Which concept measures the access people have to wealth, education, food, health and political freedom?

Which concept measures the access people have to wealth, education, food, health and political freedom?

• A. Quality of life
• B. Social development
• C. Economic development
• D. Human development

Answer: (B)

Social development focuses on how a society creates conditions for people to participate fully in life, which includes access to wealth, education, food, health, and political rights and freedoms. It measures the social conditions and rights that determine how widely and fairly those essentials are available to everyone. The other ideas either center on overall well-being without specifying social access, or on economic growth or broad capability outcomes, rather than the social structures and rights that enable access to those resources.

Social development focuses on how a society creates conditions for people to participate fully in life, which includes access to wealth, education, food, health, and political rights and freedoms. It measures the social conditions and rights that determine how widely and fairly those essentials are available to everyone. The other ideas either center on overall well-being without specifying social access, or on economic growth or broad capability outcomes, rather than the social structures and rights that enable access to those resources.