Development agenda in flux as world orders shifts

Paras Kharel ()
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Abstract: This paper describes how a shifting world order-propelled by a relocation of the centre of economic gravity to the East-legacy thinking and geopolitics impinge on the development agenda and discourse at global and regional levels. Paying special attention to trade and industrialization aspects of development, and providing examples and cases, including those from South Asia, it flags the challenges that relatively small and weak economies face in pursuing their development aspirations in geopolitically charged times. Also woven into the analysis are the constraints and dilemmas facing the social science research community in such countries.

Keywords: Geopolitics; global south; democracy; trade policy; industrial policy; climate policy; policy space (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B00 F13 F15 F18 F50 F52 F53 F55 O25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14
Date: 2025-07
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