Development management in AID : a baseline review of project and program management assistance in the US Agency for International Development

The study describes how A.I.D."s approach to development management evolved, in response to its own project experience, U.S. Government priorities and policies, and various external factors: (1) from the "Point Four" technology transfer assistance of the 1950"s and early 1960"s; (2) through the administrative reform and institution building approaches of the mid- and late-1960"s; (3) through the sectoral systems and project management improvement approaches of the early 1970"s; (4) to the "New Directions" mandate for "people-centered" program management of the mid-1970"s; and (5) to the emphasis in the early 1980"s on expanding institutional capability and improving management performance through process intervention, bureaucratic reorientation, and social learning. A final section proposes an agenda for future research on development management, stressing its nature as a human craft. A 97-item bibliography (1958-84) is appended.