Human Development and Capacity Building: Asia Pacific Trends, Challenges and Prospects for the Future

ISBN-13: 9781138317840 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 264 str.

Maria Fay Rola-Rubzen; John Burgess

Opis

This book aims to outline the nature and scale of the capacity building challenges facing countries in the Asia Pacific region. It analyses case studies from selected countries with an emphasis on rural development and programs that enhance opportunity and participation in the economy.

Spis treści

1. Capacity building in the Asia Pacific: An introduction, Maria Fay Rola-Rubzen and John Burgess 2. Enhancing Women's Capacities in Agricultural Research and Development in Asia and Africa, Maria Fay Rola-Rubzen, Thelma R. Paris, Joyce Luis and Farveh Farivar 3. Women’s Work Motivation and the Influence on Human Capital Development in Bhutan, Kantha Dayaram and Yue Liu 4. ‘Scarcity in plenty’: Skills shortages and HRM competencies in Vietnam, Alan Nankervis, Prikshat Verma and Alan Montague 5. Gender Development in Myanmar: An exploration of women’s leadership trajectory, Kantha Dayaram, Maria Fay Rola-Rubzen and John Burgess 6. The Political Economy of Capacity Building in the French Pacific Territories, Stéphane Le Queux and Stéphanie Graff 7. Using Targeted Jobs Programs to Support Local Communities: The case of Indonesia, Emma Allen and John Burgess 8. A Participatory Model of Corruption Resistance: The case of NGOs in India, Sten Langmann and David Pick 9. A Chronicle of Indigenous Entrepreneurship, Human Development and Capacity Building in East Arnhem Land of Australia, Cecil Arthur Leonard Pearson and Yi Liu 10. Breaking the Poverty Cycle through Linking Farmers to Markets in Timor Leste: The world vision income generation project, Vicente de Paulo Correia and Maria Fay Rola-Rubzen 11. Harnessing Community Capacity to Coordinate and Integrate Natural and Behavioural Science Perspectives: A groundwater management case study from rural India, Basant Maheshwari, John Ward, Maria Estela Varua, Ramesh Chandra Purohit, Hakimuddin Ognawala, Sachin Oza, Yogesh Jadeja and Roger Packham 12. Labour Participation and Women Empowerment: Implications for capacity building of women in potato production in Pakistan, Amjad Khan, Maria Fay Rola-Rubzen and Kantha Dayaram 13. Can Maize (Zea mays L) Uplift Farm Economy? A case study, Kalyan Kanti Das, S. Barman and Laxmi hingbaijam 14. Concluding Thoughts, Maria Fay Rola-Rubzen, John Burgess and Yue Liu