Economic Affairs
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 59
  • Issue: 4

Understanding the social sector, economic growth, social development and economic development: Interrelationship and linkages

Manipur College, Imphal, Manipur, India

*Corresponding author: dev.aribam@gmail.com

Online published on 5 January, 2015.

Abstract

Issues relating to linkages of social sector with economic growth have been in much attention by researchers in recent times. A number of academic as well as policy measures have contributed to this phenomenon. At the academic level there has always been felt for relook into the importance of linkages of social sector with economic growth. A question that is frequently raised in connection with human development is whether it has link with economic growth and social development. Therefore, in this study, an attempt is made to study issues relating to linkages of social sector with economic growth.

Keywords

Social sector, economic growth, social development