Abstract
In this study, I first examine why and how the balance of development thinking and practice changed around 1980. This turning point coincided with a change of influence at the level of strategic thinking from the UN to the Bretton Woods institutions. Second, I look into the possibility of future turning points in development thinking and practice. In doing so, I describe, first, what could well become (and is already becoming) a new and expanded general concept of development and, second, the very opposite, namely development not as a global but as a regional and local strategy. Thus, having examined the future at the global, regional and national levels of development thinking, the study ends with reflections about the interests that lie behind the ideas that help to explain why they get implemented or not, why there are turning points or not.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Baran, P. (1957) The Political Economy of Growth, New York: Monthly Review Press.
Baran, P. and P. Sweezy (1966) Monopoly Capital, New York: Monthly Review Press.
Birdsall, N. (1997) ‘Lessons from Japan’, in L. Emmerij (ed.), Economic and Social Development into the XXI Century, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Braudel, F. (1985) Civilization and Capitalism: 15th-18th Century: The Perspective of the World, London: Fontana Paperbacks.
Cardoso, F.H. and E. Faletto (1979) Dependency and Development in Latin America, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Chenery, H., M.S. Ahluwalia, C.L.G. Bell, J.H. Duloy and R. Jolly (eds) (1974) Redistribution with Growth: Policies to Improve Income Distribution in Developing Countries in the Context of Economic Growth, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press.
Council of Europe (1996) In from the Margins, Strasbourg: Council of Europe.
Desai, M. (2000) ‘Portrait: Amartya Sen’, Prospect, July: 49.
Escobar, A. (1995) Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World, Princeton: Princeton University Press.
ILO (1972) Employment, Incomes and Equity: A Strategy for Increasing Productive Employment in Kenya, Geneva: International Labour Organization.
Jenkins, R. (2001) Churchill: a Biography, New York: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux.
Jolly, R. (ed.) (2001) Jim Grant: UNICEF Visionary, Florence: UNICEF.
Little, I.M.D., T. Scitovsky and M.F.G. Scott (1970) Industry and Trade in Some Developing Countries, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Lomborg, B. (2001) The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Prebisch, R. (1950) The Economic Development of Latin America and its Principal Problems, New York: United Nations.
Sakakibara, E. (1997) ‘Globalization amid Diversity’, in L. Emmerij (ed.), Economic and Social Development into the XXI Century, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Sen, A.K. (1982) Choice, Welfare and Measurement, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Sen, A.K. (1984) Resources, Values and Development, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Sen, A.K. (1985) Commodities and Capabilities, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Sen A.K. (1997) ‘Development Thinking at the Beginning of the XXI Century’, in L. Emmerij (ed.), Economic and Social Development into the XXI Century, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Sen, A.K. (1999) ‘Democracy as a Universal Value’, Journal of Democracy, 10, 3: 3–17.
Singh, A. (1997) ‘Catching up with the West: a Perspective on Asian Economic Development and Lessons for Latin America’, in L. Emmerij (ed.), Economic and Social Development into the XXI Century, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) (various) Human Development Report, New York: Oxford University Press for UNDP.
UNESCO (1995) Our Creative Diversity, Paris: UNESCO.
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Copyright information
© 2007 United Nations University
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Emmerij, L. (2007). Turning Points in Development Thinking and Practice. In: Mavrotas, G., Shorrocks, A. (eds) Advancing Development. Studies in Development Economics and Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230801462_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230801462_2
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-0-230-01904-1
Online ISBN: 978-0-230-80146-2
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance CollectionEconomics and Finance (R0)