That Was Then, This Is Now

Forty Years of Social & Economic Change in the Tropical Third World

Bibliographic Data

ID20153530
AuthorsDavid Drakakis‐smith (Keele University, corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume14
Issue2
Pages81-102
Publication date1993-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSingapore Journal of Tropical Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0129-7619 • E-ISSN: 1467-9493
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9493.1993.tb00043.x
OpenAlexW1983796608
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited25

Although the last 40 years have witnessed enormous changes within the Third World, many of these have been uneven in their intensity and impact. Indeed, the widening differences between developing countries beg the question as to whether they constitute a cohesive collectivity. This essay makes a comparison between the tropical Third World of the 1950s and that of the 1990s. In many ways the former was much more set and predictable in its relationships and structure than today. However, the changes which have taken place over the last 40 years have not always been to the advantage or lasting benefit of the majority of people in the Third World. A realistic appraisal of future problems and how these might be addressed is thus a central theme of this discussion

Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Old World · Political science · Theme (computing) · Third world · Ecology · History · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

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