Understanding Development
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Understanding Development
"Drawing on a wide range of case studies from across the globe, this book explores such areas as: health and population growth, conflict and security, global inequality and poverty, fair trade and trade liberalization, gender and education, foreign aid and debt, and sustainability and the environment. This issues-driven text focuses on the debates that have generated the most interest and passion among practitioners and non-practitioners alike. Always attentive to the contested and plural nature of the field, it makes the case for a genuinely interdisciplinary approach which takes full account of the impact of globalization."--Publisher
Understanding Development: How Do Countries Develop ?
What is development? Do the less developed countries of the world have any chance to become modern and developed? What is the best path for a country to take towards development? How do traditional societies evolve into more advanced societies of the type found in modern and developed countries? The book attempts to answer all of these thought-provoking questions. I have been working in the sphere of international development for more than 15 years, and have consulted different governments in Europe, Asia and Africa on the development issues. Each developing country in which I have worked is different and unique, yet they share a significant number of common features peculiar to developing counties. I want to emphasize one of them: pessimism towards the prospects of country's development. I came across this in my experiences (in the low and middle income group countries) whereby civil servants or the general population of those countries were very pessimistic of their respective country's development prospects. One of the biggest drivers for this pessimism was limited knowledge with regards to two particular questions: what is development and how do countries develop generally? This issue is complicated by the fact that one needs some basic level knowledge of several interconnected disciplines to adequately answer these development field questions (such as economics, political science, sociology, geography, demographics, etc.). As a matter of fact, the majority of books in the development field concentrate only on one or a few disciplines to provide viewpoints in development. There are, also, many schools of thought and conventions regarding which are the exact features constituting the "development" of a country and thus what should be the development priorities. This book tries to be innovative and daring to target all of these. It observes development from different viewpoints of various disciplines and discusses all major theories of development. It tries to attract the interest of readers from as many different academic backgrounds as possible. For this reason, simple language is used to the extent possible and complex social sciences terminologies are largely avoided. For the terminology that is used, explanations are provided either in the text or in footnotes. The book contains some real stories from development practice with some selected cases from different development consultancy assignments. The book discusses case studies of remarkable examples in the development history (such as those of Singapore and Ireland), contemporary, actual topics (such as globalization and development), modern global changes and their influence on development. The case study of Singapore can be used for generating ideas how to implement policies and build institutions in the developing countries context. The most important factor in Singapore's success, as acknowledged by many scientists, was skillfully designed public policies. All major successful public policies are analyzed in the book, along with institutions progress in the country. Ireland's success (1995-2007 Celtic Tiger period) has been universally acknowledged. The book discusses the most important messages from the successful development case of Ireland to the developing World. Finally, different levels of development of nations, differences of value systems, different cultures and beliefs are suggested to create a diversity, the thrilling diversity of the World.
Understanding Development
Author: Alessandro Minelli
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2021-05-20
Developmental biology is seemingly well understood, with development widely accepted as being a series of programmed changes through which an egg turns into an adult organism, or a seed matures into a plant. However, the picture is much more complex than that: is it all genetically controlled or does environment have an influence? Is the final adult stage the target of development and everything else just a build-up to that point? Are developmental strategies the same in plants as in animals? How do we consider development in single-celled organisms? In this concise, engaging volume, Alessandro Minelli, a leading developmental biologist, addresses these key questions. Using familiar examples and easy-to-follow arguments, he offers fresh alternatives to a number of preconceptions and stereotypes, awakening the reader to the disparity of developmental phenomena across all main branches of the tree of life.
