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Cases in Economic Development: Projects, Policies and Strategies presents cases on project analysis, sectoral planning, and macroeconomic policies. The cases are set in an imaginary country called Beracia in order to simulate actual planning experience. Beracia has been designed with a greater than normal range of problems, so that it can encompass the features of mineral-rich countries such as Zambia and Peru; agrarian economies such as the Philippines and Ivory Coast; and aspiring exporters of manufactures such as Colombia and Pakistan. This text has 11 cases divided into five sections. After providing an overview of development planning, development goals and strategies, and planning theo...
This report details the process of planning for local economic development. The planning process discussed, enables a community to determine the appropriate meaning of economic development for itself, to examine the resources available for it, to identify the best courses of action for achieving it, and to plot the means of carrying out those course of action.
Report on evaluation of the employment creation effects of industrial development projects funded under urban planning and urban development programmes in the UK - outlines economic conditions and industrial structure of the Inner Urban Areas, trends in public sector financing, and role of the private sector; describes local government policies, types and costs of development projects, their impact on commercial enterprises and industrial enterprises, and role of environmental policy, cost benefit analysis, and project management criteria.
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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.
A comprehensive guide to funding for community projects of any size.