Postdevelopment theory
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Postdevelopment theory (also post-development or anti-development or development criticism) holds that the whole concept and practice of development is a reflection of Western-Northern hegemony over the rest of the world. Postdevelopment thought arose in the 1980s[1] out of criticisms voiced against development projects and development theory, which justified them.
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