Main Currents in Development Studies

'Development' always constitutes a critical concern for policymakers, development practitioners and academicians at all levels: local, regional and global. The Main Currents in Development Studies (MCDS) as a modest discourse seeks to familiarize learners with the central themes and perspectives in development studies. It schematizes the genesis and growth of development studies as a multidisciplinary specialty within human and social sciences. The MCDS, among other things, delineates the following: concepts, history, dimensions, theories, models, major debates, agencies of development and the like. Its primary objective is to build up the discourse, re-configure the ongoing debate and orient the learners with the subject matter of development studies. The MCDS carries the potential to cater to curricular and research interests of students, teachers and researchers. It will be an interesting reading for learners at all levels: undergraduate to postgraduate and beyond, especially those engaged in development studies in humanities and social sciences.