Inside the Mind of
John Donaldson
Dr John Donaldson is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University (SMU). He researches on politics, rural development and poverty in China and elsewhere, having conducted extensive fieldwork in rural India and Thailand, as well as in Singapore. John Donaldson is the author of Small Works: Poverty and Economic Development in Southwestern China (Cornell University Press, 2011). His research has also been published in such journals as World Development, Journal of Development Studies, International Studies Quarterly, Politics and Society, China Journal, China Quarterly and Journal of Contemporary Asia.
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“Urban development and rural development are two sides of the same coin. If we want to make sure no one is left behind, we can’t just focus on urbanisation and forget about the rural.”