The Institute of Social
Development (ISD) was formed in 1991 by a group of
People from the plantation community who were committed
to the upliftment of their community. Each of
these them had more than ten
years experience in a range of fields including the
trade union movement, politics, the NGO sector and
journalism. In part, the formation of ISD was stimulated
by the global crisis of the 1980s that saw the collapse
of the Soviet Union, further economic rationalism,
increasing globalisation and the end of the Cold War.
These changes to the international system required a
re-evaluation of social development activities
throughout the world.
