Louis A Picard
Biographic Data
| ID | 149184 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Louis A Picard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Louis A |
| FAMILY NAME | Picard |
| SIGNATURE | PICARD L A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pittsburgh |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Sustainable Development and Human Security in Africa
Picard and Macrina C. Lelei FOREIGN AID GOALS AND PRACTICES Human Development and the Millennium Development Goals: Donors, Aid, and Sustainability Chris Belasco, Terry F. Buss, and Louis A. Picard Aid, Institutions, and Human Development Chris Belasco, Terry F. Buss, and Louis A. Picard Millennium Development Goals and Poverty Reduction Strategies Peter Bucki, Simon Callaghan, Umair Khalid, Chris Morony, Jeremy Phillips, Ariunbilig Tsedendamba, …
The 2008 Guinea Conakry coup
This article examines the issue of democratic governance in Guinea–Conakry and the impact that international donors had on the political debate in the last years of the Conté regime. Our contention here is that there was and continues to be an evolving pluralism and embryo group of self-defined civil society organisations in both urban and rural Guinea but as a result of the December 2008 military coup opportunities have been lost in the promotio…
Decentralizing Governance
Dennis Rondinelli's untimely death in March of 2007 over shadows this book and may have contributed to its incompleteness. His long-term commitment to an understanding of decentralized governance is unparalleled and his contribution to the literature on decentralization and development is clear. That being said, this book may not be the best way to remember him. The goal of the editors was to bring together a number of scholars to discuss the sta…
Policy Reform for Sustainable Development in Africa
The Challenge of Structural Adjustment, L.A. Picard Ghana - Limited Success with Policy Reform, H. Akuoko-Frimpong Nigeria - Civil Service Reform and Development, A.D. Yahaya and A. Bur Zambia - Form versus Substance in the One-Party State, G.F. Lungu and M.C. Bwalya Tanzania - Moving Beyond the One-Party State, R.S. Mukandala and M.C. Bwalya Kenya - Environmental Factors and the Policy Process, W.O. Oyugi Botswana - Confronting the Realities of …
Books in review
Other books in review
Internal Capacity and Overload in Guinea and Niger
Many African states have been operating under tight structural-adjustment restrictions for close to ten years. The policies of the International Monetary Fund make heavy demands on public-sector capability and political leadership, particularly as regards pricing and trade practices, banking and finance, economic monitoring and data analysis, macro and sectoral planning, as well as policy formulation, initiation, and implementation. The aim is to…
South Africa in Southern Africa
South Africa in Southern Africa
The Politics of Development in Botswana
South Africa in Southern Africa
Institutional Development
Rural Development Areas in Swaziland
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a comprehensive strategy for rural development emerged as the most likely means to achieve objectives of balanced economic growth, more equitable income distribution, and a commitment to meet the basic needs of all sectors of LDC (lesser developed country) societies. This new strategy came to be known as integrated rural development (IRD). IRD generally refers to a package of goods and services that are provided…
The Politics of Development in Botswana
The Evolution of Modern Botswana
Patrons versus planners
(1986). Patrons versus planners: The political contradictions of integrated rural development in Swaziland. Journal of Contemporary African Studies: Vol. 5, No. 1-2, pp. 119-144
Traditionalism in Swaziland
Swaziland: Tradition and Change in a Southern African Kingdom by Alan R. Booth Westview Press, Boulder (Colorado), and Gower, Aldershot (England), 1983. xi plus 156 pp. including maps, illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography and index. $19,50
Decentralization, "Recentralization" & "Steering Mechanisms
The government of Denmark transferred much of the administration of its social-welfare programs to local authorities in the early 1970's. Local officials greeted this "reform" as an important measure in governmental decentralization. But, actually, while they gathered administrative responsibility, the political authority to make policy and establish priorities in resource allocation remained with the central government in Copenhagen. Professor P…
Development administration revisited
Independent Botswana
With revolutionary advances in next-generation sequencing, the human transcriptome has been comprehensively interrogated. These discoveries have highlighted the emerging functional and regulatory roles of a large fraction of RNAs suggesting the potential they might hold as stable and minimally invasive disease biomarkers. Although a plethora of molecular-biology- and biosensor-based RNA-detection strategies have been developed, clinical applicati…
Socialism and the Field Administrator
Tanzania' s' experimentation with socialism over the past fifteen years has been unique for a number of reasons. As Michael Lofchie has noted, it is one of the few socialist societies in the Third World that has allowed research access to its rural sector throughout most of the period of its experimentation with socialist policy.2 Thus there is an extensive literature available on Tanzania's approach to rural development, and the success or failu…
Bureaucrats, Cattle, and Public Policy
