Readings:

• Seers, Dudley. 1979. The meaning of development. Pp 9-30 in D. Lehmann (ed) Development theory: Four critical studies. London: Frank Cass. In Canvas.
• Maggie Black. 2015. NoNonsense International Development: Illusions and Realities. Oxford: New Internationalist (Chapter 1, pp 10-30, ‘The history of an idea’). I scanned chapter 1 and placed it in Canvas for those who haven’t acquired this book yet.
• New York Times. 2018. The World, built by China. Nov 11, New York Times.
• Become familiar with the course Web page–do 20 minutes or so of surfing, make sure you know what’s there and how to use it–we will use it often in here, and if you’re familiar with it, there will be less unpleasant surprises for you in class.

Lecture pages:

• Development–some background
• Development–assumptions, meanings
• More on development, its meaning
• Week one wrap-up