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

• Superior document: African Social Studies Series ; 5
• VerfasserIn: Hope, Kempe Ronald, Sr., 1949-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: African Social Studies Series ; 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

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.

Table of 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 -- Conclusion -- Chapter Three Administrative and Financial Management of Parastatals in Botswana -- The Management Framework -- Assessing Performance -- Conclusion -- 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 -- Conclusion -- 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 -- Conclusion -- Chapter Six Corruption, Ethics and Development in Africa -- Nature of the Corruption Phenomenon -- Major Causes -- Consequences -- Curbing Corruption -- Conclusion -- Chapter Seven Poverty and Environmental Management in Africa -- The Poverty and Environment Nexus -- Toward Policies for Managing and Reversing the Spiral -- Conclusion -- 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 -- Conclusion -- Chapter Nine Development Prospects for Africa: Structural Adjustment and Beyond -- Impact of Structural Adjustment -- Beyond Structural Adjustment: Development Prospects -- Conclusion -- References -- About the Author -- Index.