The policy environment of management development institutions in anglophone Africa : problems and prospects for reform /

The paper deals with many detailed issues relating to the policy framework in which African management development institutions (MDIs) operate. This summary covers the following general, key issues which emerged during the seminar: (a) potential role of the MDIs; (b) conditions for fulfilling that r...

• Main Author: Roberts, Lee
• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial. Instituto de Desarrollo Económico
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank. Economic Development Institute, 1990
• Series: An EDI policy seminar report ; no. 26
• Subjects: DESARROLLO ADMINISTRATIVO; CAPACITACION DE GERENTES; ESTUDIOS DE CASOS; AFRICA ANGLOFONA; CAPACITACION DE EMPRESARIOS; APLICACIONES; CASOS PRACTICOS

Table of Contents:

• Summary
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Relations between the MDIs and the policy level
• 3. MDI expectations for policy-level support: the case of Ghana
• 4. The mandates that govern the MDI's role and operations
• 5. Issues relating to staffing and levels of institutional autonomy
• 6. Issues relating to finances and levels of institutional autonomy
• 7. Evaluating the performance of MDIs
• 8. Strategies for policy reform
• 9. Conclusion
• Annexes.