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Course Outline of Development Planning and Project Analysis I for 4 th Year

Economics Students
Course Title: Development planning and project analysis I
Course Code: Econ-4131
Instructor: Abdissa D.
Address: milkiabdissa10@gmail.com
Course Description

In this course students study the evolution of development thinking and planning, types of
development planning, as well as nature and types of development planning models and
their application to economic policy analysis. The topics include evolution of development
doctrine and planning, types of development planning, quantitative development
techniques, and development planning in practice.

Course Objective

Planning is seen as essential for the guiding development path of countries, especially
developing countries like Ethiopia. It is an integral part of their economic systems. The
purpose of this course is to create an understanding of the concept of development planning
and the tools that are used in practice. The substance of development planning would be
taken up in different parts of the course focusing on concepts, principles, tools and practices.
The following are the main topics to be covered in this course.

Contents

1. The Evolution of development paradigms and planning

 Evolution of development thinking and planning
 The meaning of development planning
 The rationale for development planning
 The need for planning in Ethiopia
 Requisites for successful development planning
2. Classification of development planning
 Development planning by direction and inducement
 Short term, Medium-term and long-term development planning
 Fixed and rolling development planning
 Physical and Financial planning
 Perspective planning
3. Strategic Planning and its Application
3.1. Strategic Planning: Definitions Frameworks,
3.2. Strategic planning and management process
 External Analysis
 Internal Analysis
 SWOT Analysis
3.3. Implementing and Evaluating Strategy
4. Quantitative development planning techniques
4.1 Characteristics of development planning techniques
43.2. Aggregate consistency planning models
4.2.1 The Harrod-Domar growth model
4.2.2 Two-Gap Model
4 3.3 Disaggregated consistency development planning models
4.3.1 Input-Output planning models

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 4.3.2 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM)
4.4.3 Linear Programming Model
5. Development planning in practice
5.1. Experiences from Ethiopia and other Developing countries
5.2 South Asian Development Experience
5.3 Latin American Development Experience
5.4. OECD countries planning experiences
Evaluation:
Assignment =20%
Tests and Quizzes =30%
Final exam =50%
References
Agrawal A.N.(1989) Economics of development and planning, 2nd edition, Vikas,
Delhi
Chowdhury, A. and Kirkpatrick, C. (1994) Development policy and planning: An
introduction to models and techniques, Routledge.
Jhingan, M.L. (1997). The Economics of Development and Planning, 35th ed., Vikas
Publishing House, New Delhi.
Lewis, Arthur (1972) Development Planning: The Essentials of Economic Policy,
George Allen and Unwin Ltd.
Pyatt, G. & J. I. Round (1977) Social Accounting Matrices for Development Planning,
Review of Income and Wealth, Series 23, No.4; 339-364.
Pyatt G. & A. R. Roe, with R .M. Lindley, J. I. Round and others (1977) Social
Accounting for Development Planning with Special Reference to Sri Lanka
(Cambridge University Press, Cambridge).
Round, J I (2003) ‘Constructing SAMs for Development Policy Analysis: Lessons
Learned and Challenges Ahead', Economic Systems Research, 15(2): 161-184.
Sadoulet, E. and de Janvry, A. (1995) Quantitative Development Policy Analysis, the
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
Todaro, Michel P. (1992), Development Planning: Theory and Practice in Economics
for a Developing World, Longman, London and New York. Development
Plans of Ethiopia

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