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The document discusses different perspectives on development goals and how they vary between individuals and countries. It outlines key factors used to measure and compare development levels between nations such as per capita income, literacy rates, health metrics, and access to resources and public facilities.

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What Development Promises

The document discusses different perspectives on development goals and how they vary between individuals and countries. It outlines key factors used to measure and compare development levels between nations such as per capita income, literacy rates, health metrics, and access to resources and public facilities.

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What Development Promises?

– Different People, Different Goals

Development is the economic growth of people along with the fulfilment of their needs, such
as education, health and lifestyle. Society is made up of different people and all of them have
different goals. For example, buying a tractor or new agricultural land can be said to be a
development for a farmer but not for an employee. Therefore, different people can have
different developmental goals.

Income & Other Goals

 Income is crucial because it allows people to meet their basic needs.


 Money is needed to purchase materialistic items. Freedom, treatment and respect are
essential to maintain a standard of living.
 Setting developmental goals plays an important role in improving the financial
situation and other aspects of your life.
National Development

 It is described as a nation’s ability to raise the living standard of its citizens.


 People’s beliefs in national development can vary.
 National development is defined as raising the standard of living for people, providing
citizens with necessities like food, education, social services and medical assistance as
well as increasing the per capita income.
How to Compare Different Countries?

 Income is a key feature when it comes to comparing different countries.


 Countries with higher income are called developed countries.
 The income of the citizens of the country is called the income of the country.
 National income is the total value of the country’s products and services produced in a
year. Since each country has a varied population density, national income cannot be
used to compare different countries.
 Per capita income, also known as average income, is calculated by dividing the entire
income of a nation by its total population. It shows the living standard of the country’s
citizens.
 The ratio of the country’s total income to its total population represents the average
income of the nation.
Other Criteria Besides Income

 To fulfil their goals, people earn more, seek respect from others and ensure the
security of their lives and freedom.
 If we measure a country’s development by per capita, Goa is India’s most developed
state and Bihar is its least developed state.
 The net attendance ratio is the ratio of the total number of children from 14 years
attending school to the total percentage of children in the same age group.
 The literacy rate is defined as the total number of people above the age of 7 who can
read, write and understand.
 The infant mortality rate is the total number of children that die in one year to the
proportion of 1000 births per year. It shows the efficiency of the health facilities in
any country.
 A yearly report on human development is released in the Human Development Index,
which is created by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
 The main parameters include per capita income, literacy rate and lifespan, which
measure the countries’ development.
 Body Mass Index is measured to determine the number of undernourished adults. It is
calculated by dividing the weight of the person by the square of the height. If the BMI
is less than 18.5, the person is undernourished and if it is more than 25, the person is
highly obese.
What are Public Facilities?

 Public facilities are crucial to the nation’s development.


 These encompass facilities the government provides such as schools, parks,
transportation, electricity, hospitals and community halls.
 These are important as we cannot purchase every major facility.
Sustainability of Development

 It is the development that meets all the requirements of the current generation.
 It is the development of a nation without jeopardising the natural resources or the
environment.
 To achieve it, we should use non-renewable resources such as carbon-based fuel
wisely.
Did You Know?

Some middle-income countries have a per capita income between $1036 and $12,535.
According to research conducted in 2017, India lies in low MICs with a per capita income of
$ 1820.

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