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Short Papers on Develpment Theory and Practice

The Evolution of Development Thinking

This collection short papers contains nine contributions written by the participants in the Master's level course on Development in the Contextual Studies at the University of St. Gallen, Autumn Semester of 2016

The content of this course is centered on the analysis of the main streams in development thinking from the 1950's until today. Over those nearly seven decades rich and varied outputs have been produced in support of assessing, explaining and overcoming developmental challenges of nations and societies; a substantive solution to developmental challenges however has yet to be found.

The short papers in this document are designed as an overview outlining the theoretical foundations, policy formulation, program implementation and own reflection of the authors regarding single case examples of a development programs or projects.

You can download the paper under the following link: The Evolution of Development Thinking 2016 Edition
You can also view the web page on the course conference we held at the United Nations Organizations in Geneva Headquarter here: 2016 Course Conference on the Evolution of Development Thinking

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"Wealth consists in using things rather than in owning them; it is really the activity – that is, the use – of property that constitutes wealth." Aristoteles


"Everything has either a price or dignity. Whatever has a price can be replaced by something else which is equivalent; whatever, on the other hand, is above all price, and therefore admits of no equivalent, has a dignity." Immanuel Kant


"And this is common to all external things that they are good to the extent that they lead to virtue, but not in themselves." Thomas Aquinas


"The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the public is catching on." Warren Buffett


"A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business." Henry Ford