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human development  

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  • Human development is a normative evaluative approach to studies of development. Human development specifically focuses on achieving human flourishing, and it is different than other development approaches that focus on economic development. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Human Development]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/human_development

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