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Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Economic development projects
ISBN : 0821309366
Author : Michael Lipton,Robert L. Paarlberg
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0896293157
Bank lending for agriculture and rural development from the 1970s to the 1980s: will the decline continue? Anticipating the challenges of the 1990s. Regional variations.
Author : Patrick Allan Sharma
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812293937
Robert McNamara is best known for his key role in the escalation of the Vietnam War as U.S. secretary of defense under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. The familiar story begins with the brilliant young executive transforming Ford Motor Company, followed by his rise to political power under Kennedy, and culminating in his downfall after eight years of failed military policies. Many believe McNamara's fall from grace after Vietnam marked the end of his career. They were wrong. In Robert McNamara's Other War, Patrick Allan Sharma reveals the previously untold story of what happened next. As president of the World Bank from 1968 to 1981, McNamara changed the way many people thought about international development by shifting the World Bank's focus to poverty alleviation. Though his efforts to redeem himself after his failures in Vietnam were well-intentioned, Sharma argues, his expansion of the World Bank's agenda contributed to a decline in the quality of its activities. McNamara's policies at the Bank also helped lay the groundwork for the economic crises that have plagued the developing world during the past three decades. Not only has Sharma crafted an engaging chronicle of one of the most enigmatic figures in modern American history; he has also produced one of the first detailed histories of the World Bank. He mines previously unstudied Bank documents that have only recently become available to researchers as well as material from archives on three continents. Sharma's extensive research shows that McNamara's influence extended well beyond Vietnam and that his World Bank years may be his most enduring legacy.
Author : M.S. Peterson,D.J. Stephenson
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1991-03-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080870325
Water resources exploitation has been regarded as a way of initiating economic development in many countries. Planning concepts are now changing. Thorough environmental studies, sociological and economic studies now preceed project formulation. Justification solely on the basis of benefit cost studies is no longer sufficient for many development agencies. The broader approach is introduced in this book, but the real emphasis is on the situation in and needs of developing countries. Some of the problems experienced in building water resources in developing countries are described in this book, and methods of solution based on the limited experience of the authors, are offered. These range from use of unbiased common sense, coupled with a close understanding of people's requirements, to a comprehensive computer simulated planning model. Some types of water resources development are described in more detail. These include irrigation, hydro electric power and rural water supply. Sections on socio-economics and human resource development are also included, as well as on data collection, and project planning. Lessons from the failure of multimillion dollar projects are not hard to come by, and examples and pointers which will assist future planners are given. Attention is paid to the need for aid to include training and to stimulate local economies. However big water projects appear, they cannot escape the effects of the rest of the country's economy. Attention is also drawn to environmental problems, particularly soil erosion, often caused by water resources development. The fact that water resources development cannot be carried out by engineers only, is recognized. The input of many professions, and vast experience, is needed. Drawn on international case studies, much of the material has been presented in postgraduate courses by the authors.
Author : Raisuddin Ahmed,Cynthia Donovan
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0896293254
What is infrastructure; State of infrastructural development; Theoretical concerns about the impact of infrastructure; Empirical studies on the impact of infrastructure; Issues of resource allocation of infrastructure.
Author : Lee R. Martin
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0816619425
Author : Devesh Kapur,John P. Lewis,Richard C. Webb
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 1310 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0815720122
This effort constitutes the most comprehensive and authoritative work to date on the history of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or the World Bank. Author-editors John Lewis, Richard Webb, and Devesh Kapur chronicle the evolution of this institution and offer insights into its successes, failures, and prospects for the future. The result of their intense labors is an invaluable resource for other researchers and a fascinating study in its own right. The work is divided into two volumes. The first is organized thematically and examines the critical events and policy issues in the World Bank's development over the last fifty years. Chapter topics include poverty alleviation, structural adjustment lending, environmental programs, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the International Development Association (IDA), and the evolution of the Bank as an institution. The second volume contains case studies written by experts with experience in the various regions in which the Bank operates. There are chapters on the Bank's activities in Korea, Mexico, Africa, South Asia, and Eastern Europe. Volume 2 also contains essays on the World Bank's relationship with the United States, Japan, and Western Europe, and its partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). By special arrangement, the authors have had wide-ranging access to confidential documents at the World Bank, making this work a unique source of information on the internal workings of this critical institution. They have also drawn on extensive interviews with current and past Bank officials. Moreover, publication could not be more timely, coming as it does when many in the development community and in the U.S. Congress are questioning the Bank's track record and even its reason for existence. The World Bank: Its First Half Century will be of great interest not only to development practitioners but also to students of international relations, development economics, and global finance. During the course of the project, John P. Lewis and Richard Webb were nonresident senior fellows, and Devesh Kapur was a program associate, in the Foreign Policy Studies program at the Brookings Institution.
