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11.701 Introduction to Planning and Institutional Processes in Developing Countries, Fall 2004

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11.701 Introduction to Planning and Institutional Processes in Developing Countries, Fall 2004

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Alternative Title: Introduction to Planning and Institutional Processes in Developing Countries
Author: Sanyal, Bishwapriya
Date Issued: 2004-12
Abstract:
The planning process in developing countries. Interaction between planners and institutions at both national and local levels. Overview of theories of state, organizational arrangements, implementation mechanisms, and planning styles. Case studies of planning: decentralization, provision of low-cost housing, and new-town development. Analyzes various roles planners play in different institutional contexts. Professional ethics and values amidst conflicting demands. Restricted to first-year M.C.P. and SPURS students.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36849
Other Identifiers: 11.701-Fall2004
local: 11.701
local: IMSCP-MD5-efd3d56e3fe37c2521a7a541a108aac6
Keywords: developing-country governments, international organizations, NGOs, economies of scale, diseconomies of scale, international development planning, externality, historical advances in developing and developing countries, interaction between planners and institutions, decentralization, provision of low-cost housing, new-town development, progress, anti-planning arguments, state-centered planning, social control, bureaucracies, good governance, market institutions, collective action, decision making, political savvy, legal sensibility

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