International assistance policy and development project administration
The Impact of Imperious Rationality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6270565 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dennis A Rondinelli (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 573-605 |
| Publication date | 1976-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8183 • E-ISSN: 1531-5088 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020818300018452 |
| OpenAlex | W1966466444 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 18 |
Administration of assistance projects by international lending agencies has come under increasing criticism during the past decade, a period when development projects have become primary instruments of international investment and an important element of public administration in developing nations. As a result international assistance agencies drastically reorganized their lending procedures during the early 1970s, creating complex requirements for project planning, appraisal, and implementation. But the formal procedures have become so complex that they are now beyond the administrative capacity of most developing nations and, perhaps, of the assistance agencies themselves. Evaluation reports reveal serious gaps between prescribed procedures and actual behavior at each stage of the project cycle. International requirements for project planning and implementation not only impose on developing nations a set of “rational” procedures that are often unrelated to political, administrative, and cultural constraints, but the attempts of Third World countries to conform may be adverse to their own interests
Administration (probate law · Business · Criticism · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Element (criminal law · International development · Political science · Politics · Project appraisal · Rationality · Finance · International Development and Aid · Law · Public Administration · Public-Private Partnership Projects
Identification and Design of Industrial Development Projects
Project selection for poverty-focused rural development
Reforming U.S. Foreign Aid Policy
The ‘UN maze’ and African development
The Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States and the Deprivation of Foreign-Owned Wealth
The Dilemma of Development Administration
Organizational Impediments to Development Assistance
Planning and budgeting in poor countries
The Polaris System Development
Systems Analysis in Public Policy
Strengthening the World Bank
Partners in Development
Politics and Planners
Development Policy II, The Pakistan Experience
Partners in Development. Report of the Commission on International Development
The Nepalese Economy
Project Identification, Analysis and Preparation in Developing Countries
A Death in the Bureaucracy
International Assistance
| Citations per year | 0.15 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1978 - 1989 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |