| Part I |
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First Class |
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I - Introduction |
Required Readings
 Hirschman, Albert O. Preface, chapters 1, 6, and 7 in The Rhetoric of Reaction: Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy. Cambridge, Mass, and London, England: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1991, pp. ix-xi, 1-11, and 149-72. ISBN: 067476868X.
———. "The Rhetoric of Reaction--Two Years Later." Chapter 2 in A Propensity to Self-Subversion. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1995, pp. 45-68. ISBN: 0674715578.
Recommended Readings
Skocpol, Theda. "Targeting within Universalism: Politically Viable Policies to Combat Poverty in the United States." In The Urban Underclass. Edited by Christopher Jencks, and Paul E. Peterson. Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 1991, pp. 411-36.
Birdsall, Nancy. "Life is Unfair: Inequality in the World." Foreign Policy (Summer 1998): 76-84. [Rest optional]
Berry, Albert. "Methodological and Data Challenges to Identifying the Impacts of Globalization and Liberalization (G&L) on Inequality." For UNRISD (the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development), November 2002. Sections 1.0-3.3, and 4. [Optional: Sections 3.4-3.5]. (PDF)
Van de Walle, Dominique. "Targeting Revisited." The World Bank Research Observer 13, no. 2 (August 1998): 231-48. |
| Part II |
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II - The Context: Economic Development, the Role of the State, and Industrialization |
Required Readings
Bruton, Henry J. "A Reconsideration of Import Substitution." Journal of Economic Literature 36 (June 1998): 903-36. (PDF)
Polak, Ben, and Jeffrey G. Williamson. "Poverty, Policy, and Industrialization in the Past." Chapter 10 in Including the Poor. Edited by Michael Lipton and Jacques van der Gaag. Proceedings of a Symposium Organized by the World Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 1993, pp. 219-46. ISBN: 0821326740
Evans, Peter. "The Eclipse of the State? Reflections on Stateness in an Era of Globalization." World Politics 50 (October 1997): 62-87.
Helleiner, Gerald K. "Trade, Trade Policy and Industrialization Reconsidered." World Development Studies 6. UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research: Helsinki, Finland, 1995.
Kaplinsky, Raphael. "Globalisation and Unequalisation: What Can Be Learned from Value Chain Analysis?" In Globalisation and Trade. Edited by Oliver Morrissey and Igor Filatotchev. London: Frank Cass Publishers, 2001, pp. 117-46. ISBN: 0714651591
Wood, Adrian. "Globalization and the Rise in Labor Market Inequalities." The Economic Journal 108 (1998): 1463-82.
Loebis, Lienda, and Hubert Schmitz. "Java Furniture Makers: Winners or Losers from Globalisation?" In Development and Practice. Oxford, UK, 2004. (forthcoming). (PDF)
Recommended Readings
Hirschman, Albert O. "The Political Economy of Import-Substituting Industrialization in Latin America." In A Bias for Hope: Essays on Development and Latin America. Edited by Albert O. Hirschman. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1971, pp. 85-123. |
| Part III |
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III - Who's Poor? |
Required Readings
Greenhouse, Steven. "Beating Wall St., and the Corner Grocery: Workers of All Incomes Find Powerful Ally in State Attorney General." Section A in New York Times, 2 January 2004.
Portes, Alejandro. "The Informal Economy and Its Paradoxes." Chapter 17 in The Handbook of Economic Sociology. Edited by Neil J. Smelser and Richard Swedberg. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1995, pp. 426-49. ISBN: 0691044856.
Peattie, Lisa. "What is to be Done with the Informal Sector? A Case Study of Shoe Manufacturing in Colombia." In Towards a Political Economy of Urbanization. Edited by Helen Safa. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. 1982, pp. 208-32. ISBN: 0195613074.
Maloney, William F. "Informality Revisited." World Development 32, no. 7 (July 2004). (PDF) |
| Part IV |
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IV - The Rural Economy, Agriculture and non-Agriculture |
Required Readings
Ranis, Gustav, and Frances Stewart. "Rural Linkages in the Philippines and Taiwan." In Macro-policies for Appropriate Technology in Developing Countries. Edited by Frances Stewart. Boulder and London: Westview Press, 1987, pp. 140-91. ISBN: 0813373034.