Author : David Stephenson
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781439824689
The world's water resources are being tapped at an ever increasing rate, to the extent that sustainability and water quality are being compromised. This book provides accounts of the technology used for managing water resources to reduce risks. Besides controlling floods, overcoming droughts and reducing pollution, the reader will learn to plan and maintain hydraulic structures, and to appreciate the diverse demands on water, including those of the environment. The topics considered include hydrology and assessment of water resources; drought management and flood management tools; and the interaction between land use and water resources, including surface runoff, groundwater and water quality. The second half of the book focuses on water use, demand management and the infrastructure required to manage water. Consideration is also given to the tools needed for planning, including economics and computer modelling. This book is aimed at a postgraduate level, suitable for students in water engineering and science. It will also serve as a reference for practitioners concerned with water resources and water supply.
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: International Development Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0215053184
About two-thirds of DFID's expenditure in 2011-12, including nearly 40% of its bilateral spending, went through multilateral organisations even though they have higher administrative costs. This represents a major change in recent years and has been accompanied by a decline in direct aid to recipient Governments. DFID argues that the change is not a reflection of its need to spend money quickly, but a result of the reduced need for budget support in countries with rising tax bases and improved financial management, as well as its focus on fragile states. The DFID needs to ensure that it has thoroughly examined other options such as greater use of local NGOs and sector budget support. DFID has switched expenditure from low income to middle income countries, in part because several countries with a large number of poor people have recently graduated to middle-income status. Policy towards middle income countries varies and DFID needs establish and make public the criteria it will use to inform decisions of when and how it should cease to provide aid. DFID should also consider establishing a Development Bank - that could offer concessional loans alongside grant aid and would free from the constraint of having to ensure that cash was spent by the end of the financial year. Staffing also may still not be sufficient to oversee the huge expenditure of UK taxpayers' money undertaken by multilaterals. MPs remain concerned that DFID's has ended its bilateral programme in one of the world's poorest countries, Burundi, and is urging the new Secretary of State to re-instate it.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Economic development projects
ISBN : UCBK:C024784935
Author : Jacqueline Best
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107729452
Jacqueline Best argues that the 1990s changes in IMF, World Bank and donor policies, towards what some have called the 'Post-Washington Consensus,' were driven by an erosion of expert authority and an increasing preoccupation with policy failure. Failures such as the Asian financial crisis and the decades of despair in sub-Saharan Africa led these institutions to develop governance strategies designed to avoid failure: fostering country ownership, developing global standards, managing risk and vulnerability and measuring results. In contrast to the structural adjustment era when policymakers were confident in their solutions, this is an era of provisional governance, in which key actors are aware of the possibility of failure even as they seek to inoculate themselves against it. Best considers the implications of this shift, asking if it is a positive change and whether it is sustainable. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Books Online and via Knowledge Unlatched.
Author : International Labour Organisation. Advisory Committee on Rural Development
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Rural development projects
ISBN : 9789221075639
Author : World Bank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Economic development projects
ISBN : UOM:39015010770876
Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821385777
This review provides an independent assessment of the World Bank Group's performance in achieving key development objectives, with a special focus on support for environmentally sustainable development consistent with economic growth and poverty reduction.
Author : K.A. Artto,K. Kahkonen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781135274207
Managing Risks in Projects presents the latest skills, techniques, knowledge and experience of managing risks in projects from the leading worldwide experts. Many different types of projects are addressed spanning development, software, re-engineering, engineering and construction.