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'The practice of regulatory impact assessment has long needed a
critical Better state regulation is a key component of economic
reform. This is the first book to comprehensively explore
international experience in the use of Regulatory Impact Assessment
(RIA), which involves assessing the potential benefits and costs of
any regulatory change. The contributors reveal that RIA is being
adopted by an increasing number of countries as a route to better
regulation with varying degrees of success. The book includes
contributions from leading experts on regulatory reform and
introduces a range of case studies from developed, developing and
transitional economies. Comprehensive in its approach, this book
contributes to the literature on evidence-based decision making as
part of the new public management. By rigorously examining the
principles of better regulation and focusing on the problem of
applicability and adoption of RIA practices around the world, it
will greatly aid understanding of regulatory policy design and
implementation. The book will be invaluable for academics and
researchers of public policy and management in developed,
developing and transitional countries. It will also be of great
practical relevance to government administrators and policymakers
challenged by the need to understand the scope and limitations of
RIA.
Translation of the principle of sustainable development into policy
and practice, and the evaluation of the outcomes of these strategic
interventions, are some of the most pressing challenges facing
policymakers in Europe and beyond. The chapters in this book
contribute to the debate surrounding these challenges. By exploring
the conceptual and methodological issues relating to the evaluation
of sustainable development and analysing European practice and
experience, this work provides a coherent and integrated
contribution to our understanding of these issues. With
contributions from a distinguished international group of authors,
this book will be of interest to researchers, policy analysts and
practitioners in the area of impact assessment and sustainable
development.
This important Handbook on international development policy and
management covers a broad spectrum of contemporary topics across
all the major areas of interest. With over 40 chapters, the book
comprehensively explores the many themes and issues of significance
for both policy and implementation, and provides easily accessible
reference material on current practice and research. The 42
contributors come from a diverse range of backgrounds, and enjoy
international reputations in their chosen fields. The Handbook is
organised in two parts, one dealing with policy issues and the
other with implementation and management issues. The first part, on
policy, covers a wide range of economic, social and environmental
topics. The second part explores the political context of
implementation and development practice and goes on to cover a
range of issues relating to management in the public and non-state
sectors and the management of development projects. Each individual
chapter provides background information on theory and practice,
describes the current 'state of play', examines prospects for the
future and includes an annotated guide to further reading. This
extensive handbook will become an essential reference on
international development policy and management. Although primarily
designed for postgraduate students and scholars of development
studies, it will also be welcomed by development practitioners,
NGOs and aid agencies.
This important Handbook on international development policy and
management covers a broad spectrum of contemporary topics across
all the major areas of interest. With over 40 chapters, the book
comprehensively explores the many themes and issues of significance
for both policy and implementation, and provides easily accessible
reference material on current practice and research. The 42
contributors come from a diverse range of backgrounds, and enjoy
international reputations in their chosen fields. The Handbook is
organised in two parts, one dealing with policy issues and the
other with implementation and management issues. The first part, on
policy, covers a wide range of economic, social and environmental
topics. The second part explores the political context of
implementation and development practice and goes on to cover a
range of issues relating to management in the public and non-state
sectors and the management of development projects. Each individual
chapter provides background information on theory and practice,
describes the current 'state of play', examines prospects for the
future and includes an annotated guide to further reading. This
extensive handbook will become an essential reference on
international development policy and management. Although primarily
designed for postgraduate students and scholars of development
studies, it will also be welcomed by development practitioners,
NGOs and aid agencies.
It is widely recognized that sustainable development can only be
achieved if environmental, economic and social issues are combined
in development plans, policies and programmes. This book examines
the integrated approach to the development process, and analyses
the theory and practice of integrating assessment techniques and
decision-making. The editors begin by presenting a comprehensive
introduction to integrated appraisal in development strategies as
well as outlining issues which are important to the future
understanding and practical application of integrated appraisal. A
group of authors from a range of disciplinary and country
backgrounds then present alternative perspectives and methods of an
integrated approach to sustainable development, and apply
integrated appraisal to a variety of case studies from developing
and transitional countries. This book will be warmly welcomed by
development policymakers and consultants in government and
non-government organizations as well as academics and postgraduates
working in the fields of economics, development and environmental
studies.
