Development Administration: From Underdevelopment to Sustainable Development (1994) (International Political Economy Series)
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- Synopsis
- This book examines administrative changes and reforms carried out in the developing nations: it looks at the role of the state, various administrative reforms carried out at the behest of the West but never fully materialized, and events leading to policy failures and administrative mishaps. It is a story of failed developmental goals told through the looking glass of administration and it is about directing, managing, and controlling the means used in and by Third World countries to achieve development. In addition to a history of development administration, this volume includes an analysis of bureaucratic corruption and accountability, the issue of capability building in science and technology transfer, the new challenge of the 1990s - how to achieve environmentally sustainable development in the face of resource constraints and ever-growing public demands and expectations, and a strategy for sustainable development administration as the Third World prepares for the 21st century.
- Copyright:
- 1994
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- ISBN-13:
- 9780230374188
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780333566183
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan UK, London
- Date of Addition:
- 12/10/20
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- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
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- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Politics and Government
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