Why development requires less nuance and more class: a response to Patrick Kilby

Abstract

The authors review critically an article by Patrick Kilby in Vol. 61(1) of the AJIA on Australian development policy. They claim that the difference between the Government's program and the alternatives suggested by Kilby is one of degree as his objections retain the same neoliberal limitations as AusAID and the Washington Consensus. The authors argue that reducing poverty in a globalized world means going further than institutional changes and considering the key issue of class. They instead suggest a focus on the effect of domestic international politics and the globally constituted nature of poverty.

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Toby Carroll

Doctoral candidate, Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University

Shahar Hameiri

Doctoral candidate, Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University