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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frankel, Ernst G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2005, 2005
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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 players in development resulted in huge waste and disappointments. Global examples and comparisons are used to identify the need for selective strategies and new ways to assure development effectiveness
Physical Description:XXI, 303 p online resource
ISBN:9780230006294