Policy
Design and Implementation in
Developing Countries
Updated May 18, 2012
| Japan in the mid 19th century | Vietnam in 1995 | Ethiopia in 2008 | Taiwan in 2011 |
Spring 2012 - Friday 16:40-18:10 Lecture Room I (eye)
syllabus pre-enrollment grading instruction for presentation
Schedule 2012 (subject to revision)
| Date | Topic | By | Download (subject to revision) |
| APR 06 | Orientation and overview | KO | slides text paper |
| APR 13 | Development administration systems* | MS | slides text |
| APR 20 | Leadership and political regime | KO | slides text |
| APR 27 | Ownership, policy autonomy, donor management* | IO | slides text |
| MAY 11 | Leadership: the case of the Philippines | MS | slides text |
| MAY 18 | Drafting industrial master plans and action plans* | KO | slides text |
| MAY 25 | Building central economic agencies* | IO | slides text |
| JUN 01 | Guest speaker Professor Akio Hosono (**) | Slides to be distributed in class | |
| JUN 08 | Investment programming and aid* | MS | slides text |
| JUN 15 | Kaizen national movement | IO | slides paper |
| JUN 22 | Large-scale infrastructure development* | MS | slides text |
| JUN 29 | East Asia's growth lessons for Africa | KO | slides optional text |
| JUL 06 | Student presentations | - | |
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| JUL 13 | Student presentations | - | |
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| JUL 20 | Student presentations | - | |
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(*) For these lectures, also read relevant chapters of assigned book as below. Publications will be provided in class.
(**) Prof. Hosono (Director, JICA Research Institute, and GRIPS visiting professor) is a leading expert on Latin American development. He has worked closely with the Japanese government, taught at Tsukuba University and Kobe University, and served as the Japanese Ambassador to El Salvador from 2002 to 2007 where he initiated a comprehensive development project with La Union Port as the core infrastructure.
Lec. Date Topic Publication Corresponding pages and sections 2 APR 13 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)4 APR 27 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) 6 MAY 18 Drafting industrial master plans VDF, Industrial Policy Formulation in Thailand, Malaysia and Japan, 2006 Ch.1 (whole chapter) 7 MAY 25 Building central economic agencies GRIPS Dev. Forum, Managing the Development Process and Aid, 2007 Ch.1 (pp.1-23)
Ch.2 (whole chapter)
Ch.4 (whole chapter)8 JUN 08 Investment programming and aid GRIPS Dev. Forum, Managing the Development Process and Aid, 2007 Ch.1 (pp.17-20)
Ch.3 (pp.41-45, 54-57, 64-68)
Ch.5 (whole chapter)11 JUN 22 Large-scale infrastructure development GRIPS Dev. Forum, Managing the Development Process and Aid, 2007 Ch.1 (p.23)
Ch.6 (whole chapter)