Growth is generally necessary, though not sufficient, for achieving development.?

Question

Explain the above statement with reference to Brazil.

Answer 1

Today, all economies are growing except for other countries experiencing coup d'etats, civil wars, etc (mostly in Africa).

For Brazil and other third-world countries, growth is necessary so that there will be MORE products and services for the people. If these increase, certainly, the lifestyle and economic conditions of the people get better.

However, Brazil and other third-world countries are not just growing in terms of the ECONOMY. Its POPULATION is also growing. So, although there is an increase of goods and services, this does not mean that the people will get richer because the economic growth is to compensate with population growth. That just means that the people will have to share the economic growth to the newborn babies and to the immigrants.

So, there's no real development in people's quality of lives. hence, economic growth is not sufficient to acheive development. Development can only be achieved if economic growth is consistent and very bullish (say 7% or higher every year) or/and the population growth goes down significantly.

Answer 2

I call upward growth as development. In Sanskrit, the development is construed to mean as upward growth (Abhivruddhi) Abhi means upward ( Abhi is a prefix) and vruddhi means growth. Growth may be multidirectional and all growth is not development.