Notes on Mahbub ul Haq's Thought

Abstract

In my study, I shall analyse some ideas of Mahbub ul Haq on the concept of development. Ul Haq’s observations on development enable us to understand the limits of all the economic strategies which exclusively aim at the growth of GNP. We shall see that, in ul Haq's view, the increase in the gross national product – GNP – is certainly necessary to have the needed foundations for the improvement of the living conditions of the people: without an increase in GNP, a government cannot have the due instruments to promote the improvement of the living conditions of the people. Nonetheless, improvement in the living conditions of people does not follow automatically from the growth of GNP.