Despite recent interest in the interplay between institutions and economic growth, country studies in developing countries particularly relating to planning has not been given considerable attention. This forms the main motivation for this study, which evaluates the economic planning in Nigeria...

En América Latina y el Caribe la planificación del desarrollo vuelve a ocupar espacios de la política pública cedidos antes al mercado. La transición de modelos de desarrollo y las tendencias mundiales que marcan el siglo XXI indican que gobernar ha de significar, primordialmente, preparar...

Este libro forma parte de las actividades conmemorativas del quincuagésimo aniversario de la fundación del Instituto Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Planificación Económica y Social (ILPES) de la CEPAL. Para su elaboración se han reunido las contribuciones de antiguos funcionarios, expertos...

The objective of this evaluation is to review, analyse and test different methods for evaluating investment support measures in Rural Development Programmes (RDP). The selected methods were used to analyse investment support measures in eleven Member States. Results of this evaluation focused...

This study analyses three questions in relation to the evaluation of investment support in Rural Development Programmes (RDP) of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Different evaluation methods are classified according to their appropriateness and suitability to measure efficiency,...

This is the final report of the project "Mainstreaming climate change into rural development policy post 2013". The project aimed to support the mainstreaming of climate change into Rural Development Programmes (RDPs) 2014-2020 by providing Technical Guidance for Member States' Managing...

Grassland development serves as an important part of the national sustainable development strategy in China. This paper defines the strategic objectives of grassland development in China based on the national strategy, the current status of grassland development in China and the status of...

Taking off from the self-evident fact that the population variable centrally figures in both labor and product markets, this paper argues that the growth rate of population, its age structure and spatial distribution should be key considerations in a country’s development strategy to promote...