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PGDM(RM) 2007-09 : TERM - III

RURAL ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC POLICIES (REPP)
Dr. C. Shambu Prasad
shambu@ximb.ac.in Ph: 740, 819(lib)

COURSE OUTLINE

Institutions are the rules of the game, organisations are the players – Douglass North

Objectives

This course aims to help potential rural managers develop a keener appreciation of opportunities and constraints in the rural environment. The rural environment has witnessed rapid, at times catastrophic, changes in recent years necessitating a rethink on many institutions and their roles. The course would train the participants to
1. Recognize the role and appreciate the importance of contextual environments in influencing decision making.
2. Understand some basics of the rural environment – poverty, unemployment, growth, development, globalisation etc and how public policies have and are responding to these challenges.
3. Sensitize them towards institutional dynamics between the state, private sector and civil society institutions
4. Sharpen skills in qualitative reasoning that includes thinking about complexity and planning for diversity in decision making contexts.

Course pedagogy and Evaluation

Course participants are expected to and encouraged to read beyond standard text books and prepare to relate classroom learning with their RLLE both in the class and through an e-group that will be constituted for the course. The grading pattern is as below. The groups are also expected to participate in analysis of a public policy through a term paper.

Assignments 20 %
Term Papers 20 %
Mid Term exam 15 %
Class and egroup participation 10 %
End term examination 35 %


Suggested Session Plan

Session Topic
1
Course introduction, understanding rural environment
2
Changing visions of the village and village republics
3
Mapping the development context of rural India – natural, social, economic
4
Estimating district income –
5
Dynamics of rural environment – political environment and economic system, growth and development
6
Indian economy an overview
7
Poverty in India
8
Globalisation and vulnerability – Guest lecture
9
International policy processes – Guest lecture
10
Understanding the budget –
Mid Term Exam
11
Employment and unemployment, migration
12
Fundamentals of public policy
13
Fundamentals of public policy and policy making in India
14
Planning in India
15
NREGA
16
An overview of development studies
17
Globalisation and development
18
New policy mechanisms - New Public management, institutional economics, public private partnerships
19
Policy panel – reviews of public policies
20
Policy panel – reviews of public policies

Suggested Readings:

1. Thomas Dye, Understanding Public Policy.
2. Uma Kapila. Understanding the Problems of Indian economy
3. Dutt and Sundaram. Indian economy
4. Kaushik Basu. Ed. Oxford Companion to economics in India.
5. Sainath. P. Everybody loves a good drought
6. Chambers, R. Ideas for Development. & Rural development: Putting the Last First.
7. Uphoff, Norman. Reasons for success and Reasons for Hope.

The list is only indicative. Readings will be incorporated from time to time. Students are also expected to benefit from accessing the Government of India websites and other websites such as www.empowerpoor.org . Reading of the Economic and Political Weekly, Down to Earth and Tehelka regularly is strongly recommended.
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