Development Projects for a New Millennium

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Anil Hira, Trevor Parfitt

ISBN: 0-275-97503-7

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97503-6

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216 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 5/30/2004

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Description: Economic matters entered a new phase of importance in the wake of the Cold War. Concerns within development-assistance efforts to the Third World have also shifted. The current macro-environment of development has been accompanied by a plethora of new concerns and methods, such as how to consider gender in development projects and how to develop participatory-centered projects. Yet no text has covered many of the new approaches and techniques related to development projects, including issues of participation, gender, and evaluation—until now. Hira and Parfitt bridge these serious gaps, drawing on their hands-on experience and teaching in the field.

They begin with an overview of the brave new world of development in the post-Cold War era, sketching the current context of development projects. They examine the classic concerns and approaches of development project management and provide an introduction to the new development administration, including the concepts that are being experimented upon in the field and through new program initiatives. They analyze the major new initiatives in development project management. The result is a guide for the everyday practitioner who wants to know the implications of recent development ideas in terms of everyday practices, as well as for the student moving beyond paradigms to see how new practices are changing the way development projects are administered.

Table of Contents:

Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Development Aid in the Post-Cold War Era
The Project Approach to Development: A Blunted Edge?
The Environment and Sustainable Development
Can Development Organizations Be Reinvented?
Participation
The Growth of Gender Perspectives in Development
How to Help a Failing Patient: The Difficult State of Evaluation in Development Projects
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the Author: ANIL HIRA is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Latin American Studies at Simon Fraser University. After working in a variety of public administration posts, Professor Hira taught development courses at the American University in Cairo, Tulane University, and Simon Fraser. Among his earlier publications are Ideas and Economic Policy in Latin America (Praeger, 1998) and Political Economy of Energy in the Southern Cone (Praeger, 2003).

TREVOR PARFITT is Director of the Master's Program in Development at the American University in Cairo. Professor Parfitt has worked as a consultant for a variety of development organizations, including the United Nations' Development Programme and the United States Agency for International Development. Among his publications is the forthcoming Towards Postmodern Ethics for Development.

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