COVID-19 and the case for global development

Authors

Johan A. Oldekop, The University of Manchester
Rory Horner, The University of Manchester
David Hulme, The University of Manchester
Roshan Adhikari, The University of Manchester
Bina Agarwal, The University of Manchester
Matthew Alford, Alliance Manchester Business School
Oliver Bakewell, The University of Manchester
Nicola Banks, The University of Manchester
Stephanie Barrientos, The University of Manchester
Tanja Bastia, The University of Manchester
Anthony J. Bebbington, Clark UniversityFollow
Upasak Das, The University of Manchester
Ralitza Dimova, The University of Manchester
Richard Duncombe, The University of Manchester
Charis Enns, The University of Manchester
David Fielding, The University of Manchester
Christopher Foster, The University of Manchester
Timothy Foster, The University of Manchester
Tomas Frederiksen, The University of Manchester
Ping Gao, The University of Manchester
Tom Gillespie, The University of Manchester
Richard Heeks, The University of Manchester
Sam Hickey, The University of Manchester
Martin Hess, The University of Manchester
Nicholas Jepson, The University of Manchester
Ambarish Karamchedu, The University of Manchester
Uma Kothari, The University of Manchester
Aarti Krishnan, The University of Manchester
Tom Lavers, The University of Manchester
Aminu Mamman, The University of Manchester
Diana Mitlin, The University of Manchester
Negar Monazam Tabrizi, The University of Manchester

Document Type

Article

Abstract

COVID-19 accentuates the case for a global, rather than an international, development paradigm. The novel disease is a prime example of a development challenge for all countries, through the failure of public health as a global public good. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the falsity of any assumption that the global North has all the expertise and solutions to tackle global challenges, and has further highlighted the need for multi-directional learning and transformation in all countries towards a more sustainable and equitable world. We illustrate our argument for a global development paradigm by examining the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic across four themes or 'vignettes': global value chains, digitalisation, debt, and climate change. We conclude that development studies must adapt to a very different context from when the field emerged in the mid-20th century.

Publication Title

World Development

Publication Date

10-2020

Volume

134

ISSN

0305-750X

DOI

10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105044

Keywords

climate change, COVID-19, debt, development studies, digitalisation, global development, global value chains, international development, pandemic

Repository Citation

Oldekop, Johan A.; Horner, Rory; Hulme, David; Adhikari, Roshan; Agarwal, Bina; Alford, Matthew; Bakewell, Oliver; Banks, Nicola; Barrientos, Stephanie; Bastia, Tanja; Bebbington, Anthony J.; Das, Upasak; Dimova, Ralitza; Duncombe, Richard; Enns, Charis; Fielding, David; Foster, Christopher; Foster, Timothy; Frederiksen, Tomas; Gao, Ping; Gillespie, Tom; Heeks, Richard; Hickey, Sam; Hess, Martin; Jepson, Nicholas; Karamchedu, Ambarish; Kothari, Uma; Krishnan, Aarti; Lavers, Tom; Mamman, Aminu; Mitlin, Diana; and Monazam Tabrizi, Negar, "COVID-19 and the case for global development" (2020). Geography. 430.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_geography/430

Copyright Conditions

This is the Accepted Manuscript version of this article. Must link to publisher version with DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105044