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This article is about the rapid economic growth that New Delhi (India's capital city) had undergone. India's economic indicators are very poor such as life expectancy rate, education and per capita income. Majority of the population of India is illiterate and may children drop out of school in order to earn money for the family. The average number of years a person spends in school in Indian is 4.4 years whereas the global average is 7.4 years. The PPP in terms of Indians was less than a third of the world average. Life expectancy rate has increased in Indian by about 9% which is a big development.  

A human development index can help determine the level of development of countries like Syria who, as shown in this article, suffer from sustained acts of violence most probably because of a lack of intrinsic development.

This article discusses the human development index (HDI) of Shravasti. Shravasti has the 6th lowest literacy rate in the world and this makes it hard for the country to develop. This is because literacy leads to better jobs, which would therefore improve development.

This article is about how Pakistan is back into its state of crisis. Pakistan is using their resources but there are obstacles on the way to development. One such obstacle in this article is the government which leads to corruption. The Pakistani government cannot be relied upon as it is because of them that the economy is in such a bad state. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The TOT has improved for the agricultural sector in the rural areas but in the urban areas the poverty rate is increasing by a lot. This is another obstacle. The government is spending much more than what it is able to collect by way of taxes. In 2011 the tax rate dropped significantly and is the lowest among all developing countries, but this did not stop the government to reduce their expenditure. 

This article describes the economic development index and highlights the use for it.

Climate Change will have disastrous effects on developing countries in the next few decades. In the last 30 years the lowest 25% countries have improved so much that in the next 40 years they will be on the same level as the top 25% are now.

This article considers most of those circumstances which talks about development, focused in Peru

Because a lot of companies and countries have chosen to stop donating to the country's further development which is tough as Burundi is in the bottom of the HDI ranking.

This article talks about how the terms of trade in Australia are reflecting the problems and developments in the Australian economy over the past 50 years.

This article describes the development of the terms of trade in the Netherlands. After the recession it seemed that TOT improved, however in 2009 they the TOT started to deteriorate due to falling prices of oil.

This article discusses how the M-East Ward is struggling due in part to one of the dumping grounds in its area. This dumping ground is a big problem since it causes many illnesses and other negative externalities. This article shows how a poor group has a very hard time influencing any political figures in making change happen in their community and thus one of their few chances at improvement is not available.

This article presents the paradox of plenty in the Equatorial Guinea, a small country off West Africa which has recently struck oil and which is now being cited as a textbook case of the resource curse.

In Sri Lanka people are finally beginning to focus on export-led strategies (which historically have proven much more beneficial to a country's development) as their currency has deprecated compared to e.g. India's, giving Sri Lanka an advantage in exporting.

This article discusses a meeting that will go on amongst EU representatives. They feel that the economy is not doing as they'd hope and plan to use various strategies including inward investment and export-led strategies to improve economic development and growth.

This article discusses how poverty in Nigeria is leading to a lack of education and thus many young people are turning towards extremism. There has been an increase in violence between different religious groups, which is keeping Nigeria from economic development.

This article talks about the importance of foreign aids given out by the US. The author of the article mentions that, the US should be smarter about the aid they send overseas. The type of aid that is mainly discussed in the article is humanitarian. It also features Bill Gates' ideas about foreign aid. Bill Gates uses statistics to explain how important it is to send foreign aids to developing countries.

This article discusses the benefits of foreign aid from the perspective of Bill Gates who has donated a large portion of his wealth to foreign aid and has also set up his own foundation. One of the points this article makes is that if aid is sent as vaccines or food rather than just money, it is harder for a corrupt dictator to use the aid for his own good.