Development projects observed

by Hirschman, Albert O.

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Title Statements

Full title :Development projects observed / Albert O. Hirschman.

Summary

"First published in 1967, Development Projects Observed has been a benchmark in practical thinking about economic development. Now, this classic volume is reissued with a thoughtful new preface by the author." "Albert O. Hirschman, one of the great pioneers in the field, offers a first-hand study of eleven major development projects financed by the World Bank and explores the factors that account for the success and failure of some of these efforts. Hirschman looks at the ways decisionmaking is molded, activated, or hampered by the specific nature of the project that is undertaken - a pulp and paper mill in East Pakistan, telecommunications in Ethiopia, an irrigation project in Peru, railway expansion in Nigeria, and other development undertakings. Besides the traditional cost-benefit calculations, he points to a number of historical, technological, and social categories, such as "temporal discipline in construction" and "latitude for corruption," that can have major influence on the course of a project." "With the passage of time, Hirschman's wide-ranging and shrewd analysis has achieved ever greater recognition. The book also marked the publication of one of his most provocative ideas: the "principle of the hiding hand," which states that underestimating the costs or difficulties of a project can actually be a helpful stimulus as it allows people to bring their energies and creative resources more fully into play than might otherwise have been the case."--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1995.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Brookings Institution
Place of Publication:Washington, D.C
Language:eng
Publication Date:1995.

The Physical Object

Description:xviii, 197 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0815736525, 9780815736523, 0815736517, 9780815736516
oclc:ocm31525466
LC Classification:HD75.8
Dewey Decimal:338.911724 UKD

Subjects

83.46 development economics administración de proyectos administrative aspect aid evaluation aide au développement análisis de costos y beneficios Analyse coûts-avantages aspect administratif aspect politique aspect technique aspecto administrativo aspecto político aspecto técnico ayuda al desarrollo Case studies cooperación técnica coopération technique cost benefit analysis decision making developing countries