Main description:
There is great controversy about the nature and effectiveness of regional development. Most existing regional strategies have failed to provide the anticipated benefits, while the structural adjustment policies forced on many Third World countries by the IMF and World Bank are profoundly influencing state policy. Since the late 1970s, many countries have experimented with forms
of decentralization and coordinated local level planning, sometimes in ways which have genuinely benefited the local population.
As the contributors to this volume show, many such efforts are now threatened by the resurgence of centrally directed growth-orientated strategies and by recent crises which have prompted the formulation of concerted regional development initiatives. This book surveys the current state of the debate on the whole issue of regional policy, and is illustrated with case studies, several of them comparative, from throughout the Third World.
Table of contents:
Introduction - David Simon
PART ONE: ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORKS
The Question of Regions - David Simon
Spatial Policies and Uneven Development in the 'Marxist-Leninist' States of the Third World - James D Sidaway and David Simon
National Integration - Peter M Slowe
Contrasting Ideologies in Guinea
Subnational Development and Planning in Pacific Island Countries - Hidehiko Sazanami and Roswitha Newels
PART TWO: EXPERIENCES WITH SELECTIVE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
Development Policy and its Effect on Regional Inequality - Stella Lowder
The Case of Ecuador
Regional Strategy in Costa Rica and its Impact on the Northern Region - Arie Romein and Jur Schuurman
Regional Consequences of Open-Door Development Strategies - Leslie Sklair
Export Zones in Mexico and China
PART TWO: RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND DECENTRALIZED STRATEGIES
Policies and Preoccupations in Rural and Regional Development Planning in Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe - Carole Rakodi
The District Focus Policy for Rural Development in Kenya - Marcel Rutten
System, Structure and Participatory Development Planning in Indonesia - Allert van den Ham and Ton van Naerssen
Regional Development Planning for Rural Development in Botswana - Ruud Jansen and Paul van Hoof
Structural Adjustment, Decentralization and Educational Planning in Ghana - Bill T S Gould
Data Needs and Data Systems for Regional Planning in Developing Countries - Jan J Sterkenburg
A Comparison of Experience in Kenya and Sri Lanka
PART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS
Conclusions and Prospects - David Simon and Carole Rakodi
What Future for Regional Planning?
There is great controversy about the nature and effectiveness of regional development. Most existing regional strategies have failed to provide the anticipated benefits, while the structural adjustment policies forced on many Third World countries by the IMF and World Bank are profoundly influencing state policy. Since the late 1970s, many countries have experimented with forms
of decentralization and coordinated local level planning, sometimes in ways which have genuinely benefited the local population.
As the contributors to this volume show, many such efforts are now threatened by the resurgence of centrally directed growth-orientated strategies and by recent crises which have prompted the formulation of concerted regional development initiatives. This book surveys the current state of the debate on the whole issue of regional policy, and is illustrated with case studies, several of them comparative, from throughout the Third World.
Table of contents:
Introduction - David Simon
PART ONE: ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORKS
The Question of Regions - David Simon
Spatial Policies and Uneven Development in the 'Marxist-Leninist' States of the Third World - James D Sidaway and David Simon
National Integration - Peter M Slowe
Contrasting Ideologies in Guinea
Subnational Development and Planning in Pacific Island Countries - Hidehiko Sazanami and Roswitha Newels
PART TWO: EXPERIENCES WITH SELECTIVE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
Development Policy and its Effect on Regional Inequality - Stella Lowder
The Case of Ecuador
Regional Strategy in Costa Rica and its Impact on the Northern Region - Arie Romein and Jur Schuurman
Regional Consequences of Open-Door Development Strategies - Leslie Sklair
Export Zones in Mexico and China
PART TWO: RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND DECENTRALIZED STRATEGIES
Policies and Preoccupations in Rural and Regional Development Planning in Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe - Carole Rakodi
The District Focus Policy for Rural Development in Kenya - Marcel Rutten
System, Structure and Participatory Development Planning in Indonesia - Allert van den Ham and Ton van Naerssen
Regional Development Planning for Rural Development in Botswana - Ruud Jansen and Paul van Hoof
Structural Adjustment, Decentralization and Educational Planning in Ghana - Bill T S Gould
Data Needs and Data Systems for Regional Planning in Developing Countries - Jan J Sterkenburg
A Comparison of Experience in Kenya and Sri Lanka
PART FOUR: CONCLUSIONS
Conclusions and Prospects - David Simon and Carole Rakodi
What Future for Regional Planning?