"International Development and Foreign Policy for Developing Countries" is a sweeping essays collection aiming to provide insights about challenges affecting developing countries. It constitutes a clear and profound series of analyses based on historical data. The author pays special attention to the relationship between developing countries and their developed peers from a dynamic of power perspective. In this regard, it addresses how developed countries perpetuate favourable comparative advantages to the detriment of the long-term interests of developing countries. This text introduces critical issues in the international development and foreign policy debate, from corruption in the Global South to strategies to design effective diplomacy in asymmetrical geopolitical contexts.