Among the various purposes oor reasons for developmemt planning in
developing countries include, market failures, foriegn aid, resource
mobilisationand allocation, attittudianl or psychological impact, the
need to get direction, to measure progress, nation building through
public participation, to avoid conflicts and prevent resource from
being wasted and intergration of markets. Thirwall (1999) and Dubell
(1981) agrees that planning is used as an instrument by which
development is accellerated. Development planning is the progreess
procedure , that is intended to be followed step by step in a
country.
Plan is a programme of action or programme for the strategy of a
national government in applying a system of interferences with the
play of market forces thereby conditioning them in such a way as to
give an upward push to the social progreess.Thirwall (1999) defines
development planning as an ideal way for a government to set out its
development objectives and demonstrate initiative in tackling the
country's development problems. Todaro (1994) defines development
planning as an exercise in which a government chooses social
objectives, then set various targets and finally organises a framework
for implementing, co-ordinating and monitoring development. Thus, from
all thee definitions one might argue that planning is essentially
towards development.
Developing countries plan development inorder to achieve sustainable
economic growth,achieve a more equitable distribution of income,
generate employment opportunities and restore a country (Thirwall,
1999). a brazillian politician named Dudley Seers argued that yto him,
the importance of planning for development is the reduction of povert,
unemployment and inequality are the reasons. Thus the