Economic development is distinguished by an increase in gross national product together with:

1. Economic growth alone is a rise in output, measured by gross national product. 2. Gross national product estimates the total value of final goods and services produced in a period by a country's residents. 3. Economic development is broader: it requires that rise in output to reach people's lives. 4. Welfare means people's health, comfort and happiness, supported by having income. 5. So development is growth plus improved welfare; population, bank numbers and exports may all rise without welfare improving at all. _Source: NECTA CSEE 2021 Civics 011, Question 1: Multiple Choice, item (viii)_