Development Planning

DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND PROJECT APPRAISAL

Development

Some Basic
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  * Development as a concept is neither new or old.
  * Development is continuously changing concept.
  * It is in existence since the beginning of civilization.
  * Development concept takes different shapes/Dimension according to times.
  * Nature of Development seen in 1920s is different from 1950s.
  * Every century contributes a great deal of difference in development of the society.
  * Development never will be and never can be define to universal satisfaction Willy Brandt Commission.
  * Development is one of the most deprecential terms in Social Science literature having been used more than it has been under stood.
  * Many have definrd Development interms of National   Economy,some others include Social Development in it and still some others believe that Development is basically an incrrease in the capacity of a political system.

Thus Development is a complex phenomenon comprising

Political
Economic

Social                                  

Administrative

and

Dimensions .
  * Hence Development must be defined from an Intergrated Approvals.

Development means change
                                    +                 - Edward W.Weidner
                          Growth

Development -   Process of Transformation of Society   T.N.Chaturvedi.

Development – Reduction of poverty unemployment& Inequality
  * Even if per capital Income is doubled, without achieving this Development is not really reached.
  * Development also means – Achievement of Self- Reliance of citizens and Culture Independence.
Denis Goulet - Three core values of Development
  a. Life Sustance
  b. Self- Esteem
  c. Freedom of choice for Individuals & Societies.
Michael Todaro – Development is a...