First published in 1984, this textbook analyses, at both aggregate
and micro economic levels, the contemporary industrial conditions
in Third World countries and relates this to the process of
economic growth and structural transformation. Drawing upon both
industrial and development economics, the authors offer a
comprehensive and integrated treatment of the different levels of
industrial analysis in less developed countries, alongside a wealth
of comparative data on industrial structure, business concentration
and behaviour, and industrial policies in a cross-section of
countries in Africa, Asia, the Far East and Latin America.
In recent decades, privatisation has been a key policy instrument
in the move to more market-based economic systems in all parts of
the developing world. Privatisation, however, has not necessarily
been accompanied by an increase in market competition. In recent
years, many public utilities have been privatised as monopolies and
in addition regulatory systems have been developed to restrict
their market power and protect the interests of consumers. These
authoritative volumes bring together a collection of important
papers that have shed new theoretical and empirical insights into
privatisation and regulation and have provided new policy
perspectives in relation to developing countries. Privatisation in
Developing Countries will appeal to policymakers and researchers at
the forefront of economic policy debates in developing countries.
'The practice of regulatory impact assessment has long needed a
critical Better state regulation is a key component of economic
reform. This is the first book to comprehensively explore
international experience in the use of Regulatory Impact Assessment
(RIA), which involves assessing the potential benefits and costs of
any regulatory change. The contributors reveal that RIA is being
adopted by an increasing number of countries as a route to better
regulation with varying degrees of success. The book includes
contributions from leading experts on regulatory reform and
introduces a range of case studies from developed, developing and
transitional economies. Comprehensive in its approach, this book
contributes to the literature on evidence-based decision making as
part of the new public management. By rigorously examining the
principles of better regulation and focusing on the problem of
applicability and adoption of RIA practices around the world, it
will greatly aid understanding of regulatory policy design and
implementation. The book will be invaluable for academics and
researchers of public policy and management in developed,
developing and transitional countries. It will also be of great
practical relevance to government administrators and policymakers
challenged by the need to understand the scope and limitations of
RIA.
The techniques and methods of project appraisal in developing
countries have been considerably expanded and refined since they
were first introduced in the late 1960s. This up-to-date and
authoritative survey volume demonstrates the ways in which
cost-benefit analysis has developed in response to changes in
economic circumstances and conditions over the past three
decades.An international group of academic and professional
economists covers areas including problems in the practical
application of cost-benefit techniques by international agencies,
the treatment of income distribution, discounting, the effects
method, the logical framework as a complement to project appraisal,
aid tying, risk criteria in decision making, benefit valuation in
the water sector, the appraisal of technical assistance projects,
privatization in transition economies and shadow pricing in
transition economies. Professor Kirkpatrick and Professor Weiss
have prepared an insightful overview essay introducing the broad
selection of work presented in this volume. Cost-Benefit Analysis
and Project Appraisal in Developing Countries will be welcomed by
academic and professional economists working on project appraisal
in the context of the economic problems of developing and
transitional economies.
The promotion of liberalised and deregulated markets by bilateral
and multilateral aid donors, and by global institutions such as the
WTO, has led to significant attention being paid to competition and
regulatory reforms in developing economies. The process of reform
involves the transfer and diffusion of market models derived from
practice and theory in developed countries. However, in developing
countries, regulation needs to do more than simply promote
competitiveness and consumer interests: it also needs to ensure
that the market nurtures development. By rigorously examining the
numerous impacts of regulation, this book will help to fill a
significant gap in the literature on economic and social
development.The book draws together contributions from leading
experts across a range of disciplines including economics, law,
politics and governance, public management and business management.
The authors begin with an extensive overview of the issues of
regulation and competition in developing countries, and carefully
illustrate the important themes and concepts involved. Using a
variety of country and sector case studies, they move on to focus
on the problems of applicability and adaptation that are
experienced in the process of transferring best practice policy
models from developed to developing countries. The book presents a
clear agenda for further empirical research and is notable for its
rigorous exploration of the links between theory and practice.
