UPSC Optional 2016Question 21Public AdministrationDevelopment Dynamics250 words

“The idea of development stands like a ruin in the intellectual landscape” and “It is time to dismantle this mental structure”. (Wolfgang Sachs) In the light of the statement, critically examine the anti-development thesis. (Answer in 250 words)

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