ABSTRACT
If one searches long and hard enough, you can find hundreds of definitions for development, each slightly different from the next. In general, if we focus on the social and economic meanings of development, most contain certain key components. It is a means to carry out a nation’s development goals, to promote economic growth, equity and national self-reliance. Or, it can mean providing human beings with the opportunity to develop their fullest potential, enable the poor, women, and peasantry.1 Depending upon one’s audience or constituency, development can mean very different things.
