301562 (v.2) Anthropology 325 - Development Policy in Practice

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Area:	Department of Social Sciences
Credits:	50.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Workshop:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):	9912 (v.4) Anthropology 317 - Applied Anthropology 9914 (v.4) Anthropology 217 - Applied Anthropology 11544 (v.3) Geography 320 - Sustainable Rural Development in the Third World 11545 (v.2) Geography 220 - Sustainable Rural Development in the Third World 301561 (v.2) Anthropology 225 - Development Policy in Practice 301563 (v.2) Geography 224 - Development Policy in Practice 301564 (v.2) Geography 324 - Development Policy in Practice
Syllabus:	Practice of development in the Third World. Critical analysis of the range of approaches to designing, implementing and evaluating development projects. Topics include - the project cycle in planning, understanding the project environment, logical framework analysis, participatory and control-oriented management techniques. Students must produce a major research project.
Unit Outcomes:	* Knowledge of the main types of development projects including management techniques, funding arrangements and impacts on local communities. * An understanding of how development policy articulates with development practice. * The analytical skillsto critically evaluate the range of management techniques currently applied in development practice.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y