Shaping the developing world the west the south and the natural world by andy baker attempts to answer this thorny question using a threefold framework to categorize and analyze the factors that cause underdevelopment from the consequences of colonialism deficient domestic institutions and gender inequality to the effects of globalization geography and environmental degradation country case studies at the end of chapters offer an ideal testing ground for the threefold framework . Shaping the developing world the west the south and the natural world by andy baker attempts . Shaping the developing world the west the south and the natural world andy baker university of colorado at boulder los angeles california cq press 2014. The south indias state led development model 203 the west exploiting the jewel in the british crown 205 the natural world topography and transport costs 206 thinking critically about development 207 key terms 208 suggested readings 208 web resources 208 economic institutions and informality 211. Shaping the developing world explores the different theories that attempt to answer this thorny question interdisciplinary in his scope andy baker adeptly uses a threefold framework of the west the south and the natural world to categorize and analyze the factors that cause underdevelopment from the consequences of colonialism deficient domestic institutions and gender inequality to the effects of globalization geography and environmental degradation