SemesterSpring Semester, 2025
DepartmentFreshman Class of Department of Diplomacy
Course NameInternational Development Studies
InstructorFONSECA FERNANDEZ FABRICIO ANTONIO
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

Week 1 (2/19): Course overview and introduction / What is development?



Bruce Currie-Alder, Ravi Kanbur, David M. Malone, and Rohinton Medhora, “The State of Development Thought” (Introduction the coursebook IDIEP).



 



Week 2 (2/26): The Study of Development



David Williams, “The Study of Development” (Chapter 1 in coursebook IDIEP).



*Rodrik, Dani. 2007. One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions and Economic Growth. Princeton: Princeton University Press.



 



Week 3 (3/5): Development Theories I



John Harriss, “Development Theories” (Chapter 2 in coursebook IDIEP).



Naazneen H. Barma and Steven K. Vogel, “The Liberal Paradigm” (Chapter 2 in coursebook TPER, Part I).



*Friedrich Hayek, The Road to Serfdom, 1944 (Chapter 2.1 in coursebook TPER, Part I).



*Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom, 1962 (Chapter 2.2 in coursebook TPER, Part I).



 



Week 4 (3/12): Development Theories II



Shahid Yusuf, “Fifty Years of Growth Economics” (Chapter 3 in coursebook IDIEP).



Naazneen H. Barma and Steven K. Vogel, “Economic Sociology” (Chapter 3 in coursebook TPER, Part I).



*Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation, 1944 (Chapter 3.1 in coursebook TPER, Part I).



*Neil Fligstein, The Architecture of Markets, 2001 (Chapter 3.2 in coursebook TPER, Part I).



 



Week 5 (3/19): Modernization and Development Strategies



Shantayanan Devarajan and Ravi Kanbur, “Development Strategy: Balancing Market and Government Failure” (Chapter 4 in coursebook IDIEP).



Naazneen H. Barma and Steven K. Vogel, “Historical Perspectives” (Chapter 5 in coursebook TPER, Part I).



*W.W. Rostow, The Stages of Economic Growth, 1960 (Chapter 5.1 in coursebook TPER, Part I).



*Alexander Gershenkron, Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective, 1962 (Chapter 5.2 in coursebook TPER, Part II).



 



Week 6 (3/26): Poverty and Inequality



David Hulme, “Poverty in Development Thought: Symptom or Cause” (Chapter 5 in coursebook IDIEP).



Frances Stewart and Emma Samman, “Inequality and Development: An Overview” (Chapter 6 in coursebook IDIEP).



*Irene Tinker and Elaine Zuckerman, “Women’s Economic Roles and The Development Paradigm” (Chapter 7 in coursebook IDIEP).



*Albert Berry, “Growth, Inclusion, and Human Satisfaction” (Chapter 10 in coursebook IDIEP).



 



Week 7 (4/2): [Intercollegiate Activities, no class]



 



Week 8 (4/9): Midterm Exam



 



Week 9 (4/16): The Role of Trade and Finance



Richard M. Bird and Arindam Das-Gupta, “Public Finance in Developing Countries” (Chapter 15 in coursebook IDIEP).



Jose Antonio Ocampo, “Trade and Finance in Development Thinking” (Chapter 17 in coursebook IDIEP).



*Wim Naude, “Entrepreneurship and Economic Development” (Chapter 18 in coursebook IDIEP).



 



Week 10 (4/23): Agricultural Development



Julio A. Berdegué, Tomás Rosada, and Anthony J. Bebbington, “The Rural Transformation” (Chapter 27 in coursebook IDIEP).



Ben White, Saturnino M. Borras Jr., and Ruth Hall, “Land Reform” (Chapter 28 in coursebook IDIEP).



*Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, Rajul Pandya-Lorch, and Sivan Yosef, “Agriculture and Food Security” (Chapter 25 in coursebook IDIEP).



 



Week 11 (4/30): Industrial Policies and Technological Innovation



Michele Di Maio, “Industrial Policy” (Chapter 32 in coursebook IDIEP).



David Brook, Caitlyn MacMaster, and Peter A. Singer, “Innovation for Development” (Chapter 35 in coursebook IDIEP).



*Rodrigo Arocena, Bo Göransson, and Judith Sutz, “Universities and Higher Education in Development” (Chapter 34 in coursebook IDIEP).



*Ronaldo Lemos and Joana Varon Ferraz, “Information and Communication Technologies for Development” (Chapter 36 in coursebook IDIEP).



