Handbook of Development Policy Studies

by Mudacumura; Gedeon M.

• ISBN13: 9780824706029
• ISBN10: 0824706021
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-23
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Considering the current challenges to human progress, this reference book examines recent theories, policies, and sectoral priorities, as well as various social, economic, and administrative factors that impact worldwide modernization and development. The book emphasizes the fact that communities must evaluate continuously and adjust their program activities in order to achieve a genuine mode of development. This volume includes case studies demonstrating effective applications of the major operational tools for the layout and execution of major development policies and examines the current trends and future directions in development theories, policies, and practices in the 21st century.

Table of Contents

Preface
Contributors
Development discourse : change versus continuity
Introduction : development discourse and its challenges and directions	p. 1
The narrative foundations of international development	p. 25
Managing social change in complex environments : a chaos approach to environmental impacts	p. 45
Sustainable development : what does sustainability mean to individuals in the conduct of their lives and businesses?	p. 67
The myths of economic growth (GNP) : implications for human development	p. 89
Social scientific knowledge and American interests : an episode in the development of development theory	p. 111
Development domains and their significance
Development as a multidimensional concern	p. 125
From development administration to new public management in postcolonial settings : internal problems, external prescriptions	p. 153
Evaluating indicators for rural women's socioeconomic development : the case of Thailand	p. 177
Fossilization of Chinese customs under colonial rule in Hong Kong : implications for gender and development	p. 195
Information and communication technologies as tools for development : between skepticism and optimism	p. 209
Development policy issues in major sectors
Smallholder response to population pressure and adversity in Rwanda	p. 231
Structural adjustment in Bulgarian agriculture	p. 247
Factors affecting sustainable health care management programs in post-Soviet transitional economies	p. 263
The impact of HIV/AIDS on economic development in sub-Saharan Africa : policy implications	p. 281
Industrial development policies and strategies : the African case	p. 297
Science and technology policies for development : the case of Singapore	p. 331
Development institutions : local and global
Organizations, agencies, and other entities that impact the developing world : internet sources	p. 345
The role of nongovernmental organizations in rural development	p. 357
Transforming a large-scale microfinance institution : strategies and challenges in Bangladesh	p. 371
Decentralization and local protectionism in China	p. 393
Panchayati Raj : the Indian model of grassroots democracy and decentralized rural development	p. 409
Good governance in Africa : decentralized planning and means of participation in development in Botswana	p. 429
Development dilemmas : how to resolve?
The political and institutional dilemmas of sustainable development	p. 447
Security, defense, and development in the current age	p. 465
Democratization, demilitarization, and development in Africa : theory and experience	p. 479
Transnational labor migration, gender, and development in Southeast Asia	p. 491
Transforming the developmental state in Korea under globalization : the case of IT industry	p. 509
Understanding the postsocialist transition	p. 523
Development trends and challenges
The growing challenges of globalization to self-reliant development in developing nations	p. 535
The impact of globalization on the developmental role of local government in South Africa	p. 551
Raising voices : satellites, the internet, and distributive discourse	p. 569
Sustainable development through good governance in India : challenges and strategies	p. 581
Citizen participation and development policy studies : the limits of concept transfer	p. 595
Decentralization, democratic centralism, and citizens' exclusion : a case study of Nebbi district in Uganda	p. 607
Conclusion and future direction
Participatory development policy design : integrating instrumental and democratic rationality	p. 629
Decentralized governance and participatory development : the Asian experience	p. 645
Equity and efficiency in international environmental agreements : a case study of the Kyoto protocol	p. 675
Policy implementation in poor countries	p. 691
Poverty reduction : the measurement question	p. 703
Conclusion : development agenda for the twenty-first century	p. 715
Index	p. 727
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