Strategic governance for inclusive development

The global academic and policy debate on inclusive development is rising. Conceptual and theoretical contributions are made from multiple disciplinary angles. A driving force behind this is the disheartening trend of growing inequality, which juxtaposes economic success stories in countries that were previously low-income. How to strategically govern societies towards more inclusive development within an interactive governance constellation, for positive or normative reasons, is a major challenge. This special issue brings together the latest empirical and theoretical studies that consider strategic governance and inclusive development in inter-relationship. Most of these contributions stem from research undertaken under the guidance of Professor Baud at the Governance and Inclusive Development group at the University of Amsterdam. The strategic governance for inclusive development research agenda pursues interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity and plurality of knowledge in the field of international development studies.