Development Projects as Policy Experiments (Paperback)

Dennis A. Rondinelli

ISBN 10: 1138967467 / ISBN 13: 9781138967465

Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, 2016

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Paperback. International assistance programmes for developing countries are in urgent need of revision. Continuous testing and verification is required if development activity is to cope effectively with the uncertainty and complexity of the development process. This examines the alternatives and offers an approach which focuses on strategic planning, administrative procedures that facilitate innovation, responsiveness and experimentation, and on decision-making processes that join learning with action. A useful text for academics and practitioners in development studies, geography and sociology. The complexity of the development process calls for an adaptive approach for assistance programmes which rely on strategic planning, responsiveness and experimentation and decision-making processes that join learning with action Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9781138967465

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Titolo: Development Projects as Policy Experiments (...

Casa editrice: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London

Data di pubblicazione: 2016

Legatura: Paperback

Condizione: new

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International assistance programmes for developing countries are in urgent need of revision. Continuous testing and verification is required if development activity is to cope effectively with the uncertainty and complexity of the development process. This examines the alternatives and offers an approach which focuses on strategic planning, administrative procedures that facilitate innovation, responsiveness and experimentation, and on decision-making processes that join learning with action. A useful text for academics and practitioners in development studies, geography and sociology.