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ECONOMIC PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MW 1600 - 1715 Econ 205

Dr Frank Vorhies Econ 203 (492-8295) MWF 1400 - 1450

Description

Deals with the role of planning in economic development with particular reference to investiga tion of planning problems in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. [This semester the seminar focuses on Africa . J Prereqs, ECON 3070 and 3080. This course is open only to graduate students.

Topics and Readings

1. General

a. Todaro, Michael P. (1985). Economic Development in the Third World, 3rd edition. New York: Longman .

b. Gillis, Malcolm, Dwight H Perkins , Michael Roemer and Donald R Snodgrass. (1987). Economics of Development, 2nd edition. New York: WW Norton & Company.

c. Lal, Deepak. (1983). The Poverty of "Development Economics." London: Institute for Economic Affairs.

d. The Wall Street Journal. Current articles will be ass igned.

e. Other readings may be assigned during the course which will be available from Kinko's on the Hill .

2. Planning

a. Todaro, Michael P. (1985). "Development Planning : Theory and Practice" in Economic Development in the Third World , 3rd edition. New York: Longman, pp 463-500.

b. Gillis, Malcolm , Dwight H Perkins, Michael Roemer and Donald R Snodgrass. (1987). "Planning, Markets, and Politics" and "Planning Models" in Economics of Development, 2nd edition . New York : WW Norton & Company , pp 99-143.

c . Dervis, Kemal , Jamie de Melo and Sherman Robinson . (1982). "Linear Models" in General Equilibrium Models for Development Policy . Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press . pp 1-127 .

d. Dervis, Kemal, Jamie de Melo and Sherman Robinson. (1982). "Computable General Equilibriwn Models" in General Equilibrium Models for Developmen~ Policy. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp 131- 254.

e. Dervis, Kemal, Jamie de Resources Allocation: A for Development Policy. 317.

Melo and Sherman Robinson. (1982). "Trade Policy and Quantitative Analysis" in General Equilibrium !fodels

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a. Mises, Ludwig von. (1966) . "Social Cooperation without a Market " in Human Action: A Trea tise on Economics, 3rd edition. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, pp. 689-715.

b. Lavoie, Don. (1985). "The Knowledge Problem," in National Economic Planning: What is Left? . Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing Company, pp 51-92.

c. Lavoie, Don. (1985). "'What is Left? Toward an Alternative Radicalism," in National Economic Planning: What is Left?. Cambridge , :t-'.A: Ballinger Publishing Company, pp 211-245.

d. Berger, Peter L. (1986). "Capitalism and Development,'' in The Capitalist Revolution. New York: Basic Books, pp 115-139.

4. Democracy

a. Vorhies, Frank and Fred Glahe. (1988). "Political Liberty, Civil Rights and Social Development," Public Choice [58), pp 45-71.

b. Goodell, Grace. (1985). "The Importance of Political Participation for Sustained Capitalist Development," European Journal of Sociology [26).

c . Garcia-Zamor, Jean Claude. (1985). "An Introduction to Participative Planning and Management," in Public Participation in Development Planning and Management: Cases from Africa and Asia, edited by Jean Claude Garcia-Zamor. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, pp 3-11.

d. Maj eres, Jean. (1985). "Popular Participation in Decision Making with Reference to Development Planning: An Institutional Approach," in Popular Participation in Planning for Basic Needs edited by Franklyn Lisk. New York: St Martin's Press, pp 31-51.

5. Public Finance

a. Newbery, David. (1987). "Taxation and Development," in The Theory of Taxation for Developing Countries edited by David Newbery and Nicholas Stern. New York: Oxford University Press, pp 165-204.

b. World Bank. Report 1988.

(1988). "Public Finance in Development," in World Development New York: Oxford University Press, pp 1-185.

c. Musgrave, Richard. (1987). "Tax Reform in Developing Counties," in The Theory of Taxation for Developing Countries edited by David Newbery and Nicholas Stern. New York: Oxford University Press, pp 242-263.

6. Privatization

a. Waters, Alan Rufus. (1987). "Privatization: A Viable Policy Option?," in Entrepreneurship and the Privatizing of Government edited by Calvin A Kent. New York: Quorum Books, pp 35-64.

b . Vickers, John and George Yarrow. (1988). "Ownership and Incentives," in Privatization: An Economic Analysis. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, pp 7-44.

