Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/98386 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
Center Discussion Paper No. 826
Publisher: 
Yale University, Economic Growth Center, New Haven, CT
Abstract: 
This paper seeks to examine the interdependence between economic growth (EG) and human development (HD). It is concerned with changes in per capita income and its two-way relationship with the basic societal objective of human development. Regressions across various Latin American countries are run for 1960-92. Country performance is separated into virtuous/vicious cycles or HD/EG lopsidedness. The study makes an attempt to correct the commonly held view that ensuring increases in economic growth automatically leads to advances in human development. Human development has to occur prior to or simultaneous with improvements in economic growth, if a country is to reach a virtuous cycle. The Latin American experience indicates that a balanced approach to development has to be adopted. It is imperative to focus on human development from the outset of any reform program, as policies that emphasize economic growth alone are futile in sustaining high levels of human development.
Subjects: 
Human Development
Economic Growth
Latin America
JEL: 
O18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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