(a) How is China's experience different from that of India and Pakistan in industrial development?
(b) What is the key measurement of human development?
a) 1. In 2003, the secondary sector contributed highest to China's GDP at 53%, whereas in India and Pakistan, the share of the secondary sector was 26% and 23% respectively.
2. China had been shifting their employment and output from agriculture to manufacturing and them to services. In India and Pakistan, the shift was taking place directly to the service sector.
3. The proportion of workforce engaged in manufacturing in India and Pakistan in 2000 was low at 16% and 18% whereas 27% of the population was engaged in China.
b) The per capita income is coupled with better health, education and social justice is the key measure of human development.