Development refers to the process of improving the quality of life and financial situation of
people,Usually by giving people more income, good education, proper healthcare, better
roads and buildings, and fair chances to get opportunities and rights.”
Key Elements in the Definition:
● Process: Development happens slowly, step by step.
● Better life: It includes both money and things like safety, respect, and freedom.
● For everyone: Real development helps all people, not just the rich or powerful.
Different people may have different goals of development.
● A farmer may want better prices for crops.
● A student may want quality education.
● A worker may want better working conditions.
–Different persons - different developmental goals
–What may be development for one may not be development for the other. It may even be
destructive for the other.
For Example: To get more electricity, an industrialist may want more dams. But this may
submerge the land and disrupt the lives of displaced people, such as tribes.
Income and other.
Income and other goals :-
A person has two types of developmental goal:
1) Material Things - money, car, house, etc.
2) Non-material Things - freedom, friends, equality, respect, etc.
-People prefer to earn more income to fulfil their daily requirements of life, However, this is
not the only component.
-They want, equal treatment, freedom, education opportunities, security and respect for their
jobs, peace, A pollution-free environment and, so on…
National development
–National development refers to the ability of a nation to improve the standard of living of its
citizens.
–The standard of living of citizens depends on per capita income, gross domestic product,
literacy rate, health system, infant mortality rate etc.
How to compare different countries or states
