AP/SOSC 3801 6.00

Understanding Development Planning and Management

This course offers a concise, yet critical and systematic analysis of development planning and management. It emphasizes a close link between development theory and practice, and thus aims to provide a deeper understanding of the processes by which development plans are formulated, projects are designed, and Programs are implemented. It demonstrates how the changing language of development is pushing a reconsideration of the tools and methods by which development is planned and managed at different levels—local, national, and international. The course draws from the accounts of scholars, policy-makers, and managers and explores relevant case studies to identify the ways in which pro-people policies/projects/programs are both designed and implemented.