Towards a trans-disciplinary conceptualization of inclusive development

This paper synthesises the review papers on 'inclusive development' (ID) in this Special Issue. It concludes that (a) ID must move towards a new collective imaginary, discursively discovered. (b) It argues that Social Inclusiveness must be less paternalistic and more focused on a rights-based approach to ensure equitable access to and allocation of rights, responsibilities and risks with respect to socio-economic resources (e.g. financial, insurance, education). (c) Ecological inclusiveness calls for maintaining biodiversity and the ecosystem services of nature and continued access to, and fair sharing of, ecological resources, responsibilities and risks. (d) Relational inclusiveness calls for revisiting the content of development, calling for good and accountable governments, and the promotion of procedural instruments to promote emancipatory politics.