Jim Wygand has worked on the issue of economic development since the mid-1960s. His is a partner/director of the risk evaluation and risk management consultancy Critical Corporate Issues - CCI. He is the author of two books, one on personal crisis management (Fired! – Guide to Personal Crisis Management 
In an era of limits, the new definition of development is the creation of functional checks and balances through institutions.
If I were casting a sequel of Nightmare on Development Street, my choice to play Freddie Krueger would be any overzealous political dogmatist or ideologue with dictatorial powers.
As part of the development agenda, water is absolutely essential and vital.
As part of the development agenda, tourism is one of many options.
Continued or increased dependence on the automobile will lead to environmental disaster.
The population explosion will lead to a very sharp rise in the demand for new technologies in practically every area of life from construction, to communication and community organization and development.
The most likely development goal to be achieved is reluctant acceptance of global interdependence.
The most difficult development goal to achieve is coordination of policies and goals on a global level.
The most glaring thing missing from the development agenda is the creation of global institutions capable of creating consensus, regulatory frameworks, and carrying out conflict resolution.
My favorite development success story is the presidential elections that ensured the alternation of power in Chile in 2010.
The sentence I would like to see others complete is: The most important variable in achieving stable global development is ________________.
My Favorite Development Media
Fiction book - The Grapes of Wrath
Non-fiction book - The Log from the Sea of Cortez
Scholarly book - Theory of Hierarchical, Multilevel Systems by Mihajlo D. Mesarovic and others
Documentary film - Harlan County, U.S.A.
