Growth, Development, Progress

  • Growth:  quantitative expansion.

  • Development:  Structural Upgrading, Capacity Building, Increasing institutional capability.

  • Progress:  improvement in real outcomes and quality.

 

Education sector 

  • Growth: “The number of graduates increased.”

    → quantitative expansion.

  • Development: “The capacity of schools (to teach, train, and support students) increased.”

    → structural and institutional capability.

  • Progress: “Graduates became more competitive in knowledge and skills.”

    → improvement in real outcomes and quality.

 

Real Estate sector 

  • Growth:

    “The number of buildings increased.”

    → quantitative expansion.

  • Development:

    “The capacity to design and construct buildings increased.”

    → structural, technical, and institutional capability (skills, firms, standards, finance).

  • Progress:

    “Buildings are now more earthquake-resistant.”

    → improvement in real outcomes and quality (safety, resilience).

Industrial sector 

  • Growth:

    “The volume of industrial output increased.”

    → quantitative expansion (more factories, higher production).

  • Development:

    “The industrial system’s capacity to produce, coordinate, and upgrade increased.”

    → structural capability (technology, skills, supply chains, institutions).

  • Progress:

    “Industrial products became higher-quality, more reliable, more technologically advanced, and safer.”

    → improvement in real outcomes and use-value.

 

Core economic sectors

  • Agriculture

  • Industry / Manufacturing

  • Energy

  • Construction

  • Transportation & Logistics

  • Trade (Wholesale & Retail)

  • Finance & Banking

  • Insurance

  • Real Estate

  • Tourism & Hospitality

Human and social sectors

  • Education

  • Healthcare

  • Public Health

  • Social Welfare

  • Housing

  • Labor & Employment

  • Culture & Creative Industries

  • Sports & Recreation

Infrastructure & systems

  • Water & Sanitation

  • Electricity & Power Grid

  • Telecommunications

  • Digital Infrastructure

  • Urban Development

  • Rural Development

  • Waste Management

Knowledge, technology, and innovation

  • Research & Development (R&D)

  • Science & Technology

  • Information Technology

  • Artificial Intelligence

  • Biotechnology

  • Space & Aerospace

  • Advanced Manufacturing

Governance & institutions

  • Public Administration

  • Judiciary

  • Law Enforcement

  • Defense

  • Regulatory Systems

  • Taxation & Fiscal Systems

Environmental & resource sectors

  • Environment & Conservation

  • Climate & Adaptation

  • Forestry

  • Fisheries

  • Mining

  • Natural Resource Management

External & integrative sectors

  • Foreign Trade

  • Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs

  • Migration

  • Development Cooperation / Aid

  • National Security

 

When UN talks about sustainable development, they mean:

durable system-level transformation that increases human well-being without eroding future capacity.

UN does NOT mean by development:

Not real estate construction

Not GDP growth alone

Not R&D or product development

Not short-term capacity expansion

Not “developer = builder”

 

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