ABSTRACT
Scholars and practitioners have long grappled with identifying the best policies and approaches to promoting socioeconomic development. Since World War II, the international development field has been marked by an evolution of approaches to understanding and addressing development challenges.1 Policies, approaches, and strategies need to be implemented to lead to results and real improvements in people’s lives; this is where international development management comes to the fore. This chapter presents a framework for defining development management, and reviews the major debates that make a simple definition difficult to craft. In conclusion, this chapter highlights some of the ongoing dilemmas that face development managers.2