The formulation of a policy on land use offers a clear example of the relationship between a bureaucracy and policy formulation. In much of the Third World, and particularly in many African countries, national and local government employees are to all intents and purposes the dominant socioeconomic elite in the country. This would suggest that those who are formulating and implementing a new policy such as that on land use may have the most to ga…
Attitudes and Development
Uses of Game Theory to Explain the Salt Process
Negotiations in international relations must be analyzed not only in terms of the substance of policy which is of relevance to the negotiating process, but also with regard to the negotiating process itself. This paper focuses on the negotiating process leading up to the SALT I agreements of 1972. Through the insights of game theory we can better understand the difficulties inherent in reaching accords in nuclear arms negotiations
The Evolution of Modern Botswana
Bureaucrats, Cattle, and Public Policy
The formulation of a policy on land use offers a clear example of the relationship between a bureaucracy and policy formulation. In much of the Third World, and particularly in many African countries, national and local government employees are to all intents and purposes the dominant socioeconomic elite in the country. This would suggest that those who are formulating and implementing a new policy such as that on land use may have the most to ga…
Policy Reform for Sustainable Development in Africa
The Challenge of Structural Adjustment, L.A. Picard Ghana - Limited Success with Policy Reform, H. Akuoko-Frimpong Nigeria - Civil Service Reform and Development, A.D. Yahaya and A. Bur Zambia - Form versus Substance in the One-Party State, G.F. Lungu and M.C. Bwalya Tanzania - Moving Beyond the One-Party State, R.S. Mukandala and M.C. Bwalya Kenya - Environmental Factors and the Policy Process, W.O. Oyugi Botswana - Confronting the Realities of …
Socialism and the Field Administrator
Tanzania' s' experimentation with socialism over the past fifteen years has been unique for a number of reasons. As Michael Lofchie has noted, it is one of the few socialist societies in the Third World that has allowed research access to its rural sector throughout most of the period of its experimentation with socialist policy.2 Thus there is an extensive literature available on Tanzania's approach to rural development, and the success or failu…
Attitudes and Development
Internal Capacity and Overload in Guinea and Niger
Many African states have been operating under tight structural-adjustment restrictions for close to ten years. The policies of the International Monetary Fund make heavy demands on public-sector capability and political leadership, particularly as regards pricing and trade practices, banking and finance, economic monitoring and data analysis, macro and sectoral planning, as well as policy formulation, initiation, and implementation. The aim is to…
The 2008 Guinea Conakry coup
This article examines the issue of democratic governance in Guinea–Conakry and the impact that international donors had on the political debate in the last years of the Conté regime. Our contention here is that there was and continues to be an evolving pluralism and embryo group of self-defined civil society organisations in both urban and rural Guinea but as a result of the December 2008 military coup opportunities have been lost in the promotio…
Traditionalism in Swaziland
Swaziland: Tradition and Change in a Southern African Kingdom by Alan R. Booth Westview Press, Boulder (Colorado), and Gower, Aldershot (England), 1983. xi plus 156 pp. including maps, illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography and index. $19,50
Decentralization, "Recentralization" & "Steering Mechanisms
The government of Denmark transferred much of the administration of its social-welfare programs to local authorities in the early 1970's. Local officials greeted this "reform" as an important measure in governmental decentralization. But, actually, while they gathered administrative responsibility, the political authority to make policy and establish priorities in resource allocation remained with the central government in Copenhagen. Professor P…
South Africa in Southern Africa
Rural Development Areas in Swaziland
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a comprehensive strategy for rural development emerged as the most likely means to achieve objectives of balanced economic growth, more equitable income distribution, and a commitment to meet the basic needs of all sectors of LDC (lesser developed country) societies. This new strategy came to be known as integrated rural development (IRD). IRD generally refers to a package of goods and services that are provided…
Patrons versus planners
(1986). Patrons versus planners: The political contradictions of integrated rural development in Swaziland. Journal of Contemporary African Studies: Vol. 5, No. 1-2, pp. 119-144
Uses of Game Theory to Explain the Salt Process
Negotiations in international relations must be analyzed not only in terms of the substance of policy which is of relevance to the negotiating process, but also with regard to the negotiating process itself. This paper focuses on the negotiating process leading up to the SALT I agreements of 1972. Through the insights of game theory we can better understand the difficulties inherent in reaching accords in nuclear arms negotiations
Socialism and the Field Administrator
Tanzania' s' experimentation with socialism over the past fifteen years has been unique for a number of reasons. As Michael Lofchie has noted, it is one of the few socialist societies in the Third World that has allowed research access to its rural sector throughout most of the period of its experimentation with socialist policy.2 Thus there is an extensive literature available on Tanzania's approach to rural development, and the success or failu…
