Full Description
This book deals with problems frequently encoun-tered by agencies, managers, and technicians who try to implement large-scale development projects. Specifically, it focuses on the implementation problems associated with projects sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) and the World Bank in developing countries. Some historical background on how implementation problems became a focus of concern is presented below. Development assistance on a significant scale started with Marshall Plan aid to reconstruct Western Europe following World War II. [1] In that case, the donor (the United States) asked not to be part of the process that determined how the money was to be spent. Instead, the United States asked the West European countries to establish their own priorities for assistance (which they did after a considerable amount of inter-country negotiation).
Contents
List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- 1 COPING WITH POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, ENVIRON-MENTAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS / Jerry Van Sant and Paul R. Crawlford -- 2 DEALING WITH INSTITUTIONAL AND ORGANIZA-TIONAL REALITIES / George H. Honadle, S. Tjip Walker, and Jerry M. Sil veman -- 3 PERSONNEL CONSTRAINTS / Elliott R. Morss, Paul R. Cramford, and Gene M. OWens -- 4 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SHORTCOMINGS / George H. Honadle,Jerry M. Silverman, and Donald R. Mickelwait -- 5 DECENTRALIZATION AND PARTICIPATION: Sant -- 6 TIMING / Elliott R. Morss and Jerry Van Sant -- 7 INEFFECTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS / David D. Gow and Elliott R. Morss -- 8 DIFFERING AGENDAS / Elliott R. Morss and George H. Honadle -- 9 SUSTAINING PROJECT BENEFITS / Elliott R. Morss, David D. Gow, and Christopher W. Nordlinger -- Conclusion -- Notes.
