Michael Woolcock

Whether understood as a long-run historical process or an intentional political project, international development transforms not only societies and economies but also key ideas about how the world works and how problems should be solved. In this compelling book, International Development, Michael Woolcock demonstrates that achieving peace and prosperity for all is supremely contingent and often contentious: the means and...

Whether understood as a long-run historical process or an intentional political project, International Development transforms not only societies and economies but also key ideas about how the world works and how problems should be solved. In this compelling book, Michael Woolcock demonstrates that achieving peace and prosperity for all is supremely contingent and often contentious: the means and ends of...