This collection draws together contemporary articles on development economics. Ideal for students with little or no background in economics, it covers a range of themes including poverty, foreign aid, agriculture and human capital

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...

This article offers a discussion of the U.S. agricultural sector and its current focus on an industrialized model of production. Challenges to the longterm sustainability of this approach are presented and an approach based more on natural processes is advocated. The article was prepared for the...