Development Administration in the Eighties: New Agendas or Old Perspectives?

Honadle, George; Daland, Robert T.; Gant, George F.; Harvey, Charles; Jacobs, Jake; Lamb, Geoff; Schaffer, Bernard; Gould, David; Grindle, Merilee S.; Leonard, David K.; Lindenberg, Marc; Crosby, B. T.; Mohan, Raj P.; Moris, Jon R.; Murray, D. J.

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“…The specific nature of the ID process is suggested by the following quotations: That value distinguishes an institution from an organization: ”We are concerned with purposes and values which extend beyond the immediate task in hand“[ 1, p. 330]. That sustainability must be the test of development: ”Development is concerned with inducing activity which leads to self‐sustaining dynamics that improves human well being“[ 28, p. 178]. That exploration is the key to contemporary institutional development practice: ”All development initiatives are real world experiments“[8, p. 192].…”

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“…That sustainability must be the test of development: ”Development is concerned with inducing activity which leads to self‐sustaining dynamics that improves human well being“[ 28, p. 178].…”

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“…The argument about sustainability is reinforced by Honandle: Development is concerned with inducing activity which leads to self‐sustaining dynamics that improve human well being. Since development administration emphasises the design, organisation and management of such activity, the sustainability of the strategic interventions must occupy a prominent position in the field[ 28, p. 178]. …”

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Institutional development

McGill

1995

International Journal of Public Sector Management

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Considers five topics in an attempt to review the concept of institutional development (ID): institutions; development; institutional development; projects; technical assistance. Institutions are seen as fundamental to the development process. Development is seen as a political process. ID is seen as exploratory rather than prescriptive. Projects are seen as mechanistic. Technical assistance is moving towards a more exploratory and participatory mode of project formulation and implementation. Seeks to offer a flavour of the considerable and rapidly growing literature on the subject of ID in order to establish some parameters to the concept. These parameters are captured by the scope of the process, modes of intervention and factors for success, distilled from an original literature search. Presents the resulting conceptual framework.

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Institutional development

McGill

1995

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“…Contemporary perspectives on induced development have evolved away from a narrow production orientation (Honadle, 1982) to recognize and emphasize the centrality of institutional strengthening (Moris, 1981). Given this recognition, a key test for projectized development is its relationship to organizational capacity building.…”

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Putting ‘projectized’ development in perspective

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Rosengard²

1983

Public Admin & Development

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The project approach to development assistance has been attacked for its inability to make results self‐sustaining. This has been attributed to a short time horizon, an inability to pick up recurrent costs, and a tendency to either by‐pass or fragment local institutions and therefore to neglect the need for local capacity building. At the same time, claims have been made that projects are politically advantageous due to quick high visibility results and they are useful instruments for experimentation, social learning and capacity building. This article examines both arguments and concludes that there is a need for radical changes in project development processes, but that there should not be a rush to abandon the project as an instrument for development.

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“…Not merely a rehearsal of the familiar details, I seek to establish the thesis that these persistent trends-amid the diversity of approaches and ideological susceptibilities (cf. 'state-of-the-art' discussions by Dwivedi and Nef, 1982;Ekekwe, 1977;Honadle, 1982;Nef and Dwivedi, 1981;Public Administration Review, 1976Schaffer, 1969)constitute a continuing challenge to the efficacy of the post-colonial state in the management of the development process. Irrespective of context, the best tradition of writing and practice in public administration is that which applies vigorous scepticism-as do the concerns which are identified and discussed later-to the pretensions of the administrative structures of the state.…”

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Trends in development administration: The continuing challenge to the efficay of the post‐colonial state in the third world

Luke

1986

Public Admin & Development

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Development administration' has become established and recognized as a distinct enterprise of academic study and practice. This paper visits some of the major themes that have been examined by the 'development administration community' by focusing on common concerns with (1) building effective administrative capacity as part of the development process that is also (2) responsive and accountable and (3) equitable. It is argued that these persistent themes-amid the diversity of approaches and ideological susceptibilities-constitute a continuing challenge to the efficacy of the post-colonial state in the management of development activities.' The term 'post-colonial state' is used here in an historical and not theoretical context.

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Development Administration in the Eighties: New Agendas or Old Perspectives?

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Putting ‘projectized’ development in perspective

Trends in development administration: The continuing challenge to the efficay of the post‐colonial state in the third world

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