TY - JOUR
T1 - Capacity building in Southern Africa
T2 - Experiences and reflections: Towards joint knowledge production and social change in international development cooperation
AU - Zeelen, J. J. M.
AU - van der Linden, C. J.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The intent of capacity building in international development cooperation is to enable people to control their own development. Important premises are ownership, choice and self‐esteem. The authors analyse the dynamics of the enabling process in practice, based on their own experiences working for several years in universities in developing countries, specifically in South Africa and Mozambique. The analysis highlights the importance of the primary process between the partners to develop joint knowledge production strategies and stresses the challenge of less favourable institutional conditions in both the North and the South.
AB - The intent of capacity building in international development cooperation is to enable people to control their own development. Important premises are ownership, choice and self‐esteem. The authors analyse the dynamics of the enabling process in practice, based on their own experiences working for several years in universities in developing countries, specifically in South Africa and Mozambique. The analysis highlights the importance of the primary process between the partners to develop joint knowledge production strategies and stresses the challenge of less favourable institutional conditions in both the North and the South.
U2 - 10.1080/03057920903125644
DO - 10.1080/03057920903125644
M3 - Article
SN - 0305-7925
VL - 39
SP - 615
EP - 628
JO - Compare: A journal of comparative and international education
JF - Compare: A journal of comparative and international education
IS - 5
ER -