Kristoffel Lieten's book on the development debate is a timely intervention that takes into account what people themselves conceive of as development. In an era when Third World policy makers and ideologues are obsessed with abstract notions of 'growth' and 'information revolutions' under pressure from liberalizing policies of the imperialist world, or the politics of 'cultural difference' which argue for 'different needs' of the Third World, Lieten argues that ...
