The Politics of Results and Struggles over Value and Meaning in International Development
Meaning of Development
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Meaning of Development
• Development is the improvement in standard of living and quality of life that follow on from a country becoming richer.
• In other words, the country needs the money, but how it is shared and spent affects the level of development a lot.
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Definition of Economic Development: 1990s
• World Bank in its 1991 WDR asserted that the “challenge of development is to improve the quality of life.”
• The improved QOL involves • higher incomes• better education• higher standards of health and nutrition• less poverty• a cleaner environment• more equality of opportunities• greater individual freedom• a richer cultural life.
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Using the data from the given table, write which countries are more economically Developed and those which are less economically developed.