Bangladesh and Development – A great indepth read

This week's Economist contains an excellent article about Bangladesh and it's progress towards development. It was insightful and interesting in so many different ways, but most importantly it explained how the nation had been extraordinarily successful in improving the welfare of the poor. The article Bangladesh and Development - The path through the fields explained how development had occurred in Bangladesh without spectacular increases …

Development Economics – Resources

I enjoy teaching Development Economics as I used to be a Geography teacher and Development is taught across both the Geography and Economics IB syllabi. In the current curriculum, Development Economics is seen as the poor brother, for a variety of reasons, to the other topics of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and International Trade. With the introduction of …

Perspectives on Development Aid…

There are two, large conflicting opinions on the effectiveness of aid. Many of the aid agencies and some economists claim that aid that is focused and purposeful can be a strategy to lift people out of poverty. Other economists claim that development aid throughout African has been wasted over the past 50 years, and has …