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Development Administration in the Caribbean

Independent Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Judith-Ann Walker
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Part of the book series: Institute of Social Studies, The Hague (ISSTH)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Development Administration and Development Bureaucracies: Failure of Theory and Practice

    • Judith-Ann Walker
    Pages 1-16

  3. Development Goals and their Realization in Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago

    • Judith-Ann Walker
    Pages 17-41

  4. From Riggs to the World Bank: Recurring Associations in the Study of Development Administration

    • Judith-Ann Walker
    Pages 42-71

  5. Public Bureaucracy and Economic Growth: The Associations

    • Judith-Ann Walker
    Pages 72-113

  6. Public Bureaucracy and Economic Change: The Associations

    • Judith-Ann Walker
    Pages 114-148

  7. Education, Social Change for Women and the Ministries of Education in Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago

    • Judith-Ann Walker
    Pages 149-189

  8. The Theory and Practice of Development Administration: Postscript and Notes into the 21st Century

    • Judith-Ann Walker
    Pages 190-212

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 213-257
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About this book

A detailed and historical account of both theory and practice, this book attempts to make sense of the loose and little understood field of development administration. The book focuses on development administration over forty years and identifies key attributes of public bureaucracy which are associated with bureaucratic performance. The associations between bureaucracy's attributes and performance are employed in explaining development differences between Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago over the period 1960-1995. Associations are explored at the macro level through aggregate data and at the micro level through fascinating case studies of the Industrial Development Corporations (IDCs), associated with economic growth, and the Ministry of Education, associated with women's empowerment. The study establishes clear patterns of associations in the empirical cases and explores the implications of these findings for the theory of development administration.

About the author

JUDITH-ANN WALKER is a University Lecturer and Consultant Partner to USAID, Development Research and Projects Consultants, Nigeria.

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