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Has development been successful in removing poverty? Can you relate development to progress?

  • UPSC 1985
  • Social Change in Modern Society

Change is value-neutral; development is planned change towards a desired end; progress is a stronger claim still — movement towards the good. The question therefore has two parts: an empirical one about poverty, and a conceptual one about whether development deserves the name of progress.

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  • Has development removed poverty?
  • Can development be related to progress?
  • Conclusion

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