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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – FEATURES

1] Qualitative concept Economic development is a quantitative as well as a qualitative concept. It tries to explain the quantitative changes in wants, goods, institutions, higher growth rate, better infrastructure facilities. It is also concerned with social indicators like literacy

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – MEANING AND DEFINITIONS

Traditional Approach Till 1960 the terms economic growth and economic development were considered to be the same ie synonyms. As a consequence economic development was taken to mean a sustained and steady increase in GDP (@ 5% to 7% per

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – INTRODUCTION

Economic development has been one of the universally accepted objectives since the Second World War. Economic growth is easy to realize as output can be increased by mobilizing resources and increasing their productivity. Economic development on the other hand is

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