PADM 5655 Plan/Mgmt Agri/Rural Develop Uphoff,N

This course reviews experiences and approaches to the planning and management of agricultural and rural development across a range of countries in the developing world. It gives attention to contemporary issues in development administration and politics, such as effective participation, decentralization, local institutions, capacity-building, civil society, social capital, empowerment, along with consideration of operational and analytical factors in the planning and management of development administration more generally.