Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: PART I DEVELOPMENT POLICY -- 2 The history of development policy 15 -- Richard Jolly -- Section A Economic Policy -- 3 Globalization and development policy 25 -- S. Mansoob Murshed -- 4 Economic planning: theory, practice and experiences 32 -- Anis Chowdhury -- 5 Structural adjustment 42 -- Tony Addison -- 6 Structural adjustment and Sub-Saharan Africa 51 -- Peter Lawrence -- 7 Trade liberalization 60 -- Oliver Morrissey -- 8 Industrialization and industrial policy 68 -- Frederick Nixson -- 9 Agricultural development policy 78 -- David Colman -- 10 International finance for development 86 -- Jane Harrigan -- 11 Competition and its regulation in developing countries 94 -- Paul Cook -- 12 Distribution, poverty and economic growth 104 -- Andrew McKay -- 13 Employment and labour market policies in an era of structural -- adjustment 112 -- Rolph van der Hoeven and Lance Taylor -- 14 Privatization 121 -- Colin Kirkpatrick -- 15 Financial sector policies 133 -- Martin Brownbridge -- Section B Social Policy -- 16 Education and public policy 145 -- Christopher Colclough -- 17 Health and nutrition policies in development 156 -- Prakash Shetty -- 18 Gender and development 163 -- Ruth Pearson -- 19 Microfinance 173 -- James Roth -- 20 Social protection 182 -- Lauchlan T. Munro -- 21 Population and development: from population control to -- reproductive health 193 -- Jocelyn DeJong -- 22 Urbanization 204 -- Philip Amis -- Section C Environment Policy -- 23 Environment, biodiversity and sustainable development: -- international issues 213 -- Katrina Brown -- 24 Environmental assessment and management 221 -- Clive George -- PART II DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT: IMPLEMENTATION -- AND PRACTICE -- 25 From development administration to development -- management: an overview 235 -- 0. P. Dwivedi -- Section A The Political Context -- 26 Aid and good governance 249 -- Mark Robinson -- 27 Democratization 260 -- Charles Polidano -- 28 Complex political emergencies 269 -- Jonathan Goodhand -- 29 Poverty reduction and the national policy process 279 -- David Booth -- Section B Public Sector Management -- 30 Bureaucracy and administrative reform in developing countries 291 -- Moses N. Kiggundu -- 31 The new public management in developing countries 303 -- Nick Manning -- 32 Agencification 315 -- Jan Kees van Donge -- 33 Capacity building 323 -- Mary E. Hilderbrand -- 34 Controlling corruption 333 -- Jon S. T Quah -- 35 Human resource management: the challenge of adaptation 342 -- Willy McCourt -- 36 Financial management 349 -- A. Premchand -- Section C Managing Outside the Central State -- 37 Civil society and its role in development 363 -- Ron Clarke -- 38 The rise of non-governmental organizations: issues in -- development management 372 -- David Lewis -- 39 Public-private partnerships 381 -- Dennis Rondinelli -- 40 Decentralization 389 -- Brian Smith -- 41 Community participation and decision making 400 -- Paul Francis -- Section D Managing at the Project Level -- 42 Project appraisal and evaluation: recent developments 411 -- John Weiss -- 43 Planning and managing development projects 421 -- Richard Bond.

This important Handbook on international development policy and management covers a broad spectrum of contemporary topics across all the major areas of interest. With over 40 chapters, the book comprehensively explores the many themes and issues of significance for both policy and implementation, and provides easily accessible reference material on current practice and research. The 42 contributors come from a diverse range of backgrounds, and enjoy international reputations in their chosen fields.