International Development: Ideas, Experience, and Prospects

Thinking on development informs and inspires the actions of people, organizations, and states in their continuous effort to invent a better world. This volume examines the ideas behind development: their origins, how they have changed and spread over time, and how they may evolve over the coming decades. It also examines how the real-life experiences of different countries and organizations have been inspired by, and contributed to, thinking on development. The extent to which development 'works' depends in part on particular local, historical, or institutional contexts. General policy prescriptions fail when the necessary conditions that make them work are either absent, ignored, or poorly understood. There is a need to grasp how people understand their own development experience. If the countries of the world are varied in every way, from their initial conditions to the degree of their openness to outside money and influence, and success is not centred in any one group, it stands to reason that there cannot be a single recipe for development. Each chapter provides an analytical survey of thinking about development that highlights debates and takes into account critical perspectives. It includes contributions from scholars and practitioners from the global North and the global South, spanning at least two generations and multiple disciplines. It will be a key reference on the concepts and theories of development - their origins, evolution, and trajectories - and act as a resource for scholars, graduate students, and practitioners. Contributors to this volume - Adekeye Adebajo, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town Carol Adelman, Center for Global Prosperity, Hudson Institute David Olusanya Ajakaiye, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research Rodrigo Arocena, University of the Republic, Montevideo Armando Barrientos, Brooks World Poverty Institute Anthony Bebbington, Clark University Mats Berdal, King's College London Julio Berdegue, Latin American Center for Rural Development Albert Berry, University of Toronto Richard Bird, University of Toronto Saturnino M. Borras Jr., International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague Sylvia Borren, Greenpeace Netherlands David Brook, Grand Challenges Canada Jose Eduardo Cassiolato, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Charles Cater, Security Council Report, New York Ling Chen, Tsinghua University Gregory Chin, York University, Canada Farley Cleghorn, Futures Group Bruce Currie-Alder, International Development Research Centre Arindam Das-Gupta, Goa Institute of Management Kevin Davis, New York University Pablo de Greiff, International Center for Transitional Justice Fatima Denton, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa's African Climate Policy Centre Shanta Devarajan, World Bank Michele Di Maio, University of Naples 'Parthenope' Timothy G. Evans, BRAC University Renato G. Flores Jr., Fundacao Getulio Vargas Dugan Fraser, Public Service Commission, South Africa Ahmed Galal, Economic Research Forum Bo Goransson, Lund University Ruth Hall, University of the Western Cape John Harriss, Simon Fraser University Jorge Heine, Wilfrid Laurier University David Hulme, University of Manchester Afeikhena Jerome, Nigeria Governors' Forum Richard Jolly, University of Sussex Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University Devesh Kapur, University of Pennsylvania Celia Kerstenetzky, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Jaques Kerstenetzky, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Gilbert M. Khadiagala, University of the Witwatersrand Homi Kharas, Brookings Institution Keith Krause, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva Huguette Labelle, UN Global Compact Maivan Clech Lam, University of New York Xue Lan, Tsinghua University Helena Lastres, Brazilian Development Bank Danny Leipziger, Growth Dialogue Ronaldo Lemos, Fundacao Getulio Vargas Justin Lin, Peking University Caitlyn MacMaster, Grand Challenges David M. Malone, UN and UNU Marcelo Matos, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Rohinton Medhora, Centre for International Governance Innovation Celestin Monga, World Bank Dimpho Motsamai, Institute for Security Studies Kumi Naidoo, Greenpeace International Wim Naude, UNU-MERIT Mthuli Ncube, African Development Bank Group Jose Antonio Ocampo, Columbia University Nandini Oomman, independent global health & development consultant, Vietnam Ernesto Ottone, Institute for Global Studies/MSH of Paris Rajul Pandya-Lorch, International Food Policy Research Institute Mariana Prado, University of Toronto Cintia Quiliconi, FLACSO-Argentina Patricia Rogers, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Tomas Rosada, International Fund for Agricultural Development Emma Samman, Overseas Development Institute Maria Emma Santos, Universidad Nacional del Sur Georgina Santos, Cardiff University Hoda Selim, Economic Research Forum Abebe Shimeles, African Development Bank Peter Singer, Grand Challenges Canada Yulya Spantchak, Hudson Institute Frances Stewart, University of Oxford Judith Sutz, University Research Council Mankombu Sambasivan (M.S.) Swaminathan, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation Simon C. Tay, Singapore Institute of International Affairs Irene Tinker, University of California Berkeley Cecilia Tortajada, Third World Centre for Water Management Diana Tussie, FLACSO, Argentina Joana Varon Ferraz, Center for Technology and Society Audrey Verdier-Chouchane, African Development Bank Carlos Vergara, consultant Ben White, International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague David Williams, Queen Mary University of London Sivan Yosef, International Food Policy Research Institute Shahid Yusuf, George Washington University Elaine Zuckerman, Gender Action