Building Capacity to Move Past Conflict and Fragility

Pradhan, Sanjay

doi:10.1596/1020-797X_11_2_6

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Building Capacity to Move Past Conflict and Fragility

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2009-10-01

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Development Outreach 11

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Pradhan, Sanjay

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Capacity building should be an integral part of a country’s national development plan, not an add-on.

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“Pradhan, Sanjay. 2009. Building Capacity to Move Past Conflict and Fragility. World Bank. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/4577 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”

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Sub-Saharan Africa has the youngest population of any region of the world, and that growing working-age population represents a major opportunity to reduce poverty and increase shared prosperity. But the region’s workforce is the least skilled in the world, constraining economic prospects. Despite economic growth, declining poverty, and investments in skills-building, too many students in too many countries ...
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