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The Way Ahead

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I began my journey with a simple question: Are there new, emerging approaches to building the capacity of developing country public sector institutions that show more promise than what has been tried in the past? Can we make GCD better? The very question seems a little foolish and self-serving now. Of course we can.

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Armstrong, J. (2013). The Way Ahead. In: Improving International Capacity Development. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137310118_12

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