Describe any five features of a developed country.
Important Questions on Development
Imagine the different development goals of different people and complete the table given below:
| Category of person | Development goals |
| Landless rural labourers | More days of work and better wages; local school can provide quality education for their children; there is no social discrimination, and they too can become leaders in the village. |
| Prosperous farmers from Punjab | |
| Farmers who depend only on rain for growing crops | |
| A rural woman from a land-owning family | |
| Urban unemployed youth | |
| A boy from a rich urban family | |
| A girl from a rich urban family | She gets as much freedom as her brother and can decide what she wants to do in life. She can pursue her studies abroad. |
| An adivasi from Narmada valley |
Let us consider two countries, A and B. For the sake of simplicity, we have assumed that they have only five citizens each. Based on data given in Table , calculate the average income for both the countries:
| Country | I | II | III | IV | V |
| COUNTRY A | |||||
| COUNTRY B |
Why do different persons have different notions of development? Which of the following explanations is more important and why?
(a) Because people are different.
(b) Because life situations of persons are different.
"More days of work and better wages"; "Local school is able to provide quality education for their children"; "There is no social discrimination and they too can become leaders in the village".
Whose aspirations are shown in the above statement?
Do the following two statements mean the same? Justify your answer.
(a) People have different developmental goals.
(b) People have conflicting developmental goals
Find out the per capita income level of low-income countries as per World Development Reports.
