From crisis to renewal : development policy and management in Africa / Kempe Ronald Hope.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hope, Kempe Ronald, Sr., 1949- author.

Series:

African Social Studies Series ; 5.

African Social Studies Series ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration--Botswana.

Public administration.

Botswana--Economic policy.

Botswana.

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Economic policy.

Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, [2002]

Summary:

This volume deals with crisis and renewal in African development policy and management. It digs deep into, takes stock of, and thoroughly analyzes the nature, impact, and future of development policy and management on the continent. It demonstrates the failure of post-independence policy and management in most of Africa, traces the emergence and results of reform measures, and advocates the lessons of success for the rest of Africa derived from Botswana's approach to sustainable development and its achievement of economic prosperity and the maintenance of political stability and good governance. It concludes, rather optimistically, that the prospects for sustainable development are much better now than they have ever been before with the 21st century likely to be hailed as 'The African Century' - bringing with it a durable peace and sustainable growth.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Preface

Chapter One Development Policy and Performance in Botswana: Lessons for the Transition Economies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Development Policy and Performance in Botswana

Lessons for the Transition Economies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Conclusion

Chapter Two Human Resource Management in the Botswana Public Sector: Approaches to Enhancing Productivity

The Productivity Dilemma

Enhancing Productivity

An Assessment

Chapter Three Administrative and Financial Management of Parastatals in Botswana

The Management Framework

Assessing Performance

Chapter Four Decentralization and Local Governance: Theory and the Practice in Botswana

The Conceptual Framework

Benefits and Costs of Decentralization

The Decentralization Process in Botswana

Assessing Decentralization and Local Governance in Botswana

Chapter Five The Political Economy of Policy Reform and Change in Africa: Challenge of the Transition from Statism to Liberalization

Leadership and Good Governance

Civil Society and Democratic Consolidation

Economic Liberalization and Development

Public Sector Reform

Environmental Management

Chapter Six Corruption, Ethics and Development in Africa

Nature of the Corruption Phenomenon

Major Causes

Consequences

Curbing Corruption

Chapter Seven Poverty and Environmental Management in Africa

The Poverty and Environment Nexus

Toward Policies for Managing and Reversing the Spiral

Chapter Eight The New Public Management, Decentralization and Public Sector Re-engineering in Africa

Basic Framework of the NPM Paradigm

Decentralization: African Examples.

Linking Decentralization to Public Sector Re-engineering

Chapter Nine Development Prospects for Africa: Structural Adjustment and Beyond

Impact of Structural Adjustment

Beyond Structural Adjustment: Development Prospects

References

About the Author

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-49168-6

OCLC:

606854094

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004491687 DOI