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This chapter is about the language of capacity building. Language is important in that it powerfully, but often unconsciously, shapes the way we understand the concepts we are using. It reveals the assumptions, often implicit rather than explicit, behind the concepts, and it encourages us to ask certain questions and not to ask others.
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Ife, J. (2010). Capacity Building and Community Development. In: Kenny, S., Clarke, M. (eds) Challenging Capacity Building. Rethinking International Development Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230298057_4
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