Understanding the unintended consequences of a capacity building program :

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dc.contributor.advisorKell, Catherineen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDe Sousa, Janeen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-28T15:02:27Z
dc.date.available2014-12-28T15:02:27Z
dc.date.issued2001en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 177-180.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractCapacity building programmes facilitated by development non-governmental organisations (NGOs) often fail to achieve their expected outcomes, resulting instead in a series of unintented consequences. These unintended consequences become legible when viewed as instrumental elements in the resultant constellation of the 'truths' of the developmental discourse that shape these capacity building programmes. This study identifies two unintended consequences of a capacity building programme facilitated be a rural support NGO. Firstly, the fact that the development discourse stresses the importance of people's empowerment and participation, results in processes which are more successful at assisting people to acquire the development discourse than training people in specific skills and to apply specific tools. Secondly, that the power relations between institutions operating within the development discourse, result in contradictions in the development practice of NGOs, such as the use of specific tools whose requirements are incompatible with the truths of the participatory development discourse within which most NGOs operate.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDe Sousa, J. (2001). <i>Understanding the unintended consequences of a capacity building program :</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10418en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDe Sousa, Jane. <i>"Understanding the unintended consequences of a capacity building program :."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10418en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDe Sousa, J. 2001. Understanding the unintended consequences of a capacity building program :. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - De Sousa, Jane AB - Capacity building programmes facilitated by development non-governmental organisations (NGOs) often fail to achieve their expected outcomes, resulting instead in a series of unintented consequences. These unintended consequences become legible when viewed as instrumental elements in the resultant constellation of the 'truths' of the developmental discourse that shape these capacity building programmes. This study identifies two unintended consequences of a capacity building programme facilitated be a rural support NGO. Firstly, the fact that the development discourse stresses the importance of people's empowerment and participation, results in processes which are more successful at assisting people to acquire the development discourse than training people in specific skills and to apply specific tools. Secondly, that the power relations between institutions operating within the development discourse, result in contradictions in the development practice of NGOs, such as the use of specific tools whose requirements are incompatible with the truths of the participatory development discourse within which most NGOs operate. DA - 2001 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2001 T1 - Understanding the unintended consequences of a capacity building program : TI - Understanding the unintended consequences of a capacity building program : UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10418 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/10418
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDe Sousa J. Understanding the unintended consequences of a capacity building program :. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2001 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10418en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Educationen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEducationen_ZA
dc.titleUnderstanding the unintended consequences of a capacity building program :en_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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