Global Development: The Basics

by Daniel Hammett

How do we try to make the world a better place, when the challenges of poverty, disease, war, conflict, and climate change continue to impact millions of lives? Global The Basics is a lively and engaging introduction to the shifting landscape of global development, right from its origins, to present-day problems, and on to what the future for global development might look like.

Recognising global development as an economic, political, and social project, this book tackles a series of critical asking ‘what’ development is and how it is measured, where and to whom it is assumed to happen, how its approaches are developed, and whose benefit do they serve? The book invites readers to consider the complexities and challenges of the concept of development, including its historical roots in colonialism, and the geopolitical power relations which continue to set much of the agenda. It investigates whose voices are included or silenced in dominant approaches to development, and the growing importance of ‘non-traditional’ development funding and approaches.

Covering key topics in the field, from economics and politics, through to gender and climate change, Global The Basics is perfect for readers starting out in their understanding of global development.

208 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 9, 2023

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

About what you'd expect of an introductory text. Does a decent job of running through the history and general topics of interest of the theory and practice of development, with a good bit of attention paid to critical and anti-development approaches, but can be frustratingly brief in its descriptions at times.

[Tom · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clearly communicated concepts, very informative and great as a starting point or useful background information.

[sbs transit · Rating 5 out of 5]

#nsreads 78

Reads like a decent-enough metaanalysis