It may be that we are on the verge of a new age of development economics, seen against the backdrop of the very disappointing record of economic advancement in most of the developing world (excluding China and parts of India), transition failures in many post-communist countries, andthe backlash against "unmanaged" globalisation.
Moguće je da smo na pragu novog doba ekonomije razvoja, u svetlu razočaravajućih ekonomskih situacija u većem delu nerazvijenog sveta (uz izuzetak Kine i delova Indije), tranzicionih promasaja u mnogim postkomunističkim zemljama i negativnih reakcija na takozvanu "nekontrolisanu" globalizaciju.