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( Ascher, Kate. , 1987). "An Overview of the Debate," in The Poli tics of Privatisation: Contracting Out Public Services. Ne~· York: St Martin's Press, pp 247-273 .

d . Manso or, Ali. (1988). "The Fiscal Impact of Privatisation," in Privatisation in Less Developed Countries edited by Paul Cook and Colin Kirkpatrick. Sussex, UK: Wheatsheaf Books, pp 180-195.

e. Fitzgerald, Randall. (1988). "Spreading the Global Revolution," in When Government Goes Private: Successful Alternatives to Public Services. New York: Universe Books, 263-299.

f. Cook, Paul and Colin Kirkpatrick. (1988). "Privatisation in Less Developed Countries: An Overview," in Privatisation in Less Developed Countries edited by Paul Cook and Colin Kirkpatrick. Sussex, UK: Wheatsheaf Books, pp 3-44.

g. Commander, Simon and Tony Killick. (1988). "Privatisation in Developing Countries: A Survey of the Issues," in Privatisation in Less Developed Countries edited by Paul Cook and Colin Kirkpatrick. Sussex, UK: Wheatsheaf Books, pp 91-124.

h. Roth, Gabriel. (1987). "Rol e of the Private Sector in the Supply of Public Services in Less Developed Countries," in Entrepreneurship and the Privatizing of Government edited by Calvin A Kent. New York: Quorum Books, pp 195 - 206.

7. Africa

a. Vorhies, Frank and Fred Glahe. (1988) . "Liberty and Development in Africa," submitted to the South African Journal of Economics.

b. Gould, David J. (1985). "Popular Participation in African Development Planning and Management," in Public Participation in Development Planning and Hanagement: Cases from Africa and Asia, edited by Jean Claude Garcia-Zamor. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, pp 35-50.

c. Freedman, David H. (1985). "Popular Participation and Administrative Decentralisation in a Basic Needs-Oriented Framework: The Case of the United Republic of Tanzania," in Popular Participation in Planning for Basic Needs edited by Franklyn Lisk . New York: St Martin's Press, pp 127-147.

d. Bates, Robert H. (1988). "Government and Agricultural Markets in Africa," in Toward a Political Economy of Economic Development: A Rational Choice Perspective edited by Robert H Bates. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, pp 331-380.

e. Vorhies, Frank . (1988). "The Politics of Hunger and Farming in Black South Africa," forthcoming in Liberty and Prosperity: Essays on Limiting Government and Freeing Enterprise in South Africa edited by Frank Vorhies and Richard Grant . Johannesburg: Free Market Foundation.

f. Sanbrook, Richard. (1988). "Patrirnonialism and The Failing of Parastatals: Africa in Comparative Perspective," in Privatisation in Less Developed Countries edited by Paul Cook and Colin Kirkpatrick. Sussex, UK: Wheatsheaf Books, pp 162-179 .

g. Vorhies, Frank and Fred Macaskill. (1988). "Privatizing the Electricity Monopoly in South Africa," commissioned by Eskom.

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Stren, Richarc .:. . (1988). "Urban Services in Atrica : Public Management of Privatisation," in Privatisation in Less Developed Countries edited by Paul Cook and Colin Kirkpatrick. Sussex, UK: \Jheatsheaf Books, pp 217 - 247.

Ndulu, Benno J . (1986). "Governance and Economic Management," in Strategies for African Development edited by Robert J Berg and Jennifer Seymour \Jhitaker. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, pp 81-107.

Iliffe, John. (1983). "An Indigenous Capitalism?," in The Emergence of African Capitalism. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, pp 1-22.

Kennedy, Paul. (1988). "What Prospects for African Capitalism?," in African Capitalism: The Struggle for Ascendancy. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp 184-191.

Vorhies, Frank. (1988). "Implementing the Freedom Charter," forthcoming in Liberty and Prosperity: Essays on Limiting Government and Freeing Enterprise in South Africa edited by Frank Vorhies and Richard Grant. Johannesburg: Free Market Foundation.

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1. (15%) Present an equal share of the readings. Give a brief summary with handouts and l ead the discussion.

2. (15%) Write a 5 page review of a book on planning and/ or development. Your book must be chosen by March 1st. The review is due May 1st.

3. (35%) Write an original 15 page paper on planning and/or development . Your paper outline is due by March 1st. The paper is due April 19th.

4. (05%) Briefly discuss your paper during one of the last three days of the seminar.

5. (30%) Write a comprehensive final examination on al l readings assigned and all discussions in the seminar.

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