Designed as a critique of the key failures of international development, this book brings together practitioners, policy-makers, researchers, activists, and academics in an attempt to work toward a shared conceptualisation of development by outlining and critically reflecting on their own understanding of development.

Damien Kingsbury, Deakin University, Australia Andrew Hewett, Oxfam Australia Chris Roche, Oxfam Australia Simon Fenby, adviser to the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste John McKay, Australian chair of the Society for International Development Rohan Bastin, Deakin University, Australia Mark McPeak, ChildFund Australia Paul Ronalds, Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet, Australia Craig Thorburn, Monash University, Australia Sue Kenny, Deakin University, Australia Laurel Bossen, McGill University, Canada Elizabeth Reid AO, Australian National University