EP 01 What is international development? PT 2 Defining international development

Published: Aug. 31, 2020, 9:13 p.m.

b'The idea of international development has its origins in US President Harry S Truman\'s "Four Point"\\xa0Speech on 20\\xa0January 1949.\\xa0However, even though more than 70 years has passed since that time,\\xa0"development" still means different things to different people.\\xa0In this Episode we will explore a variety of meanings of the word "development" and get a better understanding of why development is such a contested word.

Part 2 starts to unpack the meaning of development, using a dictionary to demonstrate the complexity of the idea and to show how within the idea of development lies implicit understandings of the forces that shape the world.'