TY - JOUR
T1 - Revisiting the Meaning of Development
T2 - A Multidimensional Taxonomy of Developing Countries
AU - Tezanos Vázquez, Sergio
AU - Sumner, Andy
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1080/00220388.2013.822071
DO - 10.1080/00220388.2013.822071
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84890121712
SN - 0022-0388
VL - 49
SP - 1728
EP - 1745
JO - JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
JF - JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
IS - 12
ER -