Whether or not business planning is useful for entrepreneurs is a critical question both academically and practically. While some studies suggest that structured business planning enhances business performance, others argue that it may be unnecessary or even counterproductive in uncertain...

Much technical assistance aimed at building capacity has failed to deliver the results sought. The article examines the causes and the possible solutions.

This is the account of an evaluation to ascertain the effectiveness of community-driven reconstruction programs in Liberia.

All over the world, people are prevented from participating fully in society through mechanisms that go beyond the structural and institutional barriers that rational choice theory identifies (―poverty, exclusion by law or force, taste-based or statistical discrimination, and externalities...