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Economic Growth And Development

ICSE · Class 11 · Economics

Summary of Economic Growth And Development for ICSE Class 11 Economics. Key concepts, important points, and chapter overview.

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Overview

Economic growth and economic development are related ideas, but they are not the same. Growth is mainly a quantitative rise in economic variables such as national output, income, capital, savings, and investment over a year. Development is a broader and longer-term process that includes changes in i

Key Concepts

Economic growth means an increase

Economic growth means an increase in the size or magnitude of economic variables such as national output, national income, capital, industries, saving

Economic development is a continuous long

Economic development is a continuous long-run process that improves the economic well-being and quality of life of people. It includes quantitative an

GDP

GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, is the total value of final goods and services produced in an economy during one year. It is the main quantitative mea

Per capita income means income per

Per capita income means income per head of population. For real improvement in availability of goods and services, its growth rate must be greater tha

Economic growth requires a larger stock

Economic growth requires a larger stock of productive capital, stronger supporting services, or greater efficiency of capital and services so that mor

Learning Objectives

  • To understand the meaning of economic growth
  • To understand the meaning of economic development
  • To identify the main features of both growth and development
  • To distinguish between economic growth and economic development
  • To understand how GDP, per capita income, and productivity relate to growth

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