Development Planning Question Paper
Development Planning
Course:Bachelor Of Commerce
Institution: Kabarak University question papers
Exam Year:2009
COURSE CODE: ECON 411
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
STREAM: Y4S1
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions.
2. Question ONE carries thirty (30 Marks) and all other twenty (20) Marks.
QUESTION ONE
a) Define a development plan and explain its essential features. (10mks)
b) Explain the need for setting up priorities in development plan formulation. On
what do the setting of these priorities depend on in a country? (20mks)
QUESTION TWO
Concisely explain the major arguments both, economic and non-economic, in favour of
planning in third world economies. (20mks)
QUESTION THREE
Planning models are divided into three broad categories. On what basis are they
categorized? Briefly explain each of these categories of planning models and give
examples. (20mks)
QUESTION FOUR
Explain clearly the steps involved in the preparation of a development plan
in a country. (20mks)
QUESTION FIVE
There is much talk on a crisis in third world planning. Many have even claimed that
development planning has for most part been a failure. Explain the major causes of plan
failures in these countries and where applicable use the Kenyan experience to support
your answer. (20mks)
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