Policy Design and Implementation in Developing Countries
 Updated July 29, 2022

Japan in the mid 19th century Vietnam in 1995 Taiwan in 2011 Djibouti in 2019

Spring 2022 - Friday 15:00-16:30     Classroom J

Course is completed for 2022

Kenichi Ohno E410  email
Izumi Ohno E411  email
Masumi Shimamura Guest lecturer

 syllabus     grading     instruction for student presentation

Course schedule for Spring 2022

@ Date Topic By Lecture slides Reading materials
1 Apr 08 Orientation and overview KO slides
2 Apr 15 Leadership and authoritarian developmentalism KO slides
3 Apr 22 Development administration systems* MS slides MAN ch1,3,7
4 May 06 Ownership, policy autonomy, donor management* IO slides REF
5 May 13 Economic technocrats in East Asia* IO slides
6 May 20 Leadership: the case of the Philippines MS slides
7 May 27 Quality of industrial policy* KO slides
8 Jun 03 National kaizen movement IO slides KAI  PRO
9 Jun 10 Cambodia: water supply project MS slides
10 Jun 17 Decentralization and development KO slides
11 Jun 24 Large-scale infrastructure development* MS slides
12 Jul 01 Contemporary issues on industrial development IO slides
13 Jul 08 Japanese policy making over the years KO slides
Student presentations
14 Jul 15

Kenta (ICT policy in Rwanda)  
Altaf (Automotive policy in Pakistan)

- slides
slides
15 Jul 22

Samira (SME promotion in Ghana)
Jerold (Free SHS policy)  
Wellington (Free SHS financing)

- slides
slides
slides
16 Jul 29

Ali (Indonesia palm oil industry)
Wahyu (Indonesia palm oil financing)

- slides
slides

                                       Note: subject to change.

(*) For these lectures, also read relevant chapters of assigned book as below. Listed publications will be provided in class.

Date Topic Publication Corresponding pages and sections
Apr 22 Development administration systems GRIPS Dev. Forum, Managing the Development Process and Aid, 2007 (PDF1.5MB)  Ch.1 (pp.13-16, 21-28)
 Ch.3 (pp.45-54, 58-64)
 Ch.7 (whole chapter)
May 06 Ownership, policy autonomy, donor management GRIPS Dev. Forum, Managing the Development Process and Aid, 2007  Ch.1 (pp.1-13, 27-28)
GRIPS Dev. Forum, True Ownership and Policy Autonomy, 2005 Intro & overview (whole chapter)
May 13 Economic technocrats in East Asia GRIPS Dev. Forum, Managing the Development Process and Aid, 2007  Ch.1 (pp.1-23)
 Ch.2 (whole chapter)
 Ch.4 (whole chapter)
MAY 27 Quality of industrial policy VDF, Industrial Policy Formulation in Thailand, Malaysia and Japan, 2006  Ch.1 (whole chapter)
JUN 24 Large-scale infrastructure development GRIPS Dev. Forum, Managing the Development Process and Aid, 2007  Ch.1 (p.23)
 Ch.6 (whole chapter)

Class photos and student presentations in   2015   2016   2017   2018   2019   2020   2021

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