Project management for rural equality; organization design and information management for benefit distribution in less developed countries, v. 2 : theoretical, empirical, and case studies

IT ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR A THEORY OF ORGANIZATION DESIGN WHICH GIVES MEANING TO THE DATA AVAILABLE AND ALLOWS THE DEVELOPMENT OF LESS CRUDE ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES. THESE TECHNIQUES CAN BE USED BY PROJECT MANAGERS TO DESIGN OR SELECT ORGANIZATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS WHICH HELP TO ACHIEVE THE DISTRIBUTIVE GOAL OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. THIS VOLUME CONTAINS EIGHT ANNEXES DETAILING THE THEORETICAL, EMPIRICAL AND CASE STUDIES. THEY DESCRIBE ORGANIZATION AND DISTRIBUTION, INFORMATION-PROCESSING INDICATORS, DISTRIBUTION INDICATORS, THE EMPIRICAL STUDY, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TO BENEFIT THE RURAL POOR, AND GUIDELINE DEVELOPMENT. THE EMPIRICAL STUDY EXPLORED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATION ARRANGEMENTS WITHIN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND DISTRIBUTIVE CONSEQUENCES OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA. THE INTERRELATED ELEMENTS INCLUDE: INFORMATION INDEPENDENCE, POSITION HOMOGENEITY, INFORMATION CHANNELS, AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTANCE. SUBPROJECT SIZE WAS NOT CONSISTENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE OTHER INTERNAL INFORMATION SHARING ASPECTS. FINALLY, A DESIGN-ORIENTED CASE STUDY OF BONG COUNTY, LIBERIA, PROVIDES A PRELIMINARY TEST OF THE UTILITY OF THE FRAMEWORK DURING PROJECT APPRAISAL AND DESIGN.