Post-Development Perspectives
The Post-Development Perspective became popular in the 1990s. Theorists from within this perspective are critical of Western models of development, […]
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Dambisa Moyo’s Dead Aid – A Summary and Criticism
In this blog post I summarise Dambisa Moyo’s views on the problems with Aid as a strategy for development –
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The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs – A Summary of Chapters 1-4
NB – You might also like this ‘Jeffrey Sach’s case for International Development Aid, a summary of chapters 12-16. It
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Jeffery Sachs: Arguments for Aid
This post summarises the views of Jeffry Sachs, for a broader post on this topic please see this post here.
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How to End Poverty in 15 years
In this hour long programme Hans Rosling asks how we can eradicate extreme poverty in 15 years, which is goal
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Jeffry Sachs – Summary of The End of Poverty, Chapters 12-16
This is a brief summary of the case Jeffry Sachs made for International Development Aid in his 2005 book ‘The
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The Bottom Billion – Paul Collier – A Summary
Global poverty has been falling for decades, but a few countries which are caught in four distinct traps (such as
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Sustainable Development
This post defines sustainable development, summarises the environmental challenges we face and contrasts technocentric and ecocentric views on the relationship
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Criticisms of Neoliberalism
The three country case studies below all suggest that although neoliberal policies might promote economic development in the long run,
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People Centred Development
This post provides a brief summary of people centred development approaches to social development, including the work of Vandana Shiva.