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11.205 Planning & Institutional Processes (International)

Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Fall 1998

11.205 PLANNING INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES

IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Professors: Bish Sanyal sanyal@mit.edu, phone: x3-1933

Instructors:

Octavio Damiani damiani@mit.edu, phone x3-7956,
Rodrigo Serrano rserrano@mit.edu, phone: x3-7956,
Aya Okada aokada@mit.edu

The objective of this introductory seminar is to socialize the first year MCP students to some of the most important issues faced by the profession of Development Planning in developing countries. In pursuing the objective, we will focus the discussion on the institutional context within which development planners operate and discuss the nature of institutional processes in which they plan, implement and evaluate policies, programs and projects. The focus on the institutional context is deliberate because it leads well to the discussion of various planning roles, ranging from that of national planners involved in sectoral resource allocation to city planners confronted with problems of squatter housing and lack of municipal revenues at the local level. Also, an emphasis on institutions brings to the fore the issue of institutional change which is, increasingly, acknowledged to be a critical factor--perhaps more important than either capital, or technology--for economic growth and social development. And finally, institutional analysis is conducive to intellectual inquiry into broader theoretical questions regarding the appropriate role of the state in socio-economic development. Why should development be associated with modernization? Why should the state be involved in planning? What form of state involvement is important for development? What are the limits of state action? What guides planners' role in this process? Seminar participants will be encouraged to seek answers to these questions in formulating their own theories of planning.

The seminar will be organized around a set of lectures, directed readings, as well as extensive discussion of real life case studies of planning practice in developing countries.

Course Requirements

The course meets twice a week. The seminar participants will be expected to have read at least the required readings for each session and to participate actively in class discussions. In addition, all seminar participants will be required to maintain a course diary. Every Friday by 5:00 PM all participants must turn in a diary entry of no more than one or two double-spaced pages in your instructor's folder in the common room (7-303). The purpose of the diaries is for each student to reflect on the one or two points raised in the lectures or readings of that week which added most to his/her learning. Focus on those new ideas which made you change your view on an issue, or that deepened your understanding of it. Using your work and personal experience to reflect on the material provided in the class is often a fruitful way for understanding what you have learned and for explaining it. Students should also see the diaries as an opportunity to reflect on the expectations, doubts and search for meaning they bring to their profession as development planners (but, be careful not to ramble.)

Diaries will count for 50% of the overall grade. The remaining 50% of the grade will be split equally between (a) written exercises based on the presentation of case studies and (b) general participation in class discussions, including levels of attendance and punctuality, ability to answer questions raised during the seminar, and familiarity with the reading assignments.

Course Schedule and Readings

11.205 Planning Institutions and Processes in Developing Countries- Fall 1998

Wed. Sep. 9: Introduction and course overview

No reading

Mon. Sep. 14: Modernization, Development and Planning I

Required reading:

Ingham, B. (1993). "The Meaning of Development: Interactions Between 'New' and 'Old' Ideas." In World Development, vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 1803-21.

Recommended

Arundt, H.W. (1987). "Development as Growth." In Economic Development: The History of an Idea, pp. 48-87. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Wed. Sep. 16: Modernization, Development, and Planning II

Required reading:

Rahnema, Majid (1992). "Introduction." In Majid Rahnema with Victoria Bawtree, eds., The Post Development Reader, pp. ix-xix. London & New Jersey: Zed Books.

Recommended

Sen, Amartya K. 1998. "Introduction : Development as Freedom," and "Chapter 1: The Perspective of Freedom," in Development as Freedom, (forthcoming).

Mon. Sep. 21: Modernization, Development, and Planning III

Required reading:

Escobar, Arturo (1992). "Planning." In Wolfgang Sachs, ed., The Development Dictionary, pp. 132-145.

Recommended:

Sanyal, Bish (1994). " Ideas and Institutions: Why the Alternative Development Paradigm Withered Away." In Globalization, Democratization, Decentralization, and Sustainable Development, Regional Development Dialogue, pp. 23-37.

Wed. Sep. 23: Modernization, Development, and Planning IV

Required readings:

Lasch, Cristopher (1991). "The Idea of Progress Reconsidered." In The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics, pp. 40-81. New York: W.W. Norten.

Peattie, Lisa (xxx). Article about " garden and flowers"?

