The article provides a broad-based overview on competing development strategies and the economic performance of developing countries, mainly since the year 2000. Four traditional mainstream development strategies are discussed (Washington Consensus, neo-liberalism, "good governance" and MDGs)...

1. Exploring the Post-2015 Development Agenda from Southern Perspectives. - I: Overarching Issues of the Post-2015 Agenda . - 2. The Post-2015 Development Agenda: Favourable Enough to Africans? Ibrahima Hathie . - 3. Alternatives for Development or Alternatives to Development? Mireya Anabell...

General theory -- Relationship between the human right to development and core elements of the sustainable development goals / Zamir Akram -- The right to development from a human rights approach : conceptual bases and contemporary challenges / Flavia Piovesan -- The development approach of...

In 1960, there were 101 middle-income countries. By 2008, only thirteen of these had become high-income countries. Why do so many middle-income countries fail to develop after a promising start, becoming mired in the so-called middle-income trap? This interdisciplinary volume addresses the...