Problems of Plan Implementation and Plan Failure
The results of development planning have been generally disappointing.
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The widespread rejection of comprehensive development planning based on
poor performance has had a number of practical outcomes, the most impor-tant of which is the adoption in a majority of developing countries of a more
market-oriented economic system.
What went wrong? Why has the early euphoria about planning gradually
been transformed into disillusionment and dejection? We can identify two inter-related sets of answers, one dealing with the gap between the theoretical eco-nomic benefits and the practical results of development planning and the other
associated with more fundamental defects in the planning process, especially as
it relates to administrative capacities, political will, and plan implementation.