This book presents a critical view of economic development in the last fifty 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.
Author(s): Ernst G. Frankel
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 352
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 13
List of Tables......Page 14
Terms and Abbreviations......Page 16
Acknowledgments......Page 17
Preface......Page 18
Prologue......Page 19
Introduction......Page 24
1 Development Economics or Unrealistic Dream?......Page 33
2 Economic Trends......Page 79
3 Asia – The Future Center of the World Economy......Page 123
4 Developing Africa – the Global Basket Case......Page 157
5 Developing Europe......Page 188
6 America’s Achievements and Hopes......Page 197
7 Development Financing or “Take from the Poor and Give to the Rich”......Page 202
8 Actors in Public Development Financing......Page 215
9 Strategies for Future Economic Development......Page 230
10 The Future of Development......Page 261
11 Postscript......Page 304
Appendix A: The United Nations......Page 310
Appendix B: Use of Expert Choice in Development Project Selection, Planning, and Design......Page 312
Notes......Page 317
References......Page 319
Bibliography......Page 320
Index......Page 323
