Category: Development Economics

Sen Capability Approach
Development Economics
Muhammad Minhaj Akhtar

Sen Capability Approach

Core Values of Development Sustenance: Sustenance is the ability to meet life-sustaining basic needs like food, clothing, shelter, health, and protection. It is the minimum level required for a good

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Costs and Benefits of Education
Development Economics
Muhammad Minhaj Akhtar

Education and Economic Development

Health, Education, and Economic Development Health and Education as Objectives of Development Education and health are basic objectives of development; they are important ends in themselves. Health is central to

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Measures of Poverty and Inequality
Development Economics
Muhammad Minhaj Akhtar

Measures of Poverty and Inequality

In this post we will discuss measures of poverty and inequality. What is Poverty? Poverty can be defined in two ways, absolute poverty and relative poverty. In ordinary language when

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Microeconomic Household Fertility Theory
Development Economics
Muhammad Minhaj Akhtar

Microeconomic Household Fertility Theory

Introduction to Microeconomic Household Fertility Theory The 3rd stage of Demographic Transition Theory marks the decline of birth rate with the increase in level of economic development. To explain this decline

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Malthus Population Theory
Development Economics
Muhammad Minhaj Akhtar

Malthus Population Theory

In the previous post we study about Demographic Transition Theory. In this post we will discuss Introduction to Malthus Population Theory Thomas Malthus examined the relationship between population growth and food

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Solow Model of Economic Growth
Development Economics
Muhammad Minhaj Akhtar

Solow Model of Economic Growth

In the previous couple of blogs, we discussed the Lewis Theory of Economic Development and International Dependence Model.  In this blog our focus is on neoclassical long run economic growth model.

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Development Economics
Muhammad Minhaj Akhtar

Demographic Transition Theory

Introduction to Demographic Transition Theory Demographic Transition Theory (DTT) explains how population growth changes as countries move from traditional agrarian economies to modern industrial societies. The theory highlights long-term shifts

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International Dependence Models
Development Economics
Muhammad Minhaj Akhtar

International Dependence Model

Classical Theories of Economic Development Linear Stage Models Rostow Stages of Economic Development Harrod-Domar Growth Model Structural Change Models Lewis Model of Economic Development Fei-Ranis Two-Sector Model International Dependence Model

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Lewis Model of Economic Development
Development Economics
Muhammad Minhaj Akhtar

Lewis Theory of Economic Development

Classical Theories of Economic Development Linear Stage Models Rostow Stages of Economic Growth Harrod-Domar Growth Model Structural Change Models Lewis Two-Sector Model Fei-Ranis Two-Sector Model International Dependence Model Neocolonial Dependence

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Development Economics Long Questions

LQ 1; Define development economics. What is the scope/significance of development economics. What is Development Economics? Development economics is the subfield of economics which studies how economies are transformed from

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Rostow Stages of Economic Development
Development Economics
Muhammad Minhaj Akhtar

Rostow Stages of Growth

Rostow stages of economic development are 5 stages through which every must pass through to become developed. These stages are given by an American Economic historian Walter W. Rostow in

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Foreign Aid and Development

What is Foreign Aid Foreign aid is the transfer of resources from one country (usually a developed country) to another (usually a developing or underdeveloped country) to support economic needs

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Development Economics
Muhammad Minhaj Akhtar

Characteristics of Least Developed Countries

Countries are often classified by levels of income and human development. They are also grouped by levels of poverty, quality of governance, and many other dimensions. The most common way

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