Managing Development

Klappentext

The complexities facing development managers are vast. The enormous challenges to understanding the breadth and depth of development transformation are apparent in each level of this process and demand attention. Managing Development answers the need for a comprehensive introductory resource. Offering a fresh perspective on development management, it analyzes both international and national development agencies and shows the widely differing cultural contexts in which to plan, manage and evaluate development programmes.

Zusammenfassung
Considers the problems of development management in the context of political process. Focuses on bureaucratic politics and political relationships between people, their organizations and the state in development programmes and projects, particularly agricultural and health development programmes.

Inhalt

Introduction to Development Management
PART ONE: DEVELOPMENT CONTEXTS
Development
Conceptions From and About People at the Grassroots
The Cultural Context
The Political Context
Transitions I
Project and Program Preparation
Transitions II
Project/Program Selection and Evaluation
PART TWO: DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL LEVELS
Development Management at the National Level
International Development Agencies
Non-Governmental Organizations
Transitions
Toward Organizational Change
PART THREE: DEVELOPMENT SECTORS
Agricultural Programs
Health
Reproductive, Preventive and Curative Dimensions
Closing Perspectives on Development Management