Mon. Sep. 28: Case study on Resettlement Projects

Wed. Sep. 30: Case study on Resettlement Projects

Required readings:

Mon. October 5: Planning, Organizations, and Bureaucracies I

(LECTURE BY PANKAJ JAIN)

Required reading:

Recommended:

Wed. October 7: Planning, Organizations, and Bureaucracies II

(LECTURE BY PANKAJ JAIN)

Required reading:

Recommended:

Tue. October 13: Planning, Organizations, and Bureaucracies III

(LECTURE BY PANKAJ JAIN)

Required reading:

Recommended:

Wed. October 14: Case study

(LECTURE BY PANKAJ JAIN)

Required reading:

Recommended:

Fri. October 16: Planning and Politics I

(LECTURE BY MARCUS MELO)

Required reading:

Recommended:

Mon. October 19: Planning and Politics II

(LECTURE BY MARCUS MELO)

Required reading:

Recommended:

Wed. October 21: Policy Reform I

(LECTURE BY MICK MOORE)

Required reading:

Recommended:

Fri. October 23: Policy Reform II

(LECTURE BY MICK MOORE)

Mon. October 26: No class

Wed. October 28: No class

Mon. Nov. 2: Case study: Problems of Cost Recovery in Housing Projects in Zambia

Required reading:

Pasteur, D. (1979). The Management of Squatter Upgrading, chapters 1 and 2.

Recommended:

Wed. Nov. 4: Case study: Problems of Cost Recovery in Housing Projects in Zambia

Required reading:

Pasteur, D. (1979). The Management of Squatter Upgrading, chapters 1 and 2.

Recommended

Mon. Nov. 9: Ethics and Planning

Required reading:

Recommended

Friday Nov. 13: Symposium on "Approaches to poverty"

Mon. Nov. 16: Ethics and Planning

Required reading:

Recommended:

Wed. Nov. 18: Ethics and Planning

Required reading:

Recommended:

Mon. Nov. 23: Ethics and Planning: Case study

Wed. Nov. 25: No class

Mon. Nov. 30: Roundtable (Robert Wade)

Wed. Dec. 2: Roundtable

Mon. Dec 7: Planning and Education

Required reading:

Parloff chapter on generalist vs specialists, Harvie Parloff, edited by John Friedmann and Lee Barnes.

Rodwin, L. Educating City Planning

Wed. Dec. 9: Planning and Education

Required reading:

Friedmann, John (1996). "The Core Curriculum in Planning Revisited." In Journal of Planning Education and Research, vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 89-104.

Sanyal, Bish (1996). "The MCP Program at a Crossroads." In DUSP@MIT.NOW, fall issue, pp. 1-7.

