4.3 How to develop: development paradigms
Development was very rarely considered to be a “god-given” condition of socio-economic systems, implying that policy makers at national and international level have always thought that some activities (or even refraining from carrying out any activity) were required to promote positive changes. However, countries as well as the international development community in different periods, have privileged specific ways of achieving development, adhering to a specific “Development paradigm” i.e. to a defined modality or path to follow to achieve development, based on a codified set