"This volume explores the diverse meanings and ways of implementing development programs and technical assistance projects, through several case studies grounded in Mexico but transcending its geography. Despite – or perhaps because of – claims of “revolutionary nationalism”, Mexico...

1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptual Framework and Theoretical Framework -- 3. Africa And Rural Development Infrastructure Status Quo -- 4. Rural Development Policies and Strategies -- 5. Rural Development Case Studies -- 6. Rural Development Challenges in Africa -- 7. Growth Potentials in Rural...

The article raises the issue of using the historical experience of planning initiated by the establishment of the State Planning Committee in Soviet Russia in 1921. Of course, literal borrowing of the Soviet directive planning model is out of the question. However, it has also been proved in...

Since its establishment, the Palestinian recovery and development plan multi donor trust fund (PRDP MDTF or MDTF) has been instrumental as a channel for donors' resources to the Palestinian Authority (PA), supporting critical institutional reforms. The development policy grant (DPGs) provided a...