International Development: Public Policy and Management MA

The programme is designed to provide:

• a comprehensive knowledge of the main concepts and skills required to provide leadership in public policy formulation and implementation within a development framework;
• an opportunity to undertake a range of optional subjects to satisfy the specialist needs relevant to modern public sector management and public policy in a changing environment;
• an understanding of the design, implementation, and evaluation of public policy in developing countries;
• an infrastructure for postgraduate research in the fields of public policy and public management, in developing and transitional economies.

For more information on our research in this area please see: http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/research/depp/index.htm

• Informal enquiries, prior to applications, are welcomed. Please contact: Dr David Lawson (Programme Director) | Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 0415 | Email: david.lawson@manchester.ac.uk

At the end of this programme students will:

• have an understanding of the different conceptual and theoretical perspectives applied to public policy and management
• have an understanding of the principles and practices underlying the implementation of public policy and management processes
• have developed skills in initial analysis of public policy and management and in communicating their analysis in the form of clearly written and readable documents
• have a good command of current theory, policy and practice in relation to some of the following specialist areas; public policy process and methods, public sector economics, development and economic policy, privatisation and pubic enterprise reform, public sector accounting and organisational change
• have developed basic research skills through a supervised dissertation project

An overseas field visit is an integral part of the programme. The cost of the visit is included in the programme fee. Fieldcourses may be scheduled at any point during the twelve-month period of the degree programme and this may include during University vacations. Successful applicants are expected to be available to attend.

Countries to be visited may change their immigration and visa regulations at short notice. IDPM cannot guarantee that where visas are required for the field course, they will be granted. IDPM will ensure that, in the unlikely event this occurs, affected students are not academically disadvantaged.

Economic Analysis of the Public SectorCore course units typically include:

• Economic Analysis of the Public Sector
• Economic Development
• Public Sector Reform and Management
• Research skills for Economic Development - Quantitative methods
• Research skills for Economic Development - Applied Quantitative Research and Dissertation skills

The remaining two optional course units may include:

• Competition, Regulation and Regulatory Governance 
• Contemporary Issues in Development Finance
• Development Macroeconomics
• Economics of Governance and Development
• Environmental Economics
• E-Government
• Fundamentals of Information and Information Systems
• Global Institutions, Trade Rules and Development
• Human Resource Practice 1
• Human Resource Practice 2
• Industrial Competitiveness
• International Finance for Development
• International Management
• Managing Organisations in the Global Environment
• Organisational Change Strategies 
• Politics and Development
• Poverty, Inequality and Government Policy in LDC 
• Private Sector Management
• Trade Theory and Development
• Transformation in the World Economy
• Work and Employment in the Global Economy
• Water and Sanitation Planning & Policy in Developing Countries

Availability of course units may vary from year to year.