The book reveals that development work, far from requiring a singular solution, is and should be a never-ending process.

In the groundbreaking text, Bridging the Gap Between Asset/Capacity Building and Needs Assessment, James W. Altschuld examines the synthesis of two antithetical ideas—needs assessment and asset/capacity building.

Capacity-building:where has it come from? What is capacity-building? Whose capacities? Investing in people. Investing in organisations. Investing in networks. Building capacity in crisis.

This book examines capacity building in both developing and developed countries and takes the position that fragile communities are present in all societies.

The perspective that informs this important book is that every evaluation of a capacity development effort should itself contribute to the capacity development effort and ultimately to the organization’s performance.

This book investigates nine research projects, exploring why particular capacities are successful in some situations but not in others.

The third and final in a series, this text bridges the conceptual foundations of capacity development and the difficulties and practical realities in the field.