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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