INTD 397: History of Development

History and Practice Report

This page will help you research your chosen organization, as well as the theme for your final writing assignment to answer the question "How can history help inform current development practices?".

For more resources, consult the International Development Subject Guide below. 

Interested in finding more historical examples? Try looking at the databases suggested on the following History Subject Guides.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

• Website: https://www.undp.org/
• Routledge Handbook on the UN and Development
• Olav Stokke, The UN and Development : From Aid to Cooperation (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2009).
• Craig N. Murphy, The United Nations Development Programme: A Better Way? (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014). 
• Find more resources by searching the Library Catalogue for:
  • su: United Nations Economic assistance

The World Bank

• Website: https://www.worldbank.org/en/home
• World Bank on the International Development subject guide
• Historical Dictionary of the World Bank
• A Guide to the World Bank
• Adrian Robert Bazbauers, The World Bank and Transferring Development: Policy Movement through Technical Assistance (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017).
• Find more resources by searching the Library Catalogue for:
  • su: World Bank History
  • su: World Bank Group

The Gates Foundation

• Website: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/
• Adam Moe Fejerskov, The Gates Foundation’s Rise to Power: Private Authority in Global Politics (Abingdon: Routledge, 2018). 
• Find more resources by searching the Library Catalogue for:
  • su: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • su: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation History

Canadian International Development Platform

• Website: https://cidpnsi.ca/
• Find more resources by searching Canada Commons

Find scholarly articles

Find statistics

Find public policy reports