Why a managerialist pursuit will not necessarily lead to achievement of MDGs

Donald Curtis and Yeow Poon

Development in Practice, 2009, vol. 19, issue 7, 837-848

Abstract: With case studies on Millennium Development Goal (MDG)-oriented reform projects in Vietnam, this article focuses upon a persistent dilemma in attempting to turn worthy goals into implementable programmes and sustainable results. How to achieve these goals is uncertain, but modern performance management, as expressed in Logical Frameworks, demands certainty. The article suggests how an open management style can allow for pragmatic adaptation to circumstances; or, more radically, how Log Frames could be redesigned to focus upon interpretation of contextual challenges. But such a dynamic requires a high degree of delegation and an acceptance that accountability must also be an interactive learning process.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1080/09614520903122139

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