Economic growth has been used with other terms such as development‚ modernization‚ westernization and industrialization. It is‚ in other words‚ a transition from a simple‚ low-income economy to a modern‚ high- income economy. Its scope includes the process and policies by which a nation improves the economic‚ political‚ and social well-being of its people. Though it is often measured by rate of change of gross domestic product‚ it is generally understood in terms of increase in per capita income
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China’s Economic Growth and Development China is presently the world’s largest economy in relation to its population of 1.3 billion. The country is currently a socialist economy ruled by a Communist Government‚ with significant structural changes impacting its economy as a result of the high rate of growth over the past decades. Its economy is in the transition phase‚ moving from being a centrally planned economy to a system based more on the market. A socialist or market economy can be defined
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rates of economic growth as well as transforming their economy into an industrial economy. In the last few decades‚ the world’s most populous nation has liberalised its economy and gone from producing low-quality and simple exports to sophisticated high-technology goods while attracting nearly $500 Billion in foreign direct investment (FDI). The Chinese government also implemented many strategies to do this and it has resulted in China overtaking the United States as the world’s growth engine. The
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of financial intermediation in the economic growth process was recognised as far back as the 17th century when Walter Bagehot‚ in his classic Lombard Street‚ argued that it was England’s efficient capital markets that made the industrial revolution possible. Centuries later‚ modern day economists hold largely the same view that access to investment capital‚ through well functioning financial markets‚ is crucial for growth and development‚ particularly in capital-scarce developing countries. They
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Economic Development vs Economic Growth Economic Growth is a narrower concept than economic development.It is an increase in a country’s real level of national output which can be caused by an increase in the quality of resources (by education etc.)‚ increase in the quantity of resources & improvements in technology or in another way an increase in the value of goods and services produced by every sector of the economy. Economic Growth can be measured by an increase in a country’s GDP (gross
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Difference between Economic Growth and Economic Development :- Economic Growth is an issue considered by economically developed countries which have utilized many of their resources and now plan to expand even further by growth. It is a narrower concept than Economic Development as it focuses on the further increase of the national output of a country by increasing the quality of resources‚ the quantity produced and increasing utilization by every sector of the economy. We can also say it is defined
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Economics 515 AU11 Midterm 1 Review 1. Explain the difference between economic growth and economic development. Define extensive growth. Define intensive growth A) Economic growth is defined by increases in GDP. B) Whereas‚ economic development is more of a vague measure usually incorporating social measures such as literacy rates or life expectancy as a means of measuring a country ’s level of development. C) Extensive Growth‚ is based on the expansion of the quantity
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Reaction paper on adolescent growth and development Adolescent Growth and Development 1. abusive relationship: when one partner in a relationship becomes violent or aggressive toward the other. 2. accommodation: according to Piaget‚ changing existing knowledge based on new knowledge. 3. achievement status: identity status in which adolescents have explored alternative identities and are now secure in their chosen identities. 4. active euthanasia: deliberate ending of someones life. 5. activities
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Introduction Our research topic is to analyze the relationship between human capital and economic growth. Economic growths important determinant are physical capital‚ labor and human capital. But from the recent trend of world economic growth‚ we found that human capital is playing a key role by taking the place of material capital and labor. Human capital is intimately related to growth as it increases the nation’s capacity to produce goods and services. It also creates more job opportunities
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One way of achieving this is by maximizing the use of both physical and human capital. In or case we shall consider human capital. Human capital‚ according to Adam Smith refers to the acquired and useful abilities of all the inhabitants or members of the society. The acquisition of such talents by the maintenance of the acquirer‚ during his education‚ study or apprenticeship‚ always costs a real expense‚ which is a capital fixed and realized‚ as it were in his person. Those talents‚ as it makes a part
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