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Local government involvement in national development planning; guidelines for project selection based upon Nigeria's Fourth Plan experience
Author(s) -
Koehn Peter
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/pad.4230090408
Subject(s) - plan (archaeology) , local government , context (archaeology) , selection (genetic algorithm) , inclusion (mineral) , national development plan , development plan , government (linguistics) , process management , process (computing) , project plan , scheme (mathematics) , public administration , political science , management science , economic growth , business , computer science , sociology , engineering , economics , geography , marketing , social science , philosophy , mathematics , artificial intelligence , mathematical analysis , linguistics , archaeology , operating system , procurement , poverty , civil engineering
This article is concerned with effective local government participation at the project selection stage in the development planning process. The context for analysis is Nigeria's first experience with local involvement in national planning. A novel evaluation scheme is elaborated and applied in assessing the proposals submitted by two local governments, Kaduna and Bauchi, for inclusion in the Fourth National Development Plan. The findings reveal serious distortions in both local development plans and demonstrate the utility of employing an uncomplicated multidimensional impact analysis scheme in the evaluation and selection of project proposals.