Geof Wood
Dr Geof Wood is a development anthropologist and author of several books and numerous journal articles, with a regional focus on South Asia. He is also emeritus professor of international development at the University of Bath.
Dr Geof Wood is a development anthropologist and author of several books and numerous journal articles, with a regional focus on South Asia. He is also emeritus professor of international development at the University of Bath.
Why we should care about remote others in time and space.
While the term ‘development’ can have many meanings, poverty remains a necessary issue for policy and action.
Just don’t expect too much from development NGOs in shifting the needle on the dial.
"Policy" as an institutional process is a nebulous mixture of concepts, thinking, ideology, values, pragmatism, interests and, hopefully, evidence: prior, during, and afterwards.
In material development terms Bangladesh has changed a lot, and has made much progress since I first arrived just over 44 years ago.
Why we should care about remote others in time and space.
While the term ‘development’ can have many meanings, poverty remains a necessary issue for policy and action.
Just don’t expect too much from development NGOs in shifting the needle on the dial.
"Policy" as an institutional process is a nebulous mixture of concepts, thinking, ideology, values, pragmatism, interests and, hopefully, evidence: prior, during, and afterwards.
In material development terms Bangladesh has changed a lot, and has made much progress since I first arrived just over 44 years ago.