Although largely forgotten, the development of the shockproof X-ray systems we take for granted today lasted about 4 decades and was associated with considerable human suffering.
"Forget about development without it," says Mohamed Nur, the city's go-ahead mayor.
Curiously, that is something the UNDP, by sometimes forgetting that "development" is also a political issue, has been prone to do.Earlier this year, for example, it published a report praising the "sufficiency economy" theory promoted by Thailand's King Bhumibol and adopted by the military junta to distinguish itself from Thaksin Shinawatra, the democratically-elected prime minister it deposed.
"Sometimes the BBC's In-house [production] is almost forgotten by TV development people as a place to go to with exciting shows.
Below them, in every direction, stretches a lush landscape of forest, creeks, ravines and cliffs that has largely been forgotten by the development boom.
But it's also important to remember that alone time is a crucial, and too often forgotten, part of development.
Phages were heralded as a potential treatment for diseases such as typhoid and cholera, but their promise was forgotten with the development of penicillin.
"The bipartisan approach to developing this NPA for Children and Adolescents is intended to make sure that both the People's United Party and the United Democratic Party, whenever they form the government, will ensure that children are not forgotten when national development plans are being written and implemented" said the Hon.
A warning often repeated since the Rio+20 summit is that lessons learned from the millennium development goals (MDGs) should not be forgotten when the sustainable development goals (SDGs) – the new development framework adopted at the United Nations general assembly – replace them.
Except, I rarely completely forget in-development Broadway musicals.
