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11.701 Introduction to International Development Planning (MIT)

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.

Keywords:: law, participatory planning, colonialism, social movements, The Developing World, ocwc, security, Regional Planning, labor, international development, imperialism, markets, trade, outsourcing, privatization, urban, aid, state intervention, migration, corruption, conflict, governance, human rights, rural, Regional Politics, global, decentralization, Global Poverty, oec, Developmental Economics, post-conflict, International Development, NGOs, state, poverty, civil service

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Business / Economics / International

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: August 6, 2014
Date Modified in MERLOT:: March 12, 2015
Author:: Prof. Balakrishnan Rajagopal
Submitter:: The Open Education Consortium
Primary Audience:: College General Ed
Technical Format:: Website

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Language:: English
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