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11.205 Planning & Institutional Processes (International)
Department of Urban Studies and Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology Fall 1998 11.205 PLANNING INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Professors: Bish Sanyal sanyal@mit.edu, phone: x3-1933 Instructors: Octavio Damiani damiani@mit.edu, phone x3-7956, Rodrigo Serrano rserrano@mit.edu, phone: x3-7956, Aya Okada aokada@mit.edu The objective of this introductory seminar is to socialize the first year MCP students to some of the most important issues faced by the profession of Development Planning in developing countries. In pursuing the objective, we will focus the discussion on the institutional context within which development planners operate and discuss the nature of institutional processes in which they plan, implement and evaluate policies, programs and projects. The focus on the institutional context is deliberate because it leads well to the discussion of various planning roles, ranging from that of national planners involved in sectoral resource allocation to city planners confronted with problems of squatter housing and lack of municipal revenues at the local level. Also, an emphasis on institutions brings to the fore the issue of institutional change which is, increasingly, acknowledged to be a critical factor--perhaps more important than either capital, or technology--for economic growth and social development. And finally, institutional analysis is conducive to intellectual inquiry into broader theoretical questions regarding the appropriate role of the state in socio-economic development. Why should development be associated with modernization? Why should the state be involved in planning? What form of state involvement is important for development? What are the limits of state action? What guides planners' role in this process? Seminar participants will be encouraged to seek answers to these questions in formulating their own theories of planning. The seminar will be organized around a set of lectures, directed readings, as well as extensive discussion of real life case studies of planning practice in developing countries. Course Requirements The course meets twice a week. The seminar participants will be expected to have read at least the required readings for each session and to participate actively in class discussions. In addition, all seminar participants will be required to maintain a course diary. Every Friday by 5:00 PM all participants must turn in a diary entry of no more than one or two double-spaced pages in your instructor's folder in the common room (7-303). The purpose of the diaries is for each student to reflect on the one or two points raised in the lectures or readings of that week which added most to his/her learning. Focus on those new ideas which made you change your view on an issue, or that deepened your understanding of it. Using your work and personal experience to reflect on the material provided in the class is often a fruitful way for understanding what you have learned and for explaining it. Students should also see the diaries as an opportunity to reflect on the expectations, doubts and search for meaning they bring to their profession as development planners (but, be careful not to ramble.) Diaries will count for 50% of the overall grade. The remaining 50% of the grade will be split equally between (a) written exercises based on the presentation of case studies and (b) general participation in class discussions, including levels of attendance and punctuality, ability to answer questions raised during the seminar, and familiarity with the reading assignments. Course Schedule and Readings 11.205 Planning Institutions and Processes in Developing Countries- Fall 1998 Wed. Sep. 9: Introduction and course overview No reading Mon. Sep. 14: Modernization, Development and Planning I Required reading: Ingham, B. (1993). "The Meaning of Development: Interactions Between 'New' and 'Old' Ideas." In World Development, vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 1803-21. Recommended Arundt, H.W. (1987). "Development as Growth." In Economic Development: The History of an Idea, pp. 48-87. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Wed. Sep. 16: Modernization, Development, and Planning II Required reading: Rahnema, Majid (1992). "Introduction." In Majid Rahnema with Victoria Bawtree, eds., The Post Development Reader, pp. ix-xix. London & New Jersey: Zed Books. Recommended Sen, Amartya K. 1998. "Introduction : Development as Freedom," and "Chapter 1: The Perspective of Freedom," in Development as Freedom, (forthcoming). Mon. Sep. 21: Modernization, Development, and Planning III Required reading: Escobar, Arturo (1992). "Planning." In Wolfgang Sachs, ed., The Development Dictionary, pp. 132-145. Recommended: Sanyal, Bish (1994). " Ideas and Institutions: Why the Alternative Development Paradigm Withered Away." In Globalization, Democratization, Decentralization, and Sustainable Development, Regional Development Dialogue, pp. 23-37. Wed. Sep. 23: Modernization, Development, and Planning IV Required readings: Lasch, Cristopher (1991). "The Idea of Progress Reconsidered." In The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics, pp. 40-81. New York: W.W. Norten. Peattie, Lisa (xxx). Article about " garden and flowers"? Mon. Sep. 28: Case study on Resettlement Projects Wed. Sep. 30: Case study on Resettlement Projects Required readings: Mon. October 5: Planning, Organizations, and Bureaucracies I (LECTURE BY PANKAJ JAIN) Required reading: Recommended: Wed. October 7: Planning, Organizations, and Bureaucracies II (LECTURE BY PANKAJ JAIN) Required reading: Recommended: Tue. October 13: Planning, Organizations, and Bureaucracies III (LECTURE BY PANKAJ JAIN) Required reading: Recommended: Wed. October 14: Case study (LECTURE BY PANKAJ JAIN) Required reading: Recommended: Fri. October 16: Planning and Politics I (LECTURE BY MARCUS MELO) Required reading: Recommended: Mon. October 19: Planning and Politics II (LECTURE BY MARCUS MELO) Required reading: Recommended: Wed. October 21: Policy Reform I (LECTURE BY MICK MOORE) Required reading: Recommended: Fri. October 23: Policy Reform II (LECTURE BY MICK MOORE) Mon. October 26: No class Wed. October 28: No class Mon. Nov. 2: Case study: Problems of Cost Recovery in Housing Projects in Zambia Required reading: Pasteur, D. (1979). The Management of Squatter Upgrading, chapters 1 and 2. Recommended: Wed. Nov. 4: Case study: Problems of Cost Recovery in Housing Projects in Zambia Required reading: Pasteur, D. (1979). The Management of Squatter Upgrading, chapters 1 and 2. Recommended Mon. Nov. 9: Ethics and Planning Required reading: Recommended Friday Nov. 13: Symposium on "Approaches to poverty" Mon. Nov. 16: Ethics and Planning Required reading: Recommended: Wed. Nov. 18: Ethics and Planning Required reading: Recommended: Mon. Nov. 23: Ethics and Planning: Case study Wed. Nov. 25: No class Mon. Nov. 30: Roundtable (Robert Wade) Wed. Dec. 2: Roundtable Mon. Dec 7: Planning and Education Required reading: Parloff chapter on generalist vs specialists, Harvie Parloff, edited by John Friedmann and Lee Barnes. Rodwin, L. Educating City Planning Wed. Dec. 9: Planning and Education Required reading: Friedmann, John (1996). "The Core Curriculum in Planning Revisited." In Journal of Planning Education and Research, vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 89-104. Sanyal, Bish (1996). "The MCP Program at a Crossroads." In DUSP@MIT.NOW, fall issue, pp. 1-7.