Developing administrative capacity: an agenda for research and practice

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Table 1. Levels and competencies of capacity (Wu et al. 2015).

Competency type
Competency level	Analytical	Operational	Political
Individual	Individual analytical capacity	Individual operational capacity	Individual political capacity
Organizational	Organizational analytical capacity	Organizational operational capacity	Organizational political capacity
Systemic	Systemic analytical capacity	Systemic operational capacity	Systemic political capacity

Figure 1. Adapted from Honadle’s (1981) Capacity-building Framework.

Table 2. Building administrative capacity – from values to indicators (adapted from Painter and Pierre 2005).

Values/criteria	Support systems	Indicators
Efficiency Economy Responsibility Probity Equity	Civil service (merit) system Public expenditure management Audit and inspection	Effective resource management

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