• Development Administration (1950s to 1960s)

• New Public Administration (1970s)

• New Public Management (1980s to 1990s)
• Reinventing Government (1990s)
• PA as Governance (1990s to the present)
Development implies increase in living standards, improved
health and well-being for all and the achievement of whatever is
regarded as general good for society at large.

Development is used in three main senses a vision or measure

of a desirable society, a historical process of social change and
deliberate effort for improvement by development agencies.

In Public Administration development is primarily concerned

with the structures of public organizations, fundamental rights
of the citizen, human resource development, service delivery,
and the collective interest of the people.
ERADICATION OF POVERTY
CAPACITY BUILDING
EQUITY
EMPOWERMENT
SUSTAINABILITY
Development Administration is
about projects, programs, policies
and ideas which are focused at
development of a nation, with the
point of view of socio-economic
and socio-political development
of society in general, carried out
by talented and skilled
bureaucrats.
Development Administration (1950s to 1960s)
• Development Administration (DA) as a field of
study emerged in 1950s and 1960s with the third
world countries as the focal point.
• The term “third world” may be attributed to the
French demographer and economic historian
Alfred Sauvy, who at the height of the Cold War in
1952, used the term to distinguish developing
countries outside the two power blocs; namely,
the First World and the Second World respectively
• DA maybe considered as “management of
innovation” because it was aimed at helping
countries that are undergoing reconstruction and
social transformation
• In the Philippines, The term “development
administration” was used to suggest that it
may be an appropriate framework to
examine the State’s experience as it tries
to rebuild its institutions within a
democratic framework, as it struggles to
new economic, political and social
challenges.
• In the context of “emerging nation,”
Landau (1970) described DA as the
Engineering of Social Change. Likewise,
according to Ilchman (1970), these
countries were “concerned with increasing
the capacity of the state to produce goods
and services to meet and induce changing
demands.” (Ilchman 1970: 136)
• Nef and Dwivedi (1981) on the other
hand, attributed the concept of DA to
Goswami in 1955 and later popularized by
Riggs and Weidner. They coined the term
“Development Administration” to refer to
developing countries which are largely
found in Asia, Latin, America and Africa.

• These developing countries endeavoured

to make concerted efforts in order to be
recognized as “emerging nations” and to
resurrect themselves after World War II.
• Gant (1979) on the other hand, defined
DA as not merely addressing state functions
such as public service delivery and
enforcement of laws but the inducement
and management of change to pursue
development aspirations. These developing
countries were in urgent need to implement
fundamental reforms in their politico-
administrative machinery.
• Khator (1998) however, argued that DA
was built upon several critical assumptions
that: (1) development needs are the most
important needs of developing countries,
(2) the development needs of developing
and developed countries are inherently
different, (3) development can be
administered, (4) developmental know-
hows are transferable; and (5) the political,
social and cultural context of development
can de easily altered.
• Likewise, Fred Riggs, in his “Frontiers of
Development”, identified two foci in
development administration: development
of administration and the administration of
development. Most development
administration scholars focused more on the
latter and it subsequently became
synonymous to the administration of
development in third world countries
(Khator, 1998)
• DEVELOPMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
It involves the strengthening & improving
administrative capacities as a means for
achieving developmental goals. The focus
here is to develop administrators.

• ADMINISTRATION OF DEVELOPMENT
It implies that administrative organization
are expected to act as instruments in the
implementation of development
programmes, projects and policies.
• Additionally, DA principles have been
among the major themes that ran through
the various lectures and writings of Raul De
Guzman, who together with OD Corpuz
(1986) initially addressed the question: “Is
there a Philippine PA?” Since the idea was
to steer developing countries for economic
development and social progress, the term
DA became closely associated to foreign
aid and western models of development.
These Western countries provide grants and aids to
developing countries for nation-building, economic
development, institutional strengthening, and
people participation in development.

As to administrative reform, which is one of the core

values of DA, De Guzman (1986) described and
analyzed the structural and behavioral
characteristics of the Philippine Public bureaucracy
and argued that the “implementation of
administrative reform should have two major
dimensions: reforming the structures of the
bureaucracy and reforming the behaviour of those
in the bureaucracy.” (De Guzman 1986 as cited in
Brillantes 1994: 8)
• Development administration has always
been one of the central features of the
various long and medium term Philippine
Development Plans since the seventies.
The paradigm for bureaucratic reform
countries to evolve in various intellectual
and practical debates but government
continues its work amidst all these. Until
recently, all Philippine development plans
since the seventies had a specific chapter
devoted solely to development
administration.
• PROGRESSIVISM
In political systems, it would mean greater
participation of the people in the development
process.
• PARTICIPATION
Participation in the formulation, implementation,
monitoring and evaluation of programs and
projects.

• CREATIVITY AND INNOVATIVENESS

Development administration lays stress upon the
adoption of new structure, procedure, policies,
plans and programs.
• PLANNED AND COORDINATED EFFORTS
Development administration refers to organized
efforts to carry out activities

• GOAL-ORIENTED ADMINISTRATION
It is goal-oriented administration with emphasis
on achieving social and economic goals.

• MANAGEMENT CAPACITIES
Creating and enhancing management capacities
as a means for achieving development goals.
• RESPONSIVENESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Development administration system requires
highly motivated personnel at all levels.

• PEOPLE-CENTERED ADMINISTRATION
It is essentially a people-centred administration

• KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH SOCIAL REALITIES

Development administration is requires to keep in
touch with the realities, including grassroots
situation , local problems etc.
PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPMENT
ADMINISTRATION
Lack of experienced administrators as well
as highly developed technocrats in
specialized fields, lack of modern
management techniques, poor methods
adopted in policy making, planning and
budgeting, procedural delays, lack of
sufficient discipline and commitment to
plans and program implementation.