Part A: Read the Seers and Brinkman (1995) articles, which can be accessed through Blackboard. What is the meaning of economic development? In what way(s) is Economic Growth
different from economic development? How does the difference affect the way that poverty measured? • Brinkman, R., 1995, Economic Growth
versus Economic Development: Toward a Conceptual Clarification’, vol. 29, Journal of Economic Issues. • Seers, D., 1969, “The Meaning of Development”, paper presented at the 11th World Conference of the Society for International Development, New Delhi. Part B: Read the case study on Pakistan and Bangladesh in Todaro and Smith (pp. 96-101). In what way(s) do the development paths chosen by Pakistan and Bangladesh differ? What are the main factors that have contributed to these differing paths? Is it possible to describe this development in terms the following schools: linear stages, structural change, dependence and neoclassical.