Integrating National Learning Systems in Economic Planning: A New Approach to Economic Planning

Abstract

Until World War II, the Soviet Union was the only country regarded as a planned economy. In the aftermath of the war, many nations began utilizing economic planning in various shapes and forms as a means of development. As national economic planning gained wide popularity, centralized planning became a prominent tool for economic policy Economic policy. The progress achieved by the planned economies instigated a surge of interest in planning by the post-colonial nations. Despite variations in implementation across different economies, planning became accepted as a cardinal component of the policy to be practiced in one form or another by governments aspiring to achieve rapid development.