Changing demands on public administration and finance The central role of government in the development process The international context The nature of administrative tasks The organization of public administration for planned development Planning and its impact on public administration machinery The organization of central government machinery The central guidance cluster Types of institutions in the central guidance cluster The organization of public services Decentralization The changing role of local government systems Regional administration Administrative machinery and process for planning Organization for planning Techniques for increasing the effectiveness of planning machineries Human resources for planning Human resources for public services Public service personnel systems Human resource planning efforts Compensation and personnel rights Training and human resource development systems Increasing the effectiveness of personnel and traing systems Government budgeting and financial management Budgeting and planning Tx administration Financial management Financial institutions Creating financial institutions for development The role of the banking system Development banks: purpose and functions Development banks: financing patterns Development banks: assistance to small-scale enterprise Some issues common to development banks Public enterprises Growth and sectoral composition Public enterprise as a source of plan finance Managerial and technical staffing of public enterprises Government concerns in the field of public enterprises The relationship of the government to public enterprises Strategies for increasing public administrative capabilities Administrative reform strategies and programmes Institution-building strategies and programmes Socio-political strategies Planning for administrative capabilities The use of modern management techniques Trends and responses in the 1980s Future trends in public administration and finance Possible responses Possible international action