Category Archives: Theories of development

Dependency Theory Applied to Gender and Development

Posted on April 8, 2017 by

Dependency theory and Marxist-Feminists would probably point out that many Transnational Corporations are not interested in helping developing countries. Rather, they simply exploit patriarchal values rather than promoting real equality. They do this through taking advantage of ‘women’s material subordination’ – … Continue reading →

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The New Rulers of the World – A Summary

Posted on February 12, 2017 by

The New Rulers of the World (2001) by John Pilger provides a good example of a Dependency Theory analysis of the consequences of neoliberal globalisation, focusing on Indonesia as a case study. The fact that this is a dependency view of … Continue reading →

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Post-Development Perspectives

Posted on February 6, 2017 by

The Post-Development Perspective became popular in the 1990s. Theorists from within this perspective are critical of Western models of development, arguing that development was always unjust, that it never worked, and that developing countries should find their own pathways to … Continue reading →

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Dambisa Moyo’s Dead Aid – A Summary and Criticism

Posted on November 11, 2016 by

In this blog post I summarise Dambisa Moyo’s views on the problems with Aid as a strategy for development – she is talking about Official Development Aid rather than Emergency relief aid. I’m mainly drawing from her writing at the … Continue reading →

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The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs – A Summary of Chapters 1-4

Posted on September 30, 2016 by

  NB –  You might also like this summary of Chapter 8 – Which focuses on AIDs and malaria in Africa and ‘Jeffrey Sach’s case for International Development Aid, a summary of chapters 12-16 It would be useful for students … Continue reading →

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Arguments for International Development Aid

Posted on January 10, 2016 by

Jeffry Sachs in ‘The End of Poverty’ (2005) makes the case for increasing spending on aid to developing countries. Taken mainly from chapters 12-16 (1) Why is Aid needed? Sachs argues that injections of aid are needed to break the … Continue reading →

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How to End Poverty in 15 years

Posted on January 8, 2016 by

In this hour long programme Hans Rosling asks how we can eradicate extreme poverty in 15 years, which is goal number 1.1 of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to which 193 nations signed up to in September … Continue reading →

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Jeffry Sachs – Summary of The End of Poverty, Chapters 12-16

Posted on January 6, 2016 by

This is a brief summary of the case Jeffry Sachs made for International Development Aid in his 2005 book ‘The End of Poverty’. Taken mainly from chapters 12-16 (1) Why is Aid needed? Sachs argues that injections of aid are … Continue reading →

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The Bottom Billion – Paul Collier – A Summary

Posted on January 2, 2016 by

Global poverty has been falling for decades, but a few countries which are caught in four distinct traps (such as the resource curse) are falling behind and falling apart. Aid does not work well in these places but there are … Continue reading →

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Sustainable Development

Posted on December 15, 2015 by

This post defines sustainable development, summarises the environmental challenges we face and contrasts technocentric and ecocentric views on the relationship between economic growth and sustainability. There are many definitions of sustainable development, including this landmark one which first appeared in … Continue reading →

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