11.701 Introduction to International Development Planning, Fall 2010
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Author(s)
Rajagopal, Balakrishnan
Alternative Title
Introduction to International Development Planning
Date Issued
December 2010
Abstract
This introductory survey course is intended to develop an understanding of key issues and dilemmas of planning in non-western countries. The topics covered in this course will include state intervention, governance, law and institutions in development, privatization, participatory planning, decentralization, poverty, urban-rural linkages, corruption and civil service reform, trade and outsourcing, labor standards, post-conflict development, and the role of aid in development. The course will illuminate current development challenges through published research in the field. The literature is rich, and across many disciplines in the social sciences. Case studies and real world examples through interaction with planning practitioners are drawn from around the world.
Subjects
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
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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