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18 October 2023

The urgent need for new development models in the agrarian South: five key take-outs from the ODS Lecture 2023

In the Oxford Development Studies Annual Lecture 2023, Professor Lyn Ossome argued that the patterns of industrial capitalism that shape agriculture in the global South result in deep inequalities, which development models must urgently address if societies are to support everyone.

23 February 2023

Southern discomfort: is there value in the concept of the Global South?

As development thinkers challenge the construct of ‘the South’, our research explores its layered origins and argues that it can play a constructive role in understanding and addressing global power asymmetries.