Planning and Budgeting in Poor Countries (Comparative studies in behavioral science)

Caiden, Naomi

ISBN 10: 0471129259 / ISBN 13: 9780471129257

Published by John Wiley and Sons Inc, 1974

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Planning and Budgeting in Poor Countries (Comparative studies in behavioral science)
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Publication Date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471129259
• ISBN 13: 9780471129257
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This substantial treatment of budgeting in poor countries and discussion of the relationship between planning and budgeting covers over eighty nations and three-fourths of the worlds population. While there are many treatments of planning, the approach of this study is radically different. The authors argue that the requisites of comprehensive economic planning do not exist in poor countries, and that in the effort to create them, planners merge into the environment they have set out to change. Caiden and Wildavsky provide a unique and thorough examination of planning and budgeting by governments of poor countries throughout the world, and recommend reforms that are workable and realistic for these countries. They analyze the political, economic, and social developments that influence budgeting and planning in developing countries.

About the Author

Aaron Wildavsky (1930–1993) was considered one of the most innovative and prolific scholars in the field of political research and he was most famous for his role in developing the cultural theory of risk.