02014nam a2200193   4500999001900000008004100019100002800060245006500088260000900153300001500162520137100177650003201548650003201580700003001612773004201642906001601684942001201700952010801712  c509301d509301190429b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aLundsgaarde, Erik94939  aDevelopment agencies of the future: the limits of adaptation  c2018  ap.169-178.  aThe analysis of the future of development agencies commonly adopts a view that the adaptability of agencies to a set of external challenges in the global development landscape determines their fitness for the future. This article offers alternative entry points for reflections on the future role of development agencies in managing global challenges. It argues that recent analysis focusing on agency adaptation has two key limitations. First, it does not adequately account for the existing diversity of organizational forms and the differences in the functions that development agencies assume. Second, it does not acknowledge that agency adaptation can reflect organizational dynamics involving the pursuit of sustained legitimacy rather than a rational response to external challenges. As a consequence, agencies encouraged to change in order to maintain relevance may extend their engagement to areas where they lack expertise, implying a tradeoff between organizational adaptation and effectiveness. The article concludes that further analysis of possible trajectories for development agencies should emphasize the place of organizations within a domestic and international division of labor and the varied strengths of current organizational alternatives to orient future decisions on how to invest in the infrastructure for global cooperation. - Reproduced.  aDevelopment agencies 94940  aOrganisational Change94941  aFejerskov, Adam Moe94942  aPublic Administration and Development  aBureaucracy  2ddccAR  00102ddc40709383256aIIPAbIIPAd2019-04-29h38(5), Dec, 2018: p.169-178.pAR119536r2019-04-29yAR