Haggblade, Steven, Peter Hazell, and Thomas Reardon. Executive summary, "Nine Myths about the Rural Non-farm Economy (RNFE)," and Table 10. In Strategies for Stimulating Poverty-alleviating Growth in the Rural Non-farm Economy in Developing Countries. Washington, D.C.: EPTD (Environment and Production Technology Division [International Food Policy Research Institute]). November 2002, pp. iv-viii, 87. Discussion Paper no. 92. (PDF)
Eicher, Carl K. "Flashback: Fifty Years of Donor Aid to African Agriculture." Revised version of Successes in African Agriculture: Building for the Future. January 2004. Sponsored by InWent, IFPRI, NEPAD and CTA. Presented at International Policy Conference, Pretoria, South Africa, December 1-3, 2003. (PDF)
Tendler, Judith. "Tales of Dissemination in Small-Farm Agriculture: Lessons for Institution Builders." World Development 21 (October 10, 1994): 1567-82.
Recommended Readings
"Comparison of Developed and Developing Countries." Prepared by Gabrielle Watson and updated by Tito Bianchi. Source: UNDP, Human Development Report, 1996-1997, and World Bank, World Development Report, 1999. (PDF)
Hazell, et al. Chapters 3-5, pp. 4-89. Reading above.
Hazell, Peter, and Steven Haggblade. "Farm-Nonfarm Growth Linkages and the Welfare of the Poor." Chapter 8 in Including the Poor. Edited by Michael Lipton and Jacques van der Gaag. Proceedings of a Symposium Organized by the World Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 1993, pp. 190-204.
Gotsch, Carl H. "Technical Change and the Distribution of Income in Rural Areas." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 54, no. 2 (May 1972): 326-41.
Finan, Timothy. "Market Relationships and Market Performance in Northeast Brazil." American Ethnologist 15, no. 4 (1998): 694-709. |
| Part V - Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) |
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Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) |
Required Readings
Mead, Donald C., and Carl Liedholm. "The Dynamics of Micro and Small Enterprises in Developing Countries." World Development 26, no. 1 (1998): 61-74.
Jenkins, Rhys. "Globalisation and Employment: Working for the Poor?" Insights: Development Research 47 (June 2003): 1-2. id21
Recommended Readings
Piore, Michael J. "United States of America." Chapter 7 in The Re-emergence of small Enterprises: Industrial Restructuring in Industrialized Countries. Edited by Werner Sengenberger, Gary Loveman, and Michael J. Piore. Geneva: International Institute for Labor Studies, 1990a, pp. 261-303. |
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V (A) - Political Economy of Small-Firm Initiatives |
Required Readings
Berger, Suzanne. "The Uses of the Traditional Sector in Italy: Why Declining Classes Survive." In The Petite Bourgeoisie. Edited by Frank Bechhofer and Brian Elliot. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 1981, pp. 71-89. ISBN: 0312603657.
Andrews, Edmund L. "Where do the Jobs Come From?" Section E in New York Times, 21 September 2004.
Brown, Charles, James Hamilton, and James Medoff. "Images of Large and Small Employers," "The Economic Backdrop," "Generating New Jobs," "Wages: Bigger Means More," "Who Benefits?" and "A Fuller Picture." Chapters 1-5, and 10 in Employers Large and Small. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990. ISBN: 0674251628. (Chapters 2-5 optional).
Recommended Readings
Tendler, Judith. "Small Firms, the Informal Sector, and the Devil's Deal." IDS Bulletin [Institute of Development Studies at Sussex] 33, no. 3 (July 2002). (PDF) |
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V (B) - Industrial Districts and Clusters: Relevance of the European Experience |
Required Readings
Schmitz, Hubert, and Bernard Musyck. "Industrial Districts in Europe--Policy Lessons for Developing Countries?" World Development 22, no. 6 (June 1994): 889-910.
Hudson, R. "Institutional Change, Cultural Transformation, and Economic Regeneration: Myths and Realities from Europe's Old Industrial Areas." In Globalization, Institutions, and Regional Development in Europe. Edited by Ash Amin and Nigel Thrift. UK: Oxford University Press, 1995. ISBN: 0198289162. |
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V (C) - SMEs and Associationalism |
Required Readings
Bianchi, Tito. "Development Discontinuities: Leaders and Intermediaries in Cooperatives of Producers." Working Paper 166. Helsinki: WIDER (World Institute of Development Economics Research), October 1999. WIDER Publications Go to "Working Papers" then scroll down to No. 166.
[A shorter version published in 2002 as: Stewart, Frances, Judith Heyer, and Rosemary Thorp, eds. "Leaders and Intermediaries as Economic Development Agents in Producers' Associations." In Group Behaviour and Development: Is the Market Destroying Cooperation? UK: Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN: 0199256926.]
Locke, Richard. "Cooperation Without Trust." Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. (Forthcoming.)
Recommended Readings
Kennedy, Lorraine. "Cooperating for Survival: Tannery Pollution and Joint Action in the Palar Valley (India)." World Development 27 (9 September 1999): 1673-91.
