Revisiting the Meaning of Development: A Multidimensional Taxonomy of Developing Countries

Sergio Tezanos V�zquez and Andy Sumner

Journal of Development Studies, 2013, vol. 49, issue 12, 1728-1745

Abstract: Many have challenged the use of income per capita as the primary proxy for measuring development since Seers's seminal works. This article continues this tradition with a more recent twist. We use cluster analysis to build a multidimensional taxonomy of developing countries using a set of indicators covering four conceptual frames on 'development'. The value-added of the article is not to suggest that our classification is the end in itself, but -- more modestly -- to demonstrate that more work on taxonomies is required in light of the weakness of classifications based solely on income and the changing distribution of global poverty.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2013.822071

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