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The article by Pressman and Wildavsky analyses the problems associated with the implementation of EDA plan in Oakland . The Congress established the Economic Development Administration which went to different cities with the mandate of empowering the minority groups by providing them with jobs . The administration chose Oakland as a pilot project to experiment how provision of incentives such as loans and public works could create permanent jobs for the minority groups . Years later , the project proves to

gain no fruits with the construction work at stand still and the loans plan dead and thus creating no jobs for the minority population

Following the failure of the plan , the authors try to figure out the main reasons why a plan that had big expectations and the federal government invested a lot of money in did not workout . The article also aims at creating an insight in the implementation of future project based on what happened on the Economic Development Administration plan in Oakland . The authors use the situation at the Oakland Economic Development Administration to relate to other similar policies and project and make several recommendations in the implementation of public policies . The article is therefore useful to public administrators who intend to implement project in the future . Due to the high level of unemployment , the political situation and the possibility of riots in Oakland , the city was the perfect choice for the experiment . During the first stages of implementation , there was...