Although there is substantial interest in competition and
regulation, as yet there has been relatively little investigation
of these issues in developing economies. This book redresses the
balance and will be a valuable resource for researchers, academics,
teachers and students interested in development economics and
development studies. It will also be of great relevance for
practitioners and policymakers working in the fields of competition
policy and regulatory reform.
First published in 1984, this textbook analyses, at both aggregate
and micro economic levels, the contemporary industrial conditions
in Third World countries and relates this to the process of
economic growth and structural transformation. Drawing upon both
industrial and development economics, the authors offer a
comprehensive and integrated treatment of the different levels of
industrial analysis in less developed countries, alongside a wealth
of comparative data on industrial structure, business concentration
and behaviour, and industrial policies in a cross-section of
countries in Africa, Asia, the Far East and Latin America.
Development planning provides a useful set of analytical techniques
to facilitate economic decision making and management. As
techniques evolve, models can now be designed to match both the
constraints and the objectives of individual economies.
"Development" "Policy and Planning" provides an accessible
explanation of each of the main techniques used for economic policy
formulation in developing countries and discusses their
application. Anis Chowdhury and Colin Kirkpatrick examine such
topics as growth modelling, social accounting matrices, computable
general equilibrium models, linear programming, and cost-benefit
analysis. They describe each technique and use practical examples
to illustrate methods which enable economies to be guided toward
their development goals.
Development planning provides a useful set of analytical techniques
to facilitate economic decision making and management. As
techniques evolve, models can now be designed to match both the
constraints and the objectives of individual economies.
"Development" "Policy and Planning" provides an accessible
explanation of each of the main techniques used for economic policy
formulation in developing countries and discusses their
application. Anis Chowdhury and Colin Kirkpatrick examine such
topics as growth modelling, social accounting matrices, computable
general equilibrium models, linear programming, and cost-benefit
analysis. They describe each technique and use practical examples
to illustrate methods which enable economies to be guided toward
their development goals.
In the last two decades, the role of finance in the development
process has become a major topic of research and debate. Although
it is widely agreed that there is an important link between the
two, there is much less consensus on the exact nature of the
relationship. Is financial development a prerequisite for general
economic development, or is it a more passive by-product of the
development process? In this valuable new book, a distinguished
group of authors takes stock of the existing state of knowledge in
the field of finance and the development process. Each chapter
offers a comprehensive survey and synthesis of current issues.
These include such critical subjects as savings, financial markets
and the macroeconomy, stock market development, financial
regulation, foreign investment and aid, financing livelihoods,
microfinance, rural financial markets, small and medium
enterprises, corporate finance and banking. This book will be
accessible to postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students of
finance and development. It will also be an essential reference
source for all professionals and academics working in this area who
want to learn how finance can contribute to the development process
and poverty reduction.
The promotion of liberalised and deregulated markets by bilateral
and multilateral aid donors, and by global institutions such as the
WTO, has led to significant attention being paid to competition and
regulatory reforms in developing economies. The process of reform
involves the transfer and diffusion of market models derived from
practice and theory in developed countries. However, in developing
countries, regulation needs to do more than simply promote
competitiveness and consumer interests: it also needs to ensure
that the market nurtures development. By rigorously examining the
numerous impacts of regulation, this book will help to fill a
significant gap in the literature on economic and social
development.The book draws together contributions from leading
experts across a range of disciplines including economics, law,
politics and governance, public management and business management.
The authors begin with an extensive overview of the issues of
regulation and competition in developing countries, and carefully
illustrate the important themes and concepts involved. Using a
variety of country and sector case studies, they move on to focus
on the problems of applicability and adaptation that are
experienced in the process of transferring best practice policy
models from developed to developing countries. The book presents a
clear agenda for further empirical research and is notable for its
rigorous exploration of the links between theory and practice.
Although there is substantial interest in competition and
regulation, as yet there has been relatively little investigation
of these issues in developing economies. This book redresses the
balance and will be a valuable resource for researchers, academics,
teachers and students interested in development economics and
development studies. It will also be of great relevance for
practitioners and policymakers working in the fields of competition
policy and regulatory reform.
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