... the globe has changed dramatically, and is continuing to do so. Societies worldwide are embracing, or localising the concept of "modernity", and anthropologists have taken this phenomenon as a topic of research, and developmentalists have been at the forefront of implementing policies of change in the name of modernisation. Therefore, these forms of change differ on the element of planning, but the picture is not as simple as this because both are interlinked. Anthropology has been criticised, as it is argued that it should not be practically applied or used in "development", since the respect for others' values which it embodies is irreconcilable with planned change. Whereas, development has been criticised for being an extension of neo-colonial enterprises. "The idea of development stands like a ruin on the intellectual landscape. Delusion and disappointment, failures and crimes have been the steady companions of development and they tell a common story: that ...

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