This book examines how educational development happens. It analyzes the actions of policy makers and the decisions they make regarding educational change. Although the point of decision is an important...
This book consists of papers presented at a seminar for senior policy-makers held in Zimbabwe from May 7-11, 1990. The seminar is concerned mainly with distance education as an alternative to secondary...
This report seeks to impart knowledge to policymakers and administrators of how to approach the measurement and valuation of environmental elements within development projects. It illustrates the issues...
During the past twelve years, Zambia has experienced increasingly grave financial problems. The decline in the economy has affected all sectors, including education. The deterioration occurred at a time...
This report is comprised of three chapters, which are essentially independent papers that deal with postharvest activities. Its objective is to challenge conventional thinking about postharvest food losses...
During the second half of the 1970s, the Mauritian sugar boom ended. For a number of years thereafter, economic instability and financial troubles marred the picture. The authors aim to analyze government...
This is a case study of policy analysis and reform regarding growth stabilization and adjustment in Morocco from 1973 to 1987. The debt arose from large national defense expenditures as well as from projects...
The aim of this paper is to learn from the policy experience of Malawi. Starting from a very low level at independence in 1964, the country managed to raise its per capita income rapidly. The end of the...
The aim of this paper is to learn from the policy experience of Zambia. The government's intensive policy efforts during the 1980's were aimed at economic recovery. President Kaunda abandoned these efforts...
This book consists of seven case studies that differ in various dimensions, as well as in their country settings. Four of the case studies analyze the following development projects or programs: (a) a...