Structure

 
Varying Levels of Economic Development 
Heterogeneity is the key characteristic of the level of economic development in 
developing countries. The World Bank reports point out massive variation in the 
levels of national income, per capita income, industrial development, agricultural 
growth, etc., in these nations. To a great extent, the level of an economic 
development and the level of equity in the distribution of economic resources 
influence the nature of development administration in developing countries. 
Nations which decided to move with the times in matters of globalisation and 
liberalisation of their economies, with the help of foreign assistance and 
investment, moved a lot faster on the road to economic development than did the 
others, which took initiative in this regard belatedly and haltingly. 

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Development
Administration in
Developed and Developing
Nations
Differing Levels of Human Development 
As the recent Human Development Report released by the United Nations 
Development Programme on 24 July 2002 shows there is a striking dissimilarity 
among developing nations in matter of human development. While India, 
Pakistan and Bangladesh are low in Human Development Index (HDI), there are 
many other nations of the Third World that enjoy a higher place in this realm, for 
example, Sri Lanka. 
A lower index rate in Human Development is the cause as well consequence of 
an unsatisfactory development administration. Not that administrative or 
managerial factors are the sole causative factors for low HDI, yet the fact 
remains that the efficacy, or its lack, of a governance system cannot be 
considered as a peripheral factor in inducing or impeding Human Development.
4.4 COMMON PATTERNS IN DEVELOPMENT