government's decisions. (Nixon in Colman and Nixon Economics of Change in Less Developed Countries) There is explicitly in Seers a sequent aspect to this. As progress is made towards the economic goals, that is 'undernourishment, unemployment and inequality dwindle'.. 'educational and political aims become increasingly important objectives of development'. Some of his more important works (1966) Twenty Leading Questions on the Teaching of Economics in The Teaching of Development Economics (1967) The Limitations of the Special Case, in Martin and Knapp, Teaching of Development Economics (1969) The Meaning of Development. International Development Review 11(4):3-4. (1970) New Approaches Suggested by the Colombia Employment Program, International Labour Review (1971) Development in a Divided World (1972) What are We Trying to Measure? Journal of Development Economics (1974) Redistribution with Growth (with Hollis Chenery) (1977) The New Meaning of Development, International Development Review (1977) Statistical needs for Development (1979) The Birth, Life and Death of Development Economics, Development and Change (1979) The Meaning of Development, with a Postscript. In Seers, Nafziger, Cruise O'Brien, & Bernstein (1979) with E. Wayne Nafziger, Donal Cruise O'Brien, & Henry Bernstein, Development Theory: Four Critical Studies. Ed. by David Lehmann. London:Frank Cass (1981) ed. Dependency Theory: A Critical Reassessment. London: Frances Pinter (Publishers) Ltd. (1983) The Political Economy of Nationalism. New York: Oxford University Press. Also Editor of several key journals, including Oxford Economic Papers, The Economic Journal, Journal of Development Studies and IDS Bulletin. Dudley was married to Patrica Seers with which they had three daughters, Pauline, Andina, Susan and a son, Phillip. These in turn created 9 grandchildren. He was appointed CMG in the 1975 Birthday Honours. External links British Library for Development Studies Dudley Seers archive Dudley Seers Memorial Lecture 'UN Ideas that Changed the World' delivered on 29 October 2009 References British development economists Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George 1920 births 1983 deaths 20th-century British economists British emigrants to the United States