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| + | Growth as [[human]] development is a [[paradigm]] that is about much more than the rise or fall of national incomes. It is about creating an [[environment]] in which people can develop their full potential and lead productive, [[creative]] lives in accord with their needs and interests. People are the real [[wealth]] of nations. Growth is thus about expanding the [[choice]]s people have to lead lives that they [[value]]. And it is then about much more than [[economic]] growth, which is only a means —if a very important one —of enlarging people’s choices. |
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| + | Fundamental to enlarging these choices is building human capabilities —the range of [[things]] that people can do or be in life. The most basic capabilities for human development are to lead long and healthy lives, to be [[knowledge]]able, to have access to the resources needed for a decent [[standard of living]] and to be able to participate in the life of the [[community]]. Without these, many choices are simply not available, and many opportunities in life remain inaccessible. |
| + | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Growth''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Growth this link].</center> |
| + | This way of looking at '''growth''', often forgotten in the immediate concern with accumulating commodities and [[financial]] [[wealth]], is not new. [[Philosophers]], [[economists]] and [[political]] leaders have long emphasized [[human]] wellbeing as the [[purpose]], the end, of development. As Aristotle said in ancient Greece, “Wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking, for it is merely useful for the sake of something else.” |
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| + | In seeking that something else, human development shares a common [[vision]] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights human rights]. The [[goal]] is [[human]] freedom. And in pursuing capabilities and realizing rights, this freedom is vital. People must be free to [[exercise]] their [[choice]]s and to participate in decision-making that affects their lives. Human development and human rights are mutually reinforcing, helping to secure the well-being and dignity of all people, building self-respect and the respect of others.[1] |
| + | ==Definition== |
| + | *1. a. The [[action]], [[process]] or [[manner]] of growing; both in [[material]] and immaterial [[senses]]; vegetative development; increase. |
| + | ::b. of (such or such) growth: having a specified place of [[origin]] or production. Said primarily of vegetable products, hence transf. of immaterial [[things]]. |
| + | ::c. spec. in [[Economics]]. See also sense 5 (growth area, industry, etc.). |
| + | ::d. A crop or yield as used in a classification of (esp. the best) vineyards to indicate the [[quality]] of the wine produced there. Cf. CRU. |
| + | *2. Stage in the [[process]] of growing; size or stature attained by growing. Obs. exc. in full growth. |
| + | *3. The process of causing or assisting to grow; production by cultivation. Chiefly qualified by possessive pronoun. Also, the process of growing crystals: see GROW v. 14f. |
| + | *4. a. That which grows or has grown; produce, product; said both of material and immaterial things. |
| + | ::b. Path. Often spec. a morbid formation. |
| + | ==Reference== |
| + | # "[https://hdr.undp.org/en/humandev/ Human Development - Human Development Reports (UNDP)." 17 Mar. 2009] |
| + | # [[Oxford English Dictionary]] |
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| + | [[Category: General Reference]] |