Leadership and Skills: Building Blocks of African Development

This report examines the roles of leadership, governance, and capacity building in African development, specifically focusing on how skills and expertise contribute to the implementation of development policies and the continuity of those policies across leadership changes.

• The report analyzes the relationship between leadership, skills, and expertise in the successful adoption and implementation of effective development policies, as well as methods for nurturing and channeling those skills.
• The document addresses the challenge of maintaining policy continuity following a change in leadership.
• The author notes that while 'leadership', 'governance', and 'capacity building' are common buzzwords, the concepts of leadership and governance are seldom explored in detail, and their links to human capacity and skills development are often unclear.

APA

South African Institute of International Affairs (2006). Leadership and Skills: Building Blocks of African Development. https://saiia.org.za/research/leadership-and-skills-building-blocks-of-african-development/

Chicago

South African Institute of International Affairs. Leadership and Skills: Building Blocks of African Development. 2006. https://saiia.org.za/research/leadership-and-skills-building-blocks-of-african-development/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{southafricaninstituteofinternationalaffairs2006leadership, author = {{South African Institute of International Affairs}}, title = {{Leadership and Skills: Building Blocks of African Development}}, institution = {South African Institute of International Affairs}, year = {2006}, month = apr, url = {https://saiia.org.za/research/leadership-and-skills-building-blocks-of-african-development/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }