Nijssen, K. Peter, "Projects, Planning and Development. A Case Study of Canadian Aid in Lesotho from 1980 - 1985"

A historic and continued inequality exists between rich and poor nations in the world. Most people feel that the extremes of this condition are unacceptable. The modern concept of development originated around efforts to change the situation. Many developing countries have utilized planning as a process to advance their development. Developed countries, for their part, undertake development assistance programs as a partial solution. In the past the relationship between these two efforts has been clouded and at times divergent. It is, however, easily recognized that an integration of these efforts could improve the development process. In order to attain a better understanding of the relationship between planning and development assistance it is worthwhile to examine a case study. Canada has delivered a substantial amount of development assistance to Lesotho, a country which has also undertaken development planning. This is not a critique of either planning in Lesotho, or development assistance from Canada. It is rather an examination of existing structures, how they operate and whether they are functioning as envisioned.

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