This course introduces and outlines the building blocks of PMSD: (i) public policy, policymaking, and public-private intersections (iii) economic strategies and systems and (iii) patterns of social development. It will draw upon developments and processes across much of the globe including China, the Americas, and Denmark. The first section of the course introduces core concepts in policymaking including the policy cycle, processes of policy transfer and adaptation, the concepts of policy regimes, path dependence and embeddedness. The second section surveys different economic strategies, global economic relations and trade-offs. It pays particular attention to the history and use of developmentalism (or industrial policy), public-private interactions and the debates around globalization and “deglobalization” processes. The third section of the course considers different approaches to social development including public-private partnerships and the nurturing of entrepreneurship.