Tóm tắt
PurposeTo examine the survivability, in France, of what may be one of the world's oldest state planning bodies.Design/methodology/approachThis is a straightforward account of what is happening to centralized planning in a democratic state.FindingsFrance's current government found the agency unneeded.Practical implicationsIf the State Planning Agency in Paris is eliminated, France will have no centralized office for strategic planning.Originality/valueThe chronicle records the abolition of an entity recognized by government during the previous 60 years as being essential to its functioning.
