I strongly recommend you obtain the following annotated bibliography of key publications for development studies.  It is categorised according to groups, issues, methods and approaches, and sectors.  It will be an invaluable resource throughout your studies and beyond, and is available in PDF form from the ELDIS site below.
 
 

Centre for Development Studies,

1999.  Social Development Topic Sheets, Department for International Development, London.

The following web sites provide excellent content such as articles, guidebooks, etc.  Of course they are only a starting point; the web is an inexhaustible resource, so plunder it ruthlessly and share the spoils!
 

ID21: Development Research Reporting Service

http://www.id21.org/

ELDIS: Gateway to development information

http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/eldis.htm

United Nations Development Program

http://www.undp.org/

World Bank

http://www.worldbank.org/

The following books are for general background reading.  Skimming relevant sections of any one will be sufficient for each week’s case study.

Cassen, R (ed),

1993.  Does Aid Work?, OUP.

Hettne, B.,

1995. Development theory and the three worlds, Longman, London

Martinussen, J.,

1997.  Society, State and Market: a guide to competing theories of development, Zed Books, London.

Potter, R., Binns, T., Elliott, and Smith, D.

1999.  Geographies of Development. Longman, London.

Sachs, W. (ed),

1992. The Development Dictionary, Zed Books, London.

Sen, A.K.,

1999.  Development As Freedom.  Knopf.

Uphoff, N., Esman, J., Krishna,A.,

1999. Reasons for Success: Learning from Instructive Experiences in Rural Development.  Kumarian Press.