Policy
Design and Implementation in
Developing Countries
Updated August 3, 2023
Japan in the mid 19th century | Vietnam in 1995 | Taiwan in 2011 | Djibouti in 2019 |
Spring 2023 - Friday 15:00-16:30 Classroom C
syllabus grading instruction for student presentation
Course completed for Spring 2023
Date | Topic | By | Slides | Reading materials |
Apr
07 |
Orientation and overview |
KO |
slides | |
Apr
14 |
Political regime for development |
KO |
slides | |
Apr
21 |
Development
administration systems (*) |
MS |
slides | MAN ch1,3,7 |
Apr
28 |
Leadership:
the case of the Philippines |
MS |
slides | |
May
12 |
Ownership,
policy autonomy, donor management (*) |
IO |
slides | REF |
May
19 |
Economic
technocrats in East Asia (*) |
IO |
slides | |
May
26 |
Quality
of industrial policy (*) |
KO |
slides | |
Jun
02 |
National
kaizen movement |
IO |
slides | |
Jun 09 |
Decentralization
and development |
KO |
slides | |
Jun
16 |
Cambodia:
water supply project |
MS |
slides | |
Jun 23 | Large-scale infrastructure development (*) | MS | slides | |
Jun 30 | Japanese policy making | KO | slides | |
Jul 07 | Contemporary issues in industrial development | IO | slides | |
Student presentations |
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Jul
14 |
Theint
- Garment policy in Myanmar |
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Jul
21 |
Soleil - Fiscal decentralization in the Philippines Joey - Transportation & ICT |
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slides slides |
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Jul
28 |
Ianah - NEDA's review, approval and M&E Bismarck - |
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Note: subject to change due to instructors' travel schedule. |
For lectures with (*), also read relevant chapters of assigned books as below. These will be provided in class.
Date Topic Publication Corresponding pages and sections Apr 21 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 12 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 19 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 26 Quality of industrial policy VDF, Industrial Policy Formulation in Thailand, Malaysia and Japan, 2006 Ch.1 (whole chapter) Jun 23 Large-scale infrastructure development GRIPS Dev. Forum, Managing the Development Process and Aid, 2007 Ch.1 (p.23)
Ch.6 (whole chapter)