It is an established fact that debt-ridden and peasant farmers who are highly productive who form the bulk of the population especially in developing countries and for whom marginal propensity to consume is highly with practically no saving capacity and for whom the allowances and reliefs...

In the past decades the involvement of local experts in the planning and evaluation of development programs has steadily increased. Ownership of development planning is propagated as major aim of bilateral and international development co-operation. Yet, the quality and performance of many local...