Agriculture and Rural Development Planning

A Process in Transition

H. David Akroyd (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

238 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-25872-3 (ISBN)

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This book meets the needs of teachers and students of agriculture and rural development project and programme planning, planners employed by governments in developing countries and by external financing agencies. Project planners must understand the aspirations of rural families and their local leaders, the national development and sector planning goals and policies of their governments and the development goals and policy priorities perceived by external financing agencies in relation to their countries. These areas are not always consistent and trade-offs may be required. However it is recognised that poor project planning is a major constraint to the sustainable realization of project and programme objectives and sector goals. Illustrated with case studies and logical framework matrices, this book presents well-established and relatively new practices followed in the context of agriculture and rural development project and programme planning. Although based on experiences gained in Africa, the issues described are relevant to planning problems encountered in other developing regions of the world. It addresses the main factors which affect the success of planning such as a government's ability to guarantee macro-economic stability and sound sector development policies; the shift from 'top-down', bureaucratic to 'bottom-up', participatory planning approaches and the roles played by external financing agencies. It explains key technical, financial, economic, environmental, socio-cultural, equity, gender and institutional-strengthening issues concerning planning in rural areas and reviews the planning tools and approaches available. The procurement of goods and services, the disbursement of funds and monitoring and evaluation requirements are examined in detail.

H. David Akroyd is a retired agricultural economist/agriculture and rural development project planner.

Contents: Introduction; Programme and project financing agencies; The logical framework approach; Structural and sector adjustment programmes; Programming and identification; Preparation; Financial and economic analyses; Appraisal and loan processing; Implementation and supervision; Ex post evaluation; Agriculture and rural development support services; Summary; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	15.07.2017
Reihe/Serie	King's SOAS Studies in Development Geography
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 219 mm
Gewicht	440 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-138-25872-5 / 1138258725
ISBN-13	978-1-138-25872-3 / 9781138258723
Zustand	Neuware