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)

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

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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)