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Handbook on Development Policy and Management
Edited by Colin Kirkpatrick, Ron Clarke and Charles Polidano
This important Handbook on international development policy and management covers a broad spectrum of contemporary topics across all the major areas of interest. With over 40 chapters, the book comprehensively explores the many themes and issues of significance for both policy and implementation, and provides easily accessible reference material on current practice and research. The 42 contributors come from a diverse range of backgrounds, and enjoy international reputations in their chosen fields.
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- Handbook on Development Policy and Management
- Copyright
- Contents
- Figures and tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: The History of Development Policy
- Section A: Economic Policy
- Chapter 3: Gobalization and development policy
- Chapter 4: Economic planning: theory, practice and experiences
- Chapter 5: Structural adjustment
- Chapter 6: Structural adjustment and Sub-Saharan Africa
- Chapter 7: Trade liberalization
- Chapter 8: Industrialization and industrial policy
- Chapter 9: Agricultural development policy
- Chapter 10: International finance for development
- Chapter 11: Competition and its regulation in developing countries
- Chapter 12: Distribution, poverty and economic growth
- Chapter 13: Employment and labour market policies in an era of structural adjustment
- Chapter 14: Privatization
- Chapter 15: Financial sector policies
- Section B: Social policy
- Chapter 16: Education and public polcy
- Chapter 17: Health and nutrition policies in development
- Chapter 18: Gender and development
- Chapter 19: Microfinance
- Chapter 20: Social protection
- Chapter 21: Population and development: from population control to reproductive health
- Chapter 22: Urbanization
- Section C: Environmental policy
- Chapter 23: Environment, biodiversity and sustainable development: international issues
- Chapter 24: Environmental assessment and management
- Chapter 25: From development administration to development management: an overview
- Section A: The Political Context
- Chapter 26: Aid and good governance
- Chapter 27: Democratization
- Chapter 28: Complex political emergencies
- Chapter 29: Poverty reduction and the national policy process
- Section B: Public Sector Management
- Chapter 30: Bureaucracy and administrative reform in developing countries
- Chapter 31: The new public manage,ent in development countries
- Chapter 32: Agencification
- Chapter 33: Capacity building
- Chapter 34: Controlling corruption
- Chapter 35: Human resource management: the challenge of adaptation
- Chapter 36: Financial management
- Section C: Managing Outside the Central State
- Chapter 37: Civil society and its role indevelopment
- Chapter 38: The rise of non-governmental organizations: Issues in development management
- Chapter 39: Public-private partnerships
- Chapter 40: Decentralization
- Chapter 41: Community participation and decision making
- Section D: Managing at the Project Level
- Chapter 42: Project appraisal and evaluation: recent developments
- Chapter 43: Planning and managing development projects
- Index
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Section C: Environmental policy
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- 26 Apr 2002
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- Copyright
- Contents
- Figures and tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: The History of Development Policy
- Section A: Economic Policy
- Chapter 3: Gobalization and development policy
- Chapter 4: Economic planning: theory, practice and experiences
- Chapter 5: Structural adjustment
- Chapter 6: Structural adjustment and Sub-Saharan Africa
- Chapter 7: Trade liberalization
- Chapter 8: Industrialization and industrial policy
- Chapter 9: Agricultural development policy
- Chapter 10: International finance for development
- Chapter 11: Competition and its regulation in developing countries
- Chapter 12: Distribution, poverty and economic growth
- Chapter 13: Employment and labour market policies in an era of structural adjustment
- Chapter 14: Privatization
- Chapter 15: Financial sector policies
- Section B: Social policy
- Chapter 16: Education and public polcy
- Chapter 17: Health and nutrition policies in development
- Chapter 18: Gender and development
- Chapter 19: Microfinance
- Chapter 20: Social protection
- Chapter 21: Population and development: from population control to reproductive health
- Chapter 22: Urbanization
- Section C: Environmental policy
- Chapter 23: Environment, biodiversity and sustainable development: international issues
- Chapter 24: Environmental assessment and management
- Chapter 25: From development administration to development management: an overview
- Section A: The Political Context
- Chapter 26: Aid and good governance
- Chapter 27: Democratization
- Chapter 28: Complex political emergencies
- Chapter 29: Poverty reduction and the national policy process
- Section B: Public Sector Management
- Chapter 30: Bureaucracy and administrative reform in developing countries
- Chapter 31: The new public manage,ent in development countries
- Chapter 32: Agencification
- Chapter 33: Capacity building
- Chapter 34: Controlling corruption
- Chapter 35: Human resource management: the challenge of adaptation
- Chapter 36: Financial management
- Section C: Managing Outside the Central State
- Chapter 37: Civil society and its role indevelopment
- Chapter 38: The rise of non-governmental organizations: Issues in development management
- Chapter 39: Public-private partnerships
- Chapter 40: Decentralization
- Chapter 41: Community participation and decision making
- Section D: Managing at the Project Level
- Chapter 42: Project appraisal and evaluation: recent developments
- Chapter 43: Planning and managing development projects
- Index