 



Week 12 (5/7): Developmental States



Celia Lessa Kerstenetzky and Jaques Kerstenetzky, “The State as a Developmental Actor: State forms of social transformation” (Chapter 45 in coursebook IDIEP).



*Simon S.C. Tay, “The Asian Model of Development: From Crises to Transformation” (Chapter 37 in coursebook IDIEP).



*Chalmers Johnson, MITI and the Japanese Miracle, 1982 (Chapter 6.2 in coursebook TPER, Part I).



 



Week 13 (5/14): Non-state Actors and Development



Kumi Naidoo and Sylvia Borren, “Civil Society” (Chapter 46 in coursebook IDIEP).



*Maivân Clech Lâm, “Rooting Change: Indigeneity and Development” (Chapter 13 in coursebook IDIEP).



*Carol Adelman and Yulya Spantchak, “Foundations and Private Actors” (Chapter 47 in coursebook IDIEP).



 



Week 14 (5/21): International Organizations and Development



Diana Tussie and Cintia Quiliconi, “The World Trade Organisation and Development” (Chapter 48 in coursebook IDIEP).



Danny Leipziger, “The Role and Influence of International Financial Institutions” (Chapter 49 in coursebook IDIEP).



*Richard Jolly, “Underestimated Influence: UN Contributions to Ideas, Leadership, Influence, and Impact” (Chapter 52 in coursebook IDIEP).



 



Week 15 (5/28): Official Development Assistance



Homi Kharas, “Development Assistance” (Chapter 50 in coursebook IDIEP).



*Gregory Chin and Jorge Heine, “Consultative Forums: State Power and Multilateral Institutions” (Chapter 51 in coursebook IDIEP).



* Olu Ajakaiye and Afeikhena Jerome, “Economic Development: The Experience of Sub-Saharan Africa” (Chapter 43 in coursebook IDIEP).



 



Week 16 (6/4): Final Exam



 



Week 17 (6/7): Self-study session [Market reforms and transitions to capitalism]



 



Week 18 (6/14): Self-study session [The influence of peace and security over development]


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

This course is elective, and student attendance and participation are vital elements to its passing. Preparation and discussion are therefore highly encouraged. The composition of evaluation is as follows:



 




  1. Attendance and Participation (30%)



Attendance is a key element in the course, as well as constant participation by students. Throughout the semester, students are required to read the indicated chapters from the course textbook, as well as trying to read the recommended supplementary materials. The instructor will encourage students to participate and share their thoughts on the content of the readings, and to prepare a couple of questions prior to the class. For the first couple of hours, the instructor will provide a lecture on the main ideas and concepts for the selected topic of the day, occasionally combined with a team-based presentation prepared by students on specific study cases. For the final hour of the class, the questions previously prepared and shared by the students will be presented and discussed by all the group. It is expected that through these activities, students can also improve their critical thinking, oral and writing presentation skills.



 




  1. Presentations (team or individual) (15% x 2)



Depending on the number of students enrolled in this course, the instructor will ask them to form teams and each one will be making two presentations during the semester. Each team will be selecting two topics from the syllabus, and prepare a presentation based on the contents of the additional suggested readings. The team presentations will be between Week 5 and Week 15. The number of teams and their members will be defined in the first weeks of the semester, depending on the total number of students enrolled in this course. Also, depending on the number of members per team, the average length recommended for each presentation will be determined. The team can use audiovisual materials, such as PowerPoint or Prezi files during the presentation; as well as interactive activities at the end of it, to engage the audience, such as the website Kahoot. The score of the presentation will consist in: organization and coordination of the team members (20pts.); content and coherence of the presentation (40pts.); performance of team members during the presentation and time management (40pts.).



 




  1. Midterm Exam: 15%



 




  1. Final Exam: 25%



 



 



*Make-up presentations will not be granted except in case of emergency and in all cases require a note from your doctor.



* The instructor does not accept late assignments.



* This class has a zero-tolerance policy against plagiarism. All assignments are required to be in conformity with NCCU regulations.


Textbook & Reference

This course will require the following textbooks:



Bruce Currie-Alder, Ravi Kanbur, David M. Malone, and Rohinton Medhora. 2014. International Development: Ideas, Experience, and Prospects (Oxford: Oxford University Press). [Referred as IDIEP above]



Naazneen H. Barma and Steven K. Vogel (eds.). 2008. The Political Economy Reader: Markets as Institutions (New York: Routledge). [Referred as TPER above]


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