Rethinking Development Theory and Policy by Senyo B-S.K. Adjibolosoo and Senyo B-S. K. Adjibolosoo (1999, Hardcover)

Key Details
Author:	Senyo B-S. K. Adjibolosoo
Language:	English
Publisher:	Praeger Pub Text
Format:	Hardcover
ISBN-10:	0275963489
ISBN-13:	9780275963484

Size
Length:	228 pages
Height:	9.5 in
Width:	6.5 in
Thickness:	1 in
Weight:	20 oz

Publisher's Note
For many decades post-colonial leaders in developing countries have tried various development plans based on orthodox development thinking and theorizing. Yet the developing world has failed to achieve sustained human-centered development. Many of the development plans have failed or been abandoned. Why does the developing world run the risk of falling behind their previously attained standards of living? This book takes a detailed look at the key paradigms of orthodox development thinking, discusses the various theories about economic growth, and concludes that the myths of orthodox development thinking regarding the origins of and obstacles to economic growth and human factor decay are the cause of economic underdevelopment in developing countries.

The editor of the journal of Review of Human Factors Studies analyzes the obstacles and agents of change that developing countries face in becoming part of the technological global village. From a human factors (HF) perspective, Adjibolosoo (business and economics, Trinity Western U., Canada) addresses: orthodox misconceptions about development; the human factors philosophy of economic growth/development--with a case study of African nations; and "identifying and defusing the hidden mines along the rails of the development train." Tables and figures illustrate variables of the HF model. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.