Although the book is quite comprehensive, some of the
more important recent developments could have been given
more attention. Ironically, perhaps, the volume may over emphasize
economic productivity and put too little focus on the
social and community aspects of development. Social integration,
identified by the 1995 World Summit as one of the 3
pillars of social development, is largely ignored and does not
even appear as a term in the index. There is also relatively little
attention to environment and sustainability, a theme that will
feature centrally in the United Nations Post-2015 agenda.