The links to articles from newspaper and magazine web sites that are given below are intended as a source of current information that will help research into development issues and they could also be used for the article analysis coursework that is part of the World Development A level course. No list is definitive and the intention is to develop this gradually as a resource for anybody interested in global development.
The articles are loosely categorized using the general headings in the text book but their content is often very broad.
Short Guardian article on land grabbing in Ethiopia with references to film on the same subject – http://www.guardian.co.uk/poverty-over/how-land-grabbing-is-wrecking-lives?INTCMP=SRCH
Guardian article about the rush to purchase and rent farmland in Ethiopia from the Ethiopian government by large international companies – http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/21/ethiopia-centre-global-farmland-rush?INTCMP=SRCH
Guardian article challenging the perception of overwhelming poverty in Africa – http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2011/may/05/one-three-africans-middle-class?INTCMP=SRCH
Anti-Muslim fervour is rife – yet is being ignored by the authorities, says Lewis Garland.
Mari Marcel Thekaekara congratulates the country’s Dalit community on finally winning legal protection against discrimination.
‘The Wicked Witch is dead’ but although he’s celebrating, Alan Hughes urges us to fight on against everything she stood for.
Argument: Is it time to ditch the pursuit of economic growth?
As Mother’s Day approaches in India, Mari Marcel Thekaekara reflects on how motherhood has changed along with the online communication boom.