Second grade students in Egypt improve their reading skills with the help of a USAID-sponsored program. Image courtesy of USAID.
Instructor(s)
Prof. Balakrishnan Rajagopal
MIT Course Number
11.701
As Taught In
Fall 2011
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Description
This introductory survey course is intended to develop an understanding of key issues and dilemmas of planning in non-Western countries. The issues covered by the course 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 and labor standards, post-conflict development and the role of aid in development.
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