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Managing Development: Measures of Success and Failure in Development
Ernst G. Frankel
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
This book presents a critical view of economic development in the last 50 years and evaluates different approaches taken that led to success or failure. It covers development policies, methods, procedures, as well as development project selection and how the one-size-fits-all approach taken by major players in development resulted in huge waste and disappointments. Global examples and comparisons are used to identify the need for selective strategies and new ways to assure development effectiveness.
This book presents a critical view of economic development in the last 50 years and evaluates different approaches taken that led to success or failure. It covers development policies, methods, procedures, as well as development project selection and how the one-size-fits-all approach taken by major players in development resulted in huge waste and disappointments. Global examples and comparisons are used to identify the need for selective strategies and new ways to assure development effectiveness.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
303
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403949493
SKU
V9781403949493
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99-15
About Ernst G. Frankel
ERNST G. FRANKEL is Emeritus Professor of Ocean Systems and Professor of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. His research interests are in large-scale project management and implementation. He has worked previously as a consultant to the World Bank, the Asia and Inter American Development Bank and to the Chinese, Nigerian and Singaporean Governments among others. He has been ... Read more
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