Economists have traditionally concentrated on aggregate economic growth to measure a country's development.
1. Introduction: a new approach to poverty, inequality, and development; 2. Approaches to income distribution and development; 3. Growth and distribution: a welfare economic analysis; 4. Inequality and development; 5. Absolute income, absolute poverty, and development; 6. Development progress and growth strategies: case studies; 7. Development progress and growth strategies: conclusions.