Development Project Tutorial

Author: Ye Jingzhong / Wang Yihuan (editors)
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: Development means comprehensive progress in various fields such as economy, society, culture, politics, legislation, human resources, knowledge, resources, and environment. Development requires coordinated development across all fields. It not only includes positive economic growth and economic development but also encompasses social stability, democratic participation, social equality, women's participation, cultural development, empowerment, decentralization, capacity building, innovation, indigenous knowledge, and improvement of ecological environments. Development is a systematic project, requiring the orderly and coordinated development of various systems. Only in this way can the sustainability and stability of development be maintained. Development intervention is the primary means of initiating and achieving development, while development projects are the main form of development intervention. A country's development activities are primarily carried out in the form of development projects. The connotation and theory of development must be reflected throughout the entire process of development projects. The main focus of this book is on international cooperation development projects. The operational methods of domestic development projects differ significantly from those of international development projects. Learning from and borrowing advanced experiences and practices of international development projects will help improve domestic development projects, especially the implementation effectiveness of nearly 200 billion yuan of agricultural support projects annually, and enhance their management quality. Development projects are one of the two main components of development practice, the other being development planning. The connotation and theory of development must be reflected throughout the entire process of development projects. Development Project Tutorial is a core textbook in the field of development practice and serves as a specialized textbook on development projects in rural regional development education in China.
About the Authors:
Ye Jingzhong is a Ph.D. in Sociology from Wageningen University (Netherlands), a professor and doctoral supervisor at the College of Humanities and Development Studies, China Agricultural University. He primarily conducts research on community transformation and development intervention, development theory, development planning and management, and international development project theory. He has published over 50 academic papers and authored major works such as Participatory Development Planning, Focusing on Left-Behind Children, Participation, Organization, and Development, The Theory and Practice of International Development Projects, Training Course for Sino-German Financial Cooperation Forestry Project, The Theory and Innovation of International Development Cooperation, Children's Participation in Community Development, Processes of Enlightenment—Farmer Initiatives in Rural Development in China, and Children's Participation in Community Development.
Wang Yihuan is a Ph.D. in Sociology from Wageningen University (Netherlands) and an associate professor at the College of Humanities and Development Studies, China Agricultural University. She primarily conducts research on development intervention, international development project theory, and gender and development. Her major works include How Discontinuities Become Continuities—The Dynamics of Participatory Development in Rural China.