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Abstract
Bringing a welcome new holistic approach to the study of product and services management, this book looks at the key milestones within a product's or service's life cycle. It considers, in detail, three crucial areas within product management, namely: product//service portfolio evaluation; new product//service development; product//service elimination. Based on research conducted in Europe and North America, this book includes revealing cases studies that will help students make important connections between theory and practice.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| List of Tables vii | |||
| Foreword, Jonathan H. Frimpong-Ansah ix | |||
| Preface, Roy Culpeper xi | |||
| Acknowledgments xiii | |||
| List of Acronyms xv | |||
| 1 Introduction 1 | |||
| Governance and the Governed, 1 | |||
| Lending a Hand, 3 | |||
| Country Case Studies, 5 | |||
| Mobilizing and Managing Money, 6 | |||
| Crosscutting Issues, 7 | |||
| The Way Ahead, 9 | |||
| Part 1 Historical Setting and Record of Performance | |||
| 2 History in the Making 19 | |||
| A Cautious Change of Heart, 20 | |||
| Internal Politics, 22 | |||
| Moving Money, 24 | |||
| The African Development Bank Group Today, 27 | |||
| A Continent in Crisis, 29 | |||
| Literature Review, 32 | |||
| 3 Governance and the Governed 39 | |||
| Board of Governors, 39 | |||
| Board of Directors, 40 | |||
| Presidency, 45 | |||
| Vice-Presidencies, 47 | |||
| Grappling with Governance, 48 | |||
| Staff, 51 | |||
| Conclusions, 58 | |||
| 4 Lending a Hand: Projects and Programs 63 | |||
| Overall Resource Flows, 64 | |||
| Geographical Distribution, 68 | |||
| Sectoral Allocation, 71 | |||
| Vi CONTENTS | |||
| Country Programming, 74 | |||
| Policy-Based Lending, 76 | |||
| Project Lending, 82 | |||
| Quest for Quality, 89 | |||
| 5 Country Case Studies: A View from the Field 95 | |||
| Kenya, 95 | |||
| Mali, 201 | |||
| Egypt, 108 | |||
| Case Study Conclusions, 113 | |||
| Part 2 Development Agenda | |||
| 6 Mobilizing and Managing Money 117 | |||
| Resource Mobilization, 227 | |||
| Bank Subscriptions, 117 | |||
| ADF Contributions and Special Funds, 119 | |||
| Borrowing from Governments and Capital Markets, 229 | |||
| Future Needs and Prospects, 222 | |||
| Financial Policies, 223 | |||
| Conclusions, 236 | |||
| 7 Crosscutting Issues: A Full Agenda 141 | |||
| The African Debt Problem, 242 | |||
| The Nature of African Debt, 243 | |||
| Debt Relief Initiatives, 244 | |||
| The ADB Group Response, 246 | |||
| Regional Integration, 249 | |||
| The Private Sector, 153 | |||
| Environment, Gender, and Poverty, 257 | |||
| Governance, 265 | |||
| An Emerging Pattern, 269 | |||
| 8 The Way Ahead 175 | |||
| The Basic Building Blocks: Projects and Personnel, 276 | |||
| The Engineers and Architects: Management and the Board, 279 | |||
| Paying the Bills: Mobilizing and Managing Money, 282 | |||
| The Blueprint: Bank Strategy, 284 | |||
| Appendix 195 | |||
| Bibliography 199 | |||
| Index 203 | |||
| About the Book and Authors 213 |