• Level of Economic Development
• Level of Poverty
• Categories:
• Third World/ First World
• Developing/ Less Developed (LDC) vs Developed
• Low/ Medium/ High Income Countries
• Backward/ Underdeveloped Countries

• Capitalist (First World); Socialist (Second World)
• Non-Alignment
• Third Way/ Alternative Development Path
• Bandung Conference, 1955
• Initial 29 Countries (e.g. Burma, India, Indonesia, Egypt, Pakistan, Yugoslavia)
• Now, 115 member countries
• Post Colonial

• Equity/ Equaltiy
• Individual Freedom
• Quality of Life
• Women, Children, and Minorities' status
• Culture, Traditions, Religion
• Education
• Institutions
• Happiness ?

Health Dimension

• Mortality
• Life Expectancy
• Morbidity
• Public health diseases
• Chronic diseases
• Life Threatening diseases
• Nutrition
• Calorie Intake

The Physical Dimension

• Physical Infrastructure
• Water; Sewerage;
• Electricity, Telecom
• Housing; Transportation
• Hospitals; Schools
• Urban/ Rural
• Industrial Development

• Emissions, pollution
• Biodiversity
• Intergenerational Equity
• Sustainable Development

 IS DEVELOPMENT = HUMAN DEVELOPMENT?
[Critique:  Isnt this anthropocentric i.e. centred on human beings]

Actors

• State: government/ public sector
• Private sector: corporations/ businesses
• Third Sector: VOs, NPOs, CBOs, NGOs; civic associations (local and international)
• International Development Agencies: World Bank, UNDP, USAID, ODA (UK, Japan), IMF
• Regional Development Banks: ADB, IADB, OECD
• Regional Alliances: NATO, OAU, Mercosur, NAFTA, ASEAN, APEC, SAARC

Shu Yun Ma's article in your reader.  Also read Chapters 1 and 2 in World Bank's Beyond Economic Growth.