Abstract
International financing and aid agencies involved in construction industry development expect their interventions to contribute to a broad technology transfer and skills development process, which may include courses and on-the-job training, but may also require ‘twinning’ and other linkages between institutions for a more substantial transfer of skills over a longer period. Evaluating achievement is difficult since projects are so diverse in their technical demands, as well as in the range of target groups and circumstances involved. The article is illustrated by case studies from national technical cooperation projects based in China, Egypt, Ghana, India, Lesotho, the South Pacific and Sri Lanka, as well as regional and global initiatives. The lessons from the evaluation of these projects confirm the diversity of project experience, but suggest some common factors which could be taken into account at the project design stage to increase the likelihood of a successful outcome.
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