Competences in Context: Knowledge and capacity development in public water management in Indonesia and The Netherlands

Competences in Context: Knowledge and capacity development in public water management in Indonesia and The Netherlands

Kaspersma, J.M.

Alaerts, G.J.F.R. (promotor)

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Water Management

2013-04-23

International cooperation for reaching development goals has expanded gradually since the 1950s. The effectiveness of the Overseas Development Aid (ODA) has become a topic of great public interest. A growing body of experience exists to demonstrate that finance alone is not sufficient for development, and capacity and knowledge are increasingly seen as the constraints to proper decision making, adsorption of funds, and effective results on the ground. This book presents the investigation into the role of Knowledge and Capacity Development (KCD) in public water management in Indonesia and the Netherlands. The two cases indicate that the institutional environment matters for the type of knowledge and capacities that are allowed and also determines the formal organisational structure and KCD mechanisms in use. They further show the importance yet the low valuation of tacit knowledge, while the Indonesian case also shows that tacit knowledge is the most important asset gained from international post-graduate education. The conceptual model introduced in this book has provided a measure of knowledge and capacity at three nested levels: the institutional, organisational and individual level. It provides insight in the numerous contextual factors that influence knowledge and capacity and KCD mechanisms present.

knowledge
capacity
international development
Indonesia
The Netherlands
water sector
Rijkswaterstaat
higher education
institution

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Taylor and Francis Group

9781138000971

Institutional Repository

doctoral thesis

(c) 2013 Kaspersma, J.M.