The Realities of Managing Development Projects Book

	List of contributors
	Preface
1	Project management	3
2	Developing project managers: application of an organizational learning model	18
3	Towards achieving the optimum 'fit' between managers and project organizations	33
4	Managing participation: the case of rural water supply	45
5	Rural development project management: changing priorities in management style	59
6	Sustainable management: the limitations of conventional development project planning methodology	73
7	The logical framework: a tool for the management of project planning and evaluation	87
8	Management information systems and the coordination of development projects	114
9	Planning the project and the management of their implementation	132
10	Managing large projects: the flood action plan in Bangladesh	153
11	The theory and practice of monitoring and evaluation: the management of agricultural projects	170
12	Implementation problems of public sector development projects in Less Developed Countries (LDCs): a comparative analysis	189
13	Appraisal of public sector projects in India: an empirical study	210
14	The rise and fall of cost benefit analysis: the role of project appraisal in managing development projects	224
15	Awareness raising and environmental projects in Less Developing Countries (LDCs)	239
16	Adoption of a sustainable development approach to project management: a future reality	259
17	Gender and development: the crucial gender issues for the management of development projects	272