to relevant and topic issues relating to the core business of an industrial enterprise. Chapter 1 The nature of the industrial enterprise is an introduction to further considerations and deals with the essence of the basic aspects of the company. Both popular and less known definitions of an enterprise, its features, functions and principles of operation are presented. An important part of the chapter is the presentation and formulation of strategic, tactical and operational goals. Moreover, the division of enterprises is presented with the use of various criteria and the features of the industrial market, which make it distinct. Chapter 2 The operational management evolution and its role in the industrial enterprise discusses the evolution and concept of production and operational management. The management levels were also presented, indicating their most important functions. An integral part of the chapter is the essence of the production system, viewed through the prism of the five elements. Chapter 3 Functions and role in operations management presents the issues concerning the organization of production processes, production capacity and inventory management. This part also presents considerations on cooperation and collaboration between enterprises in the process of creating value. Chapter 4 Traditional methods used in operational activities focuses on methods such as benchmarking, outsourcing, core competences, JIT, MPR I and MRP II, as well as TQM and kaizen. Knowledge of these methods should contribute to understanding the activities of modern enterprises, the way of company functioning, the realization of production activities, as well as aspects related to building a competitive position. Chapter 5 Modern methods used in production-operations management discusses the less common and less frequently used production methods, based on a modern and innovative approach. In particular, it was focused on: Shop Floor Control and cooperative manufacturing, environment-conscious manufacturing (ECM) and life-cycle assessment ( LCA), waste management and recycling, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), virtual enterprise, World Class Manufacturing (WCM), Quality Function Deployment (QFD) and House of Quality (HOQ), theory of constraints (TOC), Drum Buffer Rope (DBR), group technology (GT) and cellular manufacturing (CM), Demand Chain Management and competitive intelligence (CI). In the last section discusses: the role of sustainable statistical process control and Computer-Aided Process Planning in context formatting of information management. Chapter 6 Problems of sustainable development and challenges related to production and operations management describes the problem and challenges related to production and operations activities. In particular, attention was paid to the threats related to changes in global warming, the growing scale of waste, or the processes of globalization. It was pointed out that the emerging problem may be both a threat and a chance for the development of enterprises. An integral part of the chapter are also considerations on technical progress, innovation and the importance of human capital in operational activities.

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