Preamble: The paper aims at introducing concepts, theories and policies regarding growth and development. The meaning of development as it has evolved over the years is clarified. The contemporary as well as classic theories of growth, development and underdevelopment are considered in detail. Theories and issues related to population, poverty and human resources are considered. Urban and rural...

After the fall of the Berlin Wall a common political and economic consensus emerged, not only in the West but to a considerable extent around the world. Markets and democracy, working hand in hand, would transform the world into a community of modernized, peace-loving nations. In the process, ethnic hatred, extremist fundamentalism, and other “backward” aspects of underdevelopment would be swep...

Despite constant post-war efforts to decipher the development process, it appears that little practical progress has been made. Many theories have been proposed (some leading directly to policy), but very few developing countries have succeeded in breaking the bonds of underdevelopment. Social theorists from Karl Marx to Daniel Bell have argued that economic development brings pervasive cultura...

Can part of Africa’s current underdevelopment be explained by its slave trades? To explore this question empirically, I combined data from ship records with data from various historical documents reporting slave ethnicities, and construct estimates of the number of slaves exported from each country during Africa’s slave trades between 1400 and 1900. I find a strong robust negative correlation b...

Many developing countries still struggle to industrialise speed up the pace of economic growth and development. Given this, they continue search for antidotes challenges their underdevelopment. Sports development is touted by many as one underdevelopment countries. However, major face in recent times are how can develop sports adequately harness its benefits This paper sought holistically explo...

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