Abstract:Development studies is a multidisciplinary subject, which focuses on the advancement of nations from a political, cultural, geographical and socio-economic lens. To ask, 'What is development studies?' begs the question 'What is development? ' (Leach et al., 2021). Although there are multiple interpretations and comprehensions of the term,
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