Drops of Dew

geo is a Rust library that provides primitives and algorithms for two dimensional geometric operations on a plane or on the Earth’s surface. It forms the core of the Rust ecosystem for Geospatial analysis. In this post, I explore how a very simple algorithm – computation of the area of...

science vs development studies : evolution vs revolution ideologies, theories, strategies. examples of ideologies - normative vs positive; economics vs holistic.

Participatory development refers to the theories and practices in development studies that explicitly include a role for the people served by development projects in the specification, design or implementation of the projects. This loosely defined term refers to a wide variety of strategies to encourage the involvement of local citizens...

This blog isn’t intended as a personal space for the most part. Consider this post a vote of confidence that this blog will be around in some form decades from now when the promises below can be appraised.

Development studies as a field has undergone a fundamental change of subject matter since its inception in the first half of 20th century. An earlier post on this blog described the critiques that necessitated a reformulation of the goals of and techniques employed by development studies scholars. This post addresses...