{"id":998,"date":"2025-10-02T04:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/capacity-on-the-brink-of-maturity\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T04:01:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:01:00","slug":"capacity-on-the-brink-of-maturity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/capacity-on-the-brink-of-maturity\/","title":{"rendered":"Capacity On The Brink Of Maturity"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content column wide left blog content view\" id=\"content\">\n<div id=\"banner-fade\" class=\"block\">\n<ul class=\"bjqs noside\">\n<li>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Capacity: on the brink of maturity?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/capacity-on-the-brink-of-maturity\/73368-1-eng-gb\/capacity-on-the-brink-of-maturity_carousel.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"text intro_highlight\">\n<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCapacity: on the brink of maturity?<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">There is an urgent need to develop new ways of using local knowledge and ideas, and bring them to a higher, politically relevant level.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pubDate\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<p class=\"right\"> | March 08, 2025<\/p>\n\n-->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#blog-description\" class=\"popup readmore\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\" title=\"Capacity: on the brink of maturity?\"><strong>&#x25b6;<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"blog-description\" class=\"hide\">\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Now that we know that top-down policy solutions have simply not delivered the goods, there is an urgent need to develop new ways of using local knowledge and ideas, and bring them to a higher, politically relevant level. Capacity development refers to a concept and method that has been looking for ways to connect different kinds of knowledge for many years now. But we need to ask the question: how relevant has capacity development really been for pro-poor development? Has it managed to generate social change?<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">As the authors of the book Capacity Development in Practice emphasize, there is some confusion about what capacity development is actually all about. Linking the local and the international sounds well and good, but in practice it is a highly complex process. The authors argue that the multi-actor dynamics in capacity development have been underexposed. Capacity is now all about collaboration and creating new solutions, and thus also about power, politics and interests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">This appears to be the right time to focus on questions of effectiveness and results of capacity development. Is capacity development really on the brink of maturity? And what is needed to fulfil its promises? The Broker also wants to widen the capacity development debate by connecting it to other online debates at The Broker, for example those about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\" target=\"_blank\">civic driven change<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\" target=\"_blank\">complexity theory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">We want to challenge practitioners, policy makers and academics to offer their opinions, views and reflections. You can send your comments and blog posts to <a href=\"mailto:evert-jan@thebrokeronline.eu\" target=\"_blank\">evert-jan@thebrokeronline.eu<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:editor@thebrokeronline.eu\" target=\"_blank\">editor@thebrokeronline.eu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var addthis_config = {\n        ui_language = 'en'\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis sharing\">\n\t<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style\" addthis:title=\"Capacity: on the brink of maturity?\">\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_twitter\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_share\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_4\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_compact\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_config = data_track_addressbar;<\/script><br \/>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n\t<!-- AddThis Button END -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addthis article_options\">\n\t\t<!-- \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/mandrill\/subscription\/add\/75009\/15915\">Subscribe<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t -->\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<section class=\"subitem content column wide left blog\">\n<div class=\"children blue\">\n<div class=\"rounded-corner\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article fader\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/capacity-on-the-brink-of-maturity\/capability-for-self-reliance\/192706-2-eng-gb\/capability-for-self-reliance_column.jpg\" alt=\"Capability for self-reliance\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Capability for self-reliance<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/verweij-michiel\/\">Michiel Verweij<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t12 March 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tBeing food insecure is a terrible thing. So is financial insecurity, energy insecurity and water insecurity. Sad but true, many families, communities and countries are faced with continued or emerging insecurity in the supply of water, energy, and&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/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<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/capacity-on-the-brink-of-maturity\/to-change-management\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/capacity-on-the-brink-of-maturity\/to-change-management\/175689-1-eng-gb\/to-change-management_column.jpg\" alt=\"To change management \"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/capacity-on-the-brink-of-maturity\/to-change-management\/\">To change management <\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/lewis-russell\/\">Russell Lewis<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t08 November 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tImagine this: you are working in your office and the boss comes in with a stranger, someone who is obviously not from your country or culture and says \u201cThis is Some Unusual Name. He (or she) is going to teach you how to do your job. Make sure you&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/capacity-on-the-brink-of-maturity\/to-change-management\/\">&#x25b6;<\/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<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/capacity-on-the-brink-of-maturity\/capacity-development-s-playground\/131374-2-eng-gb\/capacity-development-s-playground_column.jpg\" alt=\"Capacity Development\u2019s playground\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Capacity