Publisher's Synopsis
Professor David Edwards had a distinguished two-part career, first as the ?father? of agricultural economics in the University of the West Indies, and then as Director of the Project Planning Centre in the University of Bradford and Professor of Development Planning. Seventeen colleagues and academics who have worked with David Edwards have contributed papers to this collection which cover topics of present interest in the three main areas of his professional interest: agricultural development; project planning and management; economic and social development in the wider sense. In addition to ten of Edwards? colleagues from Bradford, seven of the leading development writers in Britain have contributed papers. Topics on agricultural development covered include: agricultural extension methods; marketing costs and incentives; agricultural policy in island states; the take-up of innovations by small farmers; monitoring and evaluation in projects. Project planning and management papers cover: perceptions of the Project Cycle; training needs in east Europe; cost and time overruns; public utility pricing; World Bank trends from project to programme lending. Papers in the section on wider development issues cover: manager training; central-local relations in decentralized development; poverty focused policies; the evolution of British aid policy; the flexibility of national economies; trade policy reform and industrialization; Keynes? views on agriculture and development. This diverse collection of papers by leading writers in their areas will be of special individual value to students and researchers in the fields covered. All of those who share David Edwards? wide interests in these fields will find papers of interest in this collection.