Reforming National Institutions For Economic Development Glynn Cochrane by Glynn Cochrane 9781000309386, 100030938X instant download after payment.

Although economic development requires institutional reform, donor projects which may have achieved a satisfactory economic rate of return often have limited impact on institutional issues at the national level. The World Bank's experience in Sierra Leone is a ease in point. (There has been a similar instance with the Ministry of Agriculture in Malawi and doubtless this problem has, or is about to occur, in other countries.) The first Integrated Agricultural Development Project (IADP) in Sierra Leone was established by the World Bank in the Eastern Province in 1972 under Credit 563-SL.1 This particular organizational approach was selected and maintained in subsequent Bank and other donor financed projects on the basis that (a) the projects were expected to perform functions that were normally carried out by a number of ministries and agencies; and (b) there was a need for close coordination of activities within each project area. Initially, a major underlying reason had been the weaknesses in the implementation capability of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) and the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR).