Numbering Code	G-AAA02 52808 LJ31	Year/Term	2022 ・ Intensive, Second semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year	1st & 2nd year students	Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period	Intensive
Instructor name	SHIRATORI KIYOSHI (Part-time Lecturer)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	The sessions try to throw some light on questions such as "What is development?", "Is development helpful? and "What is development for?" Based on cases of rural and agricultural development in Africa, the course introduces what development cooperation aims for and what are happening in the field. Then it discusses types and roles of development workers, and their desired capacity and perspective. The course also touch resent changes of development policy environment and its impact on development projects. At the end of the course, it is expected that participants will be able to have clearer perspective to involve in development cooperation as development workers or any other form of involvement.
Course Goals	To understand the challenges and opportunities of development cooperation and to consider desired ways of thinking, attitude, knowledge and skills for being a development worker.
Schedule and Contents	1. Introduction 2. Purpose of development 3. History of development 4. Institutional arrangement of development 5. Case study: Mozambique 1 6. Case study: Mozambique 2 7. Case study: Tanzania 1 8. Case study: Tanzania 2 9. Case study: Ethiopia 1 10. Case study: Ethiopia 2 11. Involving in development 12. Stakeholders of development 13. Plan and reality in development 14. Uncertainty in development 15. Ability and attitude required for development worker
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Based on attendance and participation in discussions during class.
Course Requirements	None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	List questions from the following materials - Ethiopia Rice Project https://sites.google.com/site/ethiorice/ - Ethiopia Farmer Research Group Project 　http://www.jica.go.jp/project/ethiopia/001/ - Tanzania Kilimanjaro Agricultural Training Centre Project 　http://goo.gl/kpqxcE ・MOFA Prosavana 　http://www.jica.go.jp/project/mozambique/001/activities/ - JVC site on the Pro-Savanna http://www.ngo-jvc.net/jp/projects/advocacy/prosavana-jbm.html
References, etc.	Whose Reality Counts?: Putting the First last, Chambers, Robert, (Intermediate Technology Publications), ISBN:978-1853393860, argues that most of the problems of development assistance are problems of the donors Famingu sisutemu kenkyu: Riron to jissen [Farming Systems Research: Theory and Practice], Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, (Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences), Detailed account of Japan’s participatory agricultural research Idea of development, Chambers, Robert, (Earthscan), ISBN:978-1844070886, Makes the reader think about the thoughts and attitudes of people involved in development assistance. Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail, Polak, Paul, (Berrett-Koehler Publishers), ISBN:978-1605092768, The clear-cut assertions of this author, who has a business-like mindset, are fresh and new. Autonomy of techinology: traditional and modern flood control technologies (Japanese), Okuma, T., (Nosangyoson Bunka Kyokai), ISBN:978-4540031076, Discuss what is modern technologies in relation to communty Reaching Out to Field Reality: Meta-Facilitation for Community Development Workers, Wada, N. & Nakata T., (Mura no Mirai), ISBN:B00X3MR8AM, Very good suggestions for dealing with communities in development Yaban kara Seizon no Kaihatsugaku [Development Studies from Tribes to　Survival , Sato, J., (Mineruva Shobo), ISBN:978-4623076772, Study of Japanese development and development assistance Farmer Research group: Institutionalizing Participatory Research in Ethiopia, Alem, D. et al., (Practical Action Publishing), ISBN:978-1853399008, Compiled experiences of Participatory Research in Ethiopia Jissen to Kanjo [Practices and Emotion, Sekine, H. ed., (Shunpusha), ISBN:978-4861104695, Emotions and Practices of development practitiones
Related URL	https://sites.google.com/site/ethiorice/ http://www.jica.go.jp/project/ethiopia/5065025E0/ http://www.jica.go.jp/project/english/ethiopia/001/ http://www.jica.go.jp/activities/evaluation/tech_ga/after/pdf/2004/hyouka_nougyo2_02.pdf https://www.ngo-jvc.net/jp/projects/advocacy/prosavana-jbm.html