Western aid is in decline Non-traditional development actors from the developing countries & elsewhere are in the ascendant A new set of global economic & political processes are shaping the twenty-first century This book engages with nearly two decades of continuity & change in the development industry In particular it argues that while the world of international development has expanded since the 1990s it has become more rigidly technocratic The authors insist on a focus upon the core anthropological issues surrounding poverty & inequality & thus sharply criticise what are perceived as problems in the field Anthropology & Development is a completely rewritten edition of the best-selling & critically acclaimed Anthropology Development & the Post-Modern Challenge (1996) It serves as both an innovative reformulation of the field as well as a textbook for many undergraduate & graduate courses at leading international universities