Visual Histories

ImpactMojo Timelines

Curated, citation-backed timelines tracing how development thinking, policy, methods, climate action, and rights frameworks have evolved — with each node linking to deeper ImpactMojo content for further study.

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Live timelines
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Total nodes
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Eras covered

What these are

Each timeline is a hand-curated, chronologically-ordered map of a domain — not a wiki dump. Every node carries: the original argument, why it mattered, the critique that came after, and links to where you can study the idea more deeply on ImpactMojo (101 decks, BookSummary companions, Deep Dives, Handouts).

What they aren’t

Not a substitute for primary sources. Each node cites the canonical text and its key critics. Use these as orientation maps before diving into a 101 deck or BookSummary — or as a way to see how the ideas in a single book/paper sit in a longer intellectual lineage.

Available timelines

Live
Development Thinking, 1776–Today
From Adam Smith and Marx through Truman’s “underdeveloped,” Lewis & Rostow’s modernisation, Prebisch–Singer dependency, Sen’s capabilities, the Washington Consensus, the RCT turn, SDGs, degrowth, and the polycrisis frame.
25 nodes 7 eras ~250 years
Live
Indian Policy & Welfare State
Constitution & Five-Year Plans through Mahalanobis, bank nationalisation, Mandal, 1991 reforms, MGNREGS, FRA, RTI, RTE, NFSA, JAM stack, GST, NEP, the caste census debate.
15 nodes 7 eras ~80 years
Live
MEL & Research Methods
USAID logframe (1969) through DAC criteria, ToC, RCT/J-PAL, MSC & Outcome Harvesting, PDIA & adaptive learning, COVID-era remote MEL, AI & decolonial evaluation.
18 nodes 6 eras ~55 years
Live
Climate Policy & Justice
Stockholm 1972 through Limits to Growth, Brundtland, Rio, Kyoto, Copenhagen, Paris, Greta’s strike, IPCC AR6, COP27 Loss & Damage Fund, COP28 Dubai.
17 nodes 6 eras ~52 years
Live
Indian Rights & Social Margins
From the Constitution’s anti-discrimination articles through Mandal, 73rd/74th, SC/ST PoA, NALSA third gender, Section 377 read-down, RPWD, Trans Persons Act, CAA, marriage equality (Supriyo 2023), Davinder Singh sub-categorisation 2024.
18 nodes 6 eras ~75 years