Attwood, Donald W., and B. S. Baviskar. "Why Do Some Co-operatives Work But not Others: A Comparative Analysis of Sugar Co-operatives in India." Economic and Political Weekly (Review of Agriculture) 22 (26/27, June 1987): A-38/A-55. |
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V (D) - The World Beyond Production: SME Buyers, Markets, and Value Chains |
Required Readings
Schmitz, Hubert. "Globalized Localities: Introduction." In Local Enterprises in the Global Economy--Issues of Governance and Upgrading. Edited by Hubert Schmitz. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA, 2004, pp. 1-19. ISBN: 1843760991.
Humphrey, John, and Hubert Schmitz. "How does Insertion in Global Value Chains Affect Upgrading in Industrial Clusters?" Regional Studies 36, no. 9 (2002): pp. 1017-27.
Recommended Readings
Bazan, Luiza, and Navas-Aleman. "The Underground Revolution in the Sinos Valley: a Comparison of Upgrading in Global and National Value Chains." In Local Enterprises in the Global Economy--Issues of Governance and Upgrading. Edited by Hubert Schmitz. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton. MA, USA, 2004, pp. 110-139. |
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V (E) - Export Cases and Policy Lessons |
Required Readings
Keesing, Donald B., and Sanjaya Lall. "Marketing Manufactured Exports from Developing Countries: Learning Sequences and Public Support." In Trade Policy, Industrialization, and Development: New Perspectives. Edited by Helleiner, Gerald. A study prepared for the World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) of the United Nations University. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992, pp. 176-93. ISBN: 0198283598.
Wood, Adrian, and Kate Jordan. "Why does Zimbabwe Export Manufacturers and Uganda Not? Econometrics Meets History." In Globalization and Trade. Edited by Oliver Morrissey and Igor Filatotchev. London: Frank Cass Publishers, 2001, pp. 91-116. ISBN: 0714651591.
Tewari, Meenu, and Poonam Pillai. "Global Standards and Environmental Compliance in the Indian Leather Industry." Paper prepared for the Duke Summer Institute on Globalization and Equity, June 3-5/October, 2004.
Perez-Aleman, Paola. "Learning, Adjustment and Economic Development: Transforming Firms, The State, and Associations in Chile." World Development28, no. 1 (2000): 41-55.
Recommended Readings
Kelegama, Saman, and Fritz Foley. "Impediments to Promoting Backward Linkages from the Garment Industry in Sri Lanka." World Development 27, no. 8 (1999): 1445-60.
Ortez, Omar. "Spreading manufacturing growth gains through local jobs: lessons from the Guatemalan highlands." Development in Practice 14, nos. 1 and 2 (February 2004). Routledge
[Based on: Ortez, Omar A. "Manufacturing Firms and Local Jobs: The Influence of Competitive Strategies on Labor in the Garment Sector of San Francisco El Alto, Guatemala." Master's Thesis. Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001] |
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V (F) - SMEs and Public Support |
Required Readings
Levy, Brian. "Can Intervention Work? The Role of Government in SME Success/Successful Small and Medium Enterprises and their Support Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Four Country Studies." Policy Research Department, Finance and Private Sector Development Division. The World Bank, February 9, 1994.
Doeringer, Peter B., and David G. Terkla. "Turning Around Local Economies: Managerial Strategies and Community Assets." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 9, no. 4 (1990): 487-506.
Bates, Timothy. "Why Do Minority Business Development Programs Generate so Little Minority Business Development?" Economic Development Quarterly 9, no. 1 (February 1995): 3-14.
Tendler, Judith, and Monica Amorim. "Small Firms and Their Helpers: Lessons on Demand." World Development 24 (1996): 407-426.
Recommended Readings
Bartik, Timothy J. "Poverty, Jobs and Subsidized Employment." Challenge 45, no. 3 (2002): 100-111.
Lepenies, Philipp. "Exit, Voice and Vouchers: Using Vouchers to Train Microentrepreneurs: Observations from the Paraguayan Voucher Scheme." World Development 32, no. 4 (2004): 713-24.
Dugger, Celia W. "Debate Stirs Over Tiny Loans for World's Poorest." Section 1 in New York Times, 29 April 2004.
Almendariz, Beatriz, and Jonathan Morduch. "Microfinance: Where do we Stand?" In Financial Development and Economic Growth: Explaining the Links. Edited by Charles Goodhart. Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, (2004 forthcoming). |
| Part VI - Labor and Workers |
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VI (A) - Labor and Development |
Required Readings
Bradsher, Keith. "Like Japan in the 1980's, China Poses Big Economic Challenge." Section C in New York Times, 2 March 2004.
