Retraction to: Development (2014) 56(3), 370–377. doi:10.1057/dev.2014.13

The Editor and Publisher of Development hereby retract the article entitled ‘Analysing Sustainable Consumption Patterns: A literature review’ by Naimul Hoque (2014) (available at http://www.palgrave-journals.com/development/journal/v56/n3/full/dev201413a.html), which published in Volume 56 Issue 3 of the journal. This decision has been made on the grounds of plagiarism and we advise readers that it should no longer be cited from the print or online version of Development. Please see Palgrave Macmillan Journals Ethics Policy at http://www.palgrave-journals.com/pal/authors/ethics_policy.html. This case was fully investigated and plagiarism was confirmed. No satisfactory response was obtained from the author of the article.