Managing development : measures of success and failure in development /

This book presents a critical view of economic development in the last 50 years and evaluates different approaches taken that led to success or failure. It covers development policies, methods, procedures, as well as development project selection and how the one-size-fits-all approach taken by major...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Frankel, Ernst G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Temas:
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
Economic policy > Management
Developing countries > Economic policy > Management.
Developing countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Terms and Abbreviations
  • Prologue
  • Introduction
  • PART 1: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS OR UNREALISTIC DREAM?
  • Why Economic Principles of Development Do Not Work
  • Defining Poor Developing Countries
  • Unrealistic Dream
  • The Real Developing World
  • PART 2: ECONOMIC TRENDS
  • Real Measures of Economic Performance
  • Development and Trade
  • Population Planning
  • Infrastructure in Development
  • Financing of Developments
  • Democracy in Government
  • PART 3: ASIA
  • THE FUTURE CENTER OF THE WORLD ECONOMY
  • Economic Growth and Economic Freedom: The Lessons from The Orient
  • Asian Success and Western Culture
  • Human Rights and Economic Development
  • Should We Admire or Criticize the Asian Way to Economic Growth?
  • Investing in Asia
  • China: The Globe's New Economic Locomotive
  • Asian Potentials and Problems
  • PART 4: DEVELOPING AFRICA: THE GLOBAL BASKET CASE
  • African Malaise
  • Africa's Dilemma
  • A Future for Africa
  • Envisioning Africa's Future
  • New Challenges for Africa
  • PART 5: DEVELOPING EUROPE
  • European Population Dilemma
  • Building the European Union
  • PART 6: AMERICA'S ACHIEVEMENTS AND HOPES
  • Mexican Evolution
  • South America
  • Winning and Losing Opportunities
  • PART 7: DEVELOPMENT FINANCING OR 'TAKE FROM THE POOR AND GIVE TO THE RICH'
  • Investment for Development
  • Hypocrisy in Development Financing
  • Privatization in Developing Countries
  • Debt Relief for Forgiveness
  • PART 8: ACTORS IN PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT FINANCING
  • International Finance Institutions
  • Regional Development Institutions
  • Evaluating the IMF
  • Governance of World Bank and IMF
  • Role of Non-governmental and Social Non-profit Organizations in Development
  • PART 9: STRATEGIES FOR FUTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
  • Development Risk Management
  • Government Spending, Globalization and Development
  • Development Policies and Strategies for Success
  • Effective Development Project and Project Risk Management
  • PART 10: THE FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT
  • World Economy, Economic Blocks and National States
  • Need for Interactive Development
  • New Strategies for Assuring Development Effectivenesss
  • Making Development Work
  • Postscript
  • Appendix A: The United Nations: UN Budget/UN Staffing/Budget Components
  • Appendix B: Use of Expert Choice in Development Project Selection, Planning and Design
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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