Authors : Anwar Yousif Attaelmanan, Jiang Hengkun and Elsadig Musa Ahmed
Abstract: This study shows the historical development of the planning course for socio-economic development in Sudan. The study is divided into 4 stages of history. The first period covered the features of development planning in the Turkish Egyptian colonial era. Second period covered the time of Mahdist Revolution. The third period was the British-Egyptian colonial era and the fourth period was the experience of development planning in the era of the Sudanese national governments. The study highlighted the major milestones that marked the development plans during these periods, in terms of goals, objectives and results and focused on distinguishing marks and influencing events without going into details. Historical documentation that agreed by most researchers in Sudan was adopted and the study provides socio-economic analysis in addition to political features necessary to complete the picture. Historical and descriptive analysis indicators were used in addition to what has been discussed depending on the attitude stems from the academic frameworks governing the theory of underdevelopment and the hypothesis of the center and periphery.
Anwar Yousif Attaelmanan, Jiang Hengkun and Elsadig Musa Ahmed, 2014. Lights on the Experience of Development Planning in Sudan:Focusing on Rural Development. Journal of Economics Theory, 8: 24-31.