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“India’s capacity building programmes under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) has earned much goodwill for it in Africa.” Discuss.

  • UPSC 2018
  • 15 marks
  • India and the Global South

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The Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme, launched on 15 September 1964, is among the oldest institutionalised capacity-building schemes anywhere and the flagship of India's development partnership. It has trained more than 200,000 officials from over 160 countries, and Africa has always been among its largest users. The claim of goodwill holds; the harder…

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  • What ITEC gives Africa
  • Why it has earned goodwill
  • Where the claim needs qualifying
  • Conclusion
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