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This timely work presents cutting-edge analysis of the problems of U.S. foreign assistance programs - why these problems have not been solved in the past, and how they might be solved in the future. The book focuses primarily on U.S. foreign assistance and foreign policy as they apply to nation building, governance, and democratization. The expert contributors examine issues currently in play, and also trace the history and evolution of many of these problems over the years. They address policy concerns as well as management and organizational factors as they affect programs and policies. ""Fo

Explores the history of American foreign aid, discussing its failures and successes and placing aid in the context of larger security and foreign policy goals from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries

Collection of ten papers about different aspects of the country's political and economic systems. The work analyses the major historical and international factors that have affected the political economy of Botswana within the Southern African region during the colonial period and thereafter

THERE ARE FUNDAMENTAL CONTRADICTIONS BETWEEN THE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IN THE LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (LDCS) AND THE BUREAUCRATIC, INSTITUTIONAL, AND POLITICAL BARRIERS WHICH HINDER DEVELOPMENT. DEPENDENCY THEORY HAS OFFERED A STRONG RATIONALE AND A PROCESS FOR REVERSING THE DEPENDENCY OF LDCS UPON THE SO-CALLED FIRST WORLD COUNTRIES, PARTICULARLY FOR GENERATING A MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT FOOD PRODUCTION SYSTEM. BUT DEPENDENCY REVERSAL IN TURN DEPENDS HEAVILY UPON DEVELOPMENTAL ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS DEFINED AS THAT COMPLEX OF AGENCIES, MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, AND PROCESSES A GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES TO ACHIEVE ITS DEVELOPMENT GOALS AS WELL AS THOSE ACTIVITIES OF GOVERNMENTS FOSTERING ECONOMIC GROWTH, STRENGTHENING HUMAN CAPABILITIES, AND PROMOTING HUMAN EQUALITY. THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE DILEMMA FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IMPOSED BY THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SEVERE CONSTRAINTS UPON DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION. THESE CONSTRAINTS ARE DISCUSSED.