Ponna Wignaraja looks at the new directions that are being sought to solve what is seen as a worsening crisis in how the needs of the poor are being addressed. Development (2004) 47, 115–117. doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1100023

Ponna Wignaraja, former Secretary General of the Society for International Development (SID) looks at when SID began to redefine its mission as development in broader terms in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He argues that we need a constructive critique of the past and re-visioning the...