Bureaucrats, Cattle, and Public Policy
The formulation of a policy on land use offers a clear example of the relationship between a bureaucracy and policy formulation. In much of the Third World, and particularly in many African countries, national and local government employees are to all intents and purposes the dominant socioeconomic elite in the country. This would suggest that those who are formulating and implementing a new policy such as that on land use may have the most to ga…
Attitudes and Development
Independent Botswana
With revolutionary advances in next-generation sequencing, the human transcriptome has been comprehensively interrogated. These discoveries have highlighted the emerging functional and regulatory roles of a large fraction of RNAs suggesting the potential they might hold as stable and minimally invasive disease biomarkers. Although a plethora of molecular-biology- and biosensor-based RNA-detection strategies have been developed, clinical applicati…
Development administration revisited
Decentralization, "Recentralization" & "Steering Mechanisms
The government of Denmark transferred much of the administration of its social-welfare programs to local authorities in the early 1970's. Local officials greeted this "reform" as an important measure in governmental decentralization. But, actually, while they gathered administrative responsibility, the political authority to make policy and establish priorities in resource allocation remained with the central government in Copenhagen. Professor P…
Traditionalism in Swaziland
Swaziland: Tradition and Change in a Southern African Kingdom by Alan R. Booth Westview Press, Boulder (Colorado), and Gower, Aldershot (England), 1983. xi plus 156 pp. including maps, illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography and index. $19,50
Patrons versus planners
(1986). Patrons versus planners: The political contradictions of integrated rural development in Swaziland. Journal of Contemporary African Studies: Vol. 5, No. 1-2, pp. 119-144
The Politics of Development in Botswana
The Evolution of Modern Botswana
South Africa in Southern Africa
Institutional Development
Rural Development Areas in Swaziland
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a comprehensive strategy for rural development emerged as the most likely means to achieve objectives of balanced economic growth, more equitable income distribution, and a commitment to meet the basic needs of all sectors of LDC (lesser developed country) societies. This new strategy came to be known as integrated rural development (IRD). IRD generally refers to a package of goods and services that are provided…
The Politics of Development in Botswana
Other books in review
Internal Capacity and Overload in Guinea and Niger
Many African states have been operating under tight structural-adjustment restrictions for close to ten years. The policies of the International Monetary Fund make heavy demands on public-sector capability and political leadership, particularly as regards pricing and trade practices, banking and finance, economic monitoring and data analysis, macro and sectoral planning, as well as policy formulation, initiation, and implementation. The aim is to…
South Africa in Southern Africa
South Africa in Southern Africa
Books in review
Policy Reform for Sustainable Development in Africa
The Challenge of Structural Adjustment, L.A. Picard Ghana - Limited Success with Policy Reform, H. Akuoko-Frimpong Nigeria - Civil Service Reform and Development, A.D. Yahaya and A. Bur Zambia - Form versus Substance in the One-Party State, G.F. Lungu and M.C. Bwalya Tanzania - Moving Beyond the One-Party State, R.S. Mukandala and M.C. Bwalya Kenya - Environmental Factors and the Policy Process, W.O. Oyugi Botswana - Confronting the Realities of …
Decentralizing Governance
Dennis Rondinelli's untimely death in March of 2007 over shadows this book and may have contributed to its incompleteness. His long-term commitment to an understanding of decentralized governance is unparalleled and his contribution to the literature on decentralization and development is clear. That being said, this book may not be the best way to remember him. The goal of the editors was to bring together a number of scholars to discuss the sta…
The 2008 Guinea Conakry coup
This article examines the issue of democratic governance in Guinea–Conakry and the impact that international donors had on the political debate in the last years of the Conté regime. Our contention here is that there was and continues to be an evolving pluralism and embryo group of self-defined civil society organisations in both urban and rural Guinea but as a result of the December 2008 military coup opportunities have been lost in the promotio…
Sustainable Development and Human Security in Africa
Picard and Macrina C. Lelei FOREIGN AID GOALS AND PRACTICES Human Development and the Millennium Development Goals: Donors, Aid, and Sustainability Chris Belasco, Terry F. Buss, and Louis A. Picard Aid, Institutions, and Human Development Chris Belasco, Terry F. Buss, and Louis A. Picard Millennium Development Goals and Poverty Reduction Strategies Peter Bucki, Simon Callaghan, Umair Khalid, Chris Morony, Jeremy Phillips, Ariunbilig Tsedendamba, …
Political science (24 works) · Economics (16 works) · Geography (13 works) · Law (13 works) · Politics (11 works) · Development economics (9 works) · Economic growth (9 works) · Law (9 works) · African history and culture studies (8 works) · Legal Issues in South Africa (8 works)