Rai, Saritha. "India Hopes for Growth in Textile Exports." Section W in New York Times, 30 July 2004.
Stiglitz, Joseph E. "Democratic Development as the Fruits of Labor." Keynote Address. Industrial Relations Research Association (IRRA), Boston, January 2000. |
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VI (B) - Globalization and International Labor Standards |
Required Readings
Rodrik, Dani. "Tensions between Trade and Domestic Social Arrangements," and "Implications." Chapters 3, and 5 in Has Globalization Gone Too Far? Washington, D.C.: Institute of International Economics, 1997. pp. 29-48, (pp. 29-38 required, rest optional). Recommended: pp. 69-85. ISBN: 0881322415.
Freeman, Richard B. "International Labor Standards and World Trade: Friends or Foes?" In The World Trading System: Challenges Ahead. Edited by Jeffrey J. Schott. Washington, D.C.: Institute for International Economics, December 1996. ISBN: 0881322350.
Piore, Michael J. "Labor Standards and Business Strategies." Chapter 2 in Labor Standards and Development in the Global Economy. Edited by Stephen Herzenberg and Jorge F. Perez-Lopez. Washington, D.C.: Department of Labor, 1990, pp. 35-45.
Recommended Readings
Freeman, Richard B. "What Role for Labor Standards in the Global Economy?" Center for Economic Performance, London School of Economics. Draft. November 12, 1998.
Shaiken, Harley. "Going South: Mexican Wages and U.S. Jobs after NAFTA." The American Prospect 15 (Fall 1993): 58-64. |
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VI (C) - National Institutions-Regulators and Unions |
Required Readings
Gonzalez, David, and Samuel Loewenberg. "Banana Workers get Day in Court." Section B in New York Times, 18 January 2003.
Piore, Michael. Paper on Mexican Labor Inspectors. 2004. (Forthcoming.)
Damiani, Octavio. "Effects on Employment, Wages, and Labor Standards of Non-traditional Export Crops in Northeast Brazil." Latin American Research Review 38, no. 1 (2003). (PDF)
Greenhouse, Steven. "Local 226, 'The Culinary,' Makes Las Vegas the Land of the Living Wage." Section A in New York Times, 3 June 2004. 22. (Late Edition--Final)
Beckman, Bjorn. "Trade Unions, Institutional Reform, and Democracy: Nigerian Experiences with South African and Ugandan Comparisons." In Transition: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa 48 (2002).
(A revised version published in Harris, John, Kristian Stokke, and Olle Tornquist, eds. Changing Continuities: The Local Politics of Democratisation in Developing Countries. London: Palgrave, 2004).
Jacoby, Sanford M. "Risk and the Labor Market: Societal Past as Economic Prologue." Chapter 2 in Sourcebook of Labor Markets: Evolving Structures and Processes. Edited by Ivar Berg and Arne L. Kalleberg. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2001, pp. 31-60.
Recommended Readings
Natalicchio, Marcela A. "Dismantling Labor Institutions in Latin America: What Drives Reform? The case of Argentina in the 1990s." Paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Based on Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. (Forthcoming).
Locke, Richard M. "Industrial Adjustment and Industrial Relations in the Automobile industry." Chapter 4 in Remaking the Italian Economy. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1995, pp. 103-34. |
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VI (D) - Post-Fordist Production and 21st-Century Global Competitiveness: Higher Standards and Labor Conditions? |
Required Readings
Bradsher, Keith. "Behind the Labor Peace at Ford." Section 3 in New York Times, 21 March 1999.
Bailey, Thomas R., and Annette D. Bernhardt. "In Search of the High Road in a Low-Wage Industry." Politics and Society 25, no. 2 (June 1997): 179-201.
Knauss, Jody. "Modular Mass Production: High Performance on the Low Road." Politics and Society 26, no. 2 (1998): 273-96.
Godard, John, and John T. Delaney. "Reflections on the 'High Performance' Paradigm's Implications for Industrial Relations as a Field." Industrial and Labor Relations Review 53, no. 3 (April 2000): 482-502.
Recommended Readings
Freeman, Richard G., and Peter Gottschalk. "Introduction." In Generating Jobs: How to Increase Demand for Less-Skilled Workers. Edited by Richard B. Freeman and Peter Gottschalk. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1998, pp. 1-18.
Fleury, Alfonso, and John Humphrey. Human Resources and the Diffusion and Adaptation of New Quality Methods in Brazilian Manufacturing. IDS Research Report no. 24. Sussex, England: Institute of Development Studies, 1993.
Osterman, Paul. "How Common is Workplace Transformation and Who Adopts It?" Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47 no. 2 (January 1994): 173-188. |
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Last Class |
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