Absorptive Capacity in the Security and Justice Sectors: Assessing Obstacles to Success in the Donor-Recipient Relationship

by Kathryn Mixon, Andrew Halterman, Robert D. Lamb

In development, stabilization, and peace building, donors increasingly recognize the importance of being sensitive to the local contexts of their efforts. Yet the use of "blueprints" remains widespread. Even when standard approaches are modified for particular aid partners, there often remains a poor fit between donor efforts and local conditions. When recipients cannot absorb the aid and attention they are offered, the common response is "capacity building."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442225130
• ISBN13: 9781442225138
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Center for Strategic & International Studies
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.4" x 10.7"