{"id":451,"date":"2025-10-02T03:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/kaplan-allan\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T03:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:46:09","slug":"kaplan-allan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/kaplan-allan\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaplan Allan"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content column wide left normal content view\" id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"rounded-corner\"><\/div>\n<article class=\"fader\">\n<header class=\"contents\">\n<h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAllan Kaplan<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"author_addthis\">\n<div class=\"addthis\">\n\t<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style\" addthis:title=\"Kaplan Allan\">\n\t\t<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook_like\" fb:like:layout=\"button_count\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<a class=\"addthis_button_tweet\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_pill_style\"><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/js\/250\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n\t\t<!-- AddThis Button END -->\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"object-left\">\n<div class=\"img border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/authors\/kaplan-allan\/148855-2-eng-gb\/kaplan-allan_author.jpg\" alt=\"Kaplan Allan\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><b>Allan Kaplan<\/b>, former Director of CDRA and now co-Director of The Proteus Initiative, works as a consultant, writer and teacher in the search for organic and holistic responses to questions of social and ecological activism and organisational development. He has published a number of books &#8211; including &#8216;<i>The Development Practitioner&#8217;s Handbook<\/i>&#8216; and &#8216;<i>Artists of the Invisible<\/i>&#8216;, as well as short books\/articles such as &#8216;<i>The Building of Capacity<\/i>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"children\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n<div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/capacity-on-the-brink-of-maturity\/an-act-of-co-creation\/73949-2-eng-gb\/an-act-of-co-creation_column.jpg\" alt=\"An act of co-creation\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">An act of co-creation<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/kaplan-allan\/\">Allan Kaplan<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t15 March 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tA few months ago I wrote a paper called Towards a Larger Integrity, trying to take a fresh look at capacity development. It\u2019s a long work, trying to go deeper. In this blog it\u2019s harder to go deeper within 500 words a hit. Still, I have lifted a fe&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\" Seth Kaplan: The key is self sufficiency\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"> Seth Kaplan: The key is self sufficiency<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/kaplan-allan\/\">Allan Kaplan<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t25 February 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tAlthough many reports and books discuss the problems with development aid, few have been as bold in setting out so comprehensive an alternative vision.I complement the WRR on its work \u2013 but wonder to what extent the Netherlands will be able to imp&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"navigator\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false,"raw":""},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allan Kaplan Allan Kaplan, former Director of CDRA and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template_4.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-451","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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