Paul Haslam is a professor in the School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa. Jessica Schafer was an assistant professor at the International Development and Globalization program at the University of Ottawa from 2006-2008. She is currently manager of performance audit at the Office of the Auditor General of British Columbia. Pierre Beaudet is an associate professor in the Department of Social Sciences, Université du Québec en Outaouais.

• Part I: Theories and Approaches in International Development 1. What is Development? From Economic Growth to the Sustainable Development Goals2. Imperialism and the Colonial Experience3. Theories of Development Economics4. The Critical Political Economy of Development5. Post-Development and Alternatives to Development6. Gender and Development: Theoretical Insights and International Commitments7. Globalization and DevelopmentPart II: International Development Actors 8. State of the State: Does the State Have a Role in Development?9. National Development Agencies and Bilateral Aid10. The International Financial Institutions11. The United Nations and Multilateral Actors in Development12. Private Enterprise and Development13. Civil Society and Development14. China and the Emerging EconomiesPart III: Issues in International Development 15. Debt and Development16. Free Trade, Fair Trade, and South–South Trade17. Democracy18. Climate Change, Environment, and Development19. Rural Development20. Urban Development: Cities in the Global South21. Development and Health22. Conflict and Development23. Refugees and International Development Policy and Practice24. Indigenous Community Economic Resilience25. Culture and DevelopmentPart IV: Practice in International Development 26. Measuring and Evaluating Poverty27. Inequality and Social Policy28. Planning and Appraising Development Projects29. Humanitarian Assistance and Intervention30. Ethics of DevelopmentGlossary Index

There simply are no other textbooks worth using! I can't think of any that cover development studies so thoroughly. In my mind, the book stands out partly for its breadth and clear organization of that range of material, and also in being thoroughly rooted in the tradition of critical development studies, but without being polemical and while also giving adequate and respectful space to more mainstream approaches and ideas."