Institutional Analysis and Development Mar 17 2009 David

Institutional Analysis and Development Mar. 17. 2009 David Bell Keng-Hao Hsu Sung-Geun Kim

Main Points of the Readings

Golden Oldies

Definition of Institution Building

Administrative responsibility for the project

Selection and training of staff

Role of the foreign consultant

Role of the assisting university

Public Choice Theory

Public Choice Theory (cont. )

Development Theory and Discourse: IAD

Development Theory and Discourse: IAD

Development Theory and Discourse: IAD

Development Theory and Discourse: IAD

Literary Map

DEVELOPMENT THEORY Escobar Rational Choice Theory Gant Popkin New Political Economy - Politics with the perspective of economics Leys Staniland Institutional Analysis - Searching for the “parameters” of economic analysis Ostrom Discourse Analysis / Policy Arguments Gasper & Apthorpe Myrdal Picard & Garrity

Synthesis

How can we explain Development?

Rational Choice-centered Approach

New Political Economy (cont. )

New Political Economy The perspective, though based on rationality assumption, is applied without any rational consideration – “Hobson’s choice” Considering SAPs, what IMF showed was choices that do not have strong rationales. It is necessary to examine the relevance of theories when they are applied.

Institutional Analysis

Institutional Analysis (Cont. )

Institutional Analysis (Cont. )

Institutional Analysis (cont. )

Institutional Analysis (cont. )

Discourse Analysis / Policy Argument-centered Approach(cont. ) Gasper & Apthorpe discuss

Discourse Analysis / Policy Argument-centered Approach

References