Development\u2019s playground<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/verweij-michiel\/\">Michiel Verweij<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t02 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tTalented and motivated peasants, micro entrepreneurs and starting professionals need opportunities to experiment and put knowledge and skills in practice before they will eventually grow into homegrown leaders of business, academia, NGO\u2019s and poli&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/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<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/images\/131445-2-eng-gb\/is-there-a-willingness-to-get-capacity-development-right_column.jpg\" alt=\"Is there a willingness to get capacity development right? \"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Is there a willingness to get capacity development right? <\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/hauck-volker\/\">Volker Hauck<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t02 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe discussion in The Broker about the maturity level of capacity development (CD) is timely. Not because of the valuable publication of the SNV volume Capacity Development in Practice and many other contributions to the CD discussion over more re&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/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<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/images\/131625-3-eng-gb\/citizen-agency-as-the-frontier-of-capacity-development_column.jpg\" alt=\"Citizen agency as the frontier of capacity development\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Citizen agency as the frontier of capacity development<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Kees De Graaf<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Rinus Van Klinken<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t02 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tOne of the key messages from the book Capacity Development in Practice is that capacity development (CD) has become more complex. Moving beyond Organisational Development (OD) aiming to improve the functioning of a particular organisation, it aims&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/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<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/capacity-on-the-brink-of-maturity\/capacity-development-as-a-core-element-in-development-efforts\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/images\/74383-5-eng-gb\/capacity-development-as-a-core-element-in-development-efforts_column.jpg\" alt=\"Capacity Development as a core element in development efforts?\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/capacity-on-the-brink-of-maturity\/capacity-development-as-a-core-element-in-development-efforts\/\">Capacity Development as a core element in development efforts?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/henke-roger\/\">Roger Henke<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t20 March 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe Food for Thought publication accompanying this debate, \u2018Capacity Development in Practice\u2019, is as explicit an expression of the title of the debate, CD as core to development, as it gets. The question is if the title reflects the most promising&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/capacity-on-the-brink-of-maturity\/capacity-development-as-a-core-element-in-development-efforts\/\">&#x25b6;<\/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<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/images\/74125-5-eng-gb\/market-thinking-to-enhance-ownership-of-cd-processes_column.jpg\" alt=\"Market thinking to enhance ownership of CD processes\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Market thinking to enhance ownership of CD processes<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Nicolette Matthijsen<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/nass-lucia\/\">Lucia Nass<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t16 March 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tOwnership is an important issue in Capacity Development (CD) processes. People and organisations don\u2019t develop simply because an outsider believes it needs to happen. This argument is almost too basic to make. Yet, our studies into CD investments&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/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<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/capacity-on-the-brink-of-maturity\/getting-capacity-development-right\/74005-9-eng-gb\/getting-capacity-development-right_column.jpg\" alt=\"Getting capacity development right\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Getting capacity development right<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Jan Ubels<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Jessie Bokhoven<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Naa-Aku Acquaye-Baddoo<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t15 March 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tIt is a compelling idea: help people gain greater ability to run their own affairs and pursue their own development. This \u2018capacity development\u2019 (CD) agenda has been vocally promoted and heavily financed over the last 15 years by donors and non-go&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/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<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<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\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">An act of co-creation<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Allan Kaplan<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t14 March 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/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\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/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<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/capacity-on-the-brink-of-maturity\/turning-citizens-voices-into-a-political-force\/73379-7-eng-gb\/turning-citizens-voices-into-a-political-force_column.jpg\" alt=\"Turning citizens\u2019 voices into a political force\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Turning citizens\u2019 voices into a political force<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/quak-evert-jan\/\">Evert-jan Quak<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t07 March 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tCapacity development has been quite a fashionable term for some years now, but what exactly does it mean? More importantly, what has it given the world\u2019s poor? Organizations like the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), t&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"navigator\">\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false,"raw":""},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capacity: on the brink of maturity? 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