11.471 Political Economy of Development Projects: Targeting the Poor, Fall 2007
This course treats public-sector policies, programs, and projects that attempt to reduce poverty and unemployment in developing countries through directly income-generating activities and employment. Topics covered are (1) employment and local economic development, particularly as related to the inf...
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| description | This course treats public-sector policies, programs, and projects that attempt to reduce poverty and unemployment in developing countries through directly income-generating activities and employment. Topics covered are (1) employment and local economic development, particularly as related to the informal sector, small and medium enterprises, and workers; (2) the political economy of local economic-development initiatives; (3) lessons from policy and implementation experiences; (4) worker conditions, standards, and rights; and (5) associations among small (and often medium) firms, and among workers. The course links these approaches to the broader literature on poverty reduction, economic development, politics, and the reform of government. It discusses the types of initiatives, tasks, and environments that are most conducive to equitable outcomes, and emphasizes throughout the understandings gained about why certain initiatives work and others do not. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/602792019-09-12T10:06:31Z 11.471 Political Economy of Development Projects: Targeting the Poor, Fall 2007 Political Economy of Development Projects: Targeting the Poor Tendler, Judith public sector policies programs projects poverty unemployment developing countries local economic development informal sector small enterprises political economy local economic development initiatives implementation worker conditions associations government reform poverty reduction equitable outcomes 040301 City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning This course treats public-sector policies, programs, and projects that attempt to reduce poverty and unemployment in developing countries through directly income-generating activities and employment. Topics covered are (1) employment and local economic development, particularly as related to the informal sector, small and medium enterprises, and workers; (2) the political economy of local economic-development initiatives; (3) lessons from policy and implementation experiences; (4) worker conditions, standards, and rights; and (5) associations among small (and often medium) firms, and among workers. The course links these approaches to the broader literature on poverty reduction, economic development, politics, and the reform of government. It discusses the types of initiatives, tasks, and environments that are most conducive to equitable outcomes, and emphasizes throughout the understandings gained about why certain initiatives work and others do not. 2010-12-13T11:07:21Z 2010-12-13T11:07:21Z 2007-12 2010-12-13T11:07:22Z 11.471-Fall2007 11.471 IMSCP-MD5-6008e79278c89555c53045ae93ee9810 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60279 en-US http://www.universiabrasil.net/mit/curso.jsp?codcurso=76 http://mit.ocw.universia.net/11.471/OcwWeb/Urban-Studies-and-Planning/11-471Spring2003/CourseHome/index.htm http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45588 This site (c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2010. Content within individual courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is providing this Work (as defined below) under the terms of this Creative Commons public license ("CCPL" or "license") unless otherwise noted. The Work is protected by copyright and/or other applicable law. Any use of the work other than as authorized under this license is prohibited. By exercising any of the rights to the Work provided here, You (as defined below) accept and agree to be bound by the terms of this license. The Licensor, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, grants You the rights contained here in consideration of Your acceptance of such terms and conditions. text/html Fall 2007 |
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| topic | public sector policies programs projects poverty unemployment developing countries local economic development informal sector small enterprises political economy local economic development initiatives implementation worker conditions associations government reform poverty reduction equitable outcomes 040301 City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning |
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