Community Capacity Building Creating a Better Future Together

Community capacity building (CCB) is a fairly new term for an age-old good: enabling people to define their own destinies. This book presents and analyses some of the most interesting recent developments in the field of community capacity building, in a variety of OECD and non-OECD countries. The fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Noya, Antonella
Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Other Authors: Clarence, Emma, Craig, Gary
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2009
Series:Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED)
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Community capacity building (CCB) is a fairly new term for an age-old good: enabling people to define their own destinies. This book presents and analyses some of the most interesting recent developments in the field of community capacity building, in a variety of OECD and non-OECD countries. The focus is on how CCB has effected change in three major areas: social policy (health, housing, community regeneration); local economic policy; and environmental policy. The book also outlines the common conditions required for CCB to take hold and thrive, allowing for the political voice of local communities to be clearly heard
Physical Description:166 p. 16 x 23cm
ISBN:9789264073302