L1 THE MEANING OF DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

• Who is the writer who defined development administration as public administration concerned with maximising innovation for development? Edward W. Weidner
• Who is the writer who defined development administration as carrying out the planned change in the economy? John Montgomery
• Who refers to development administration as organised efforts to carry out programs to sense developmental objectives? Fred W. Riggs
• What is the main concern of development administration? Management of change
• What are the 2 facets of development administration? Development of Administration Administration of development
• As pointed out in the Interplan study, what is one of the most scarce resources in developing countries? Administrative capability
• Essay: What is the main function of development administration? To implement policies and plans directed towards nation building and soocio-econmic progress.
• Essay: What do we mean by economic development? An increase in gross national product per capita
• Essay: What do we mean by performance in economic development? It means performance for development or administrative capability for development.
• Essay: What should be the direct result when we talk about input and output in economic development? The direct result should be the upliftment of the quality of life of the people.