Explain the relationship between democracy and development.

Democracy is very much responsible and important for the development of a nation but it does not guarantee that. Democracy provides right to equality, equality before law, equal opportunities of work and prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, gender or place of birth to every citizen or individual. The development of the country depends upon other factors too:

Education: To increase economic growth, the population of the country must be educated as increased skills by the education will produce more goods and services, resulting in an increase in economic growth.


Health facilities: There should be adequate health facilities to ensure the good health of the population of the country to increase economic growth.


Political will or economic priorities: Government should have the desire to spend money on the education and health facilities of the citizens and make policies accordingly.


Non- discrimination: There should not be any discrimination based on religion, caste, gender etc. and everybody should be provided equal opportunity based on their skills.


• Other factors can be the global situation, cooperation from other countries etc.


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