ii) Development as distributional improvements : That economic growth does not automatically result in decline in poverty and improved distribution of income became apparent in the 1970s. Welfare measures were thus promoted that involved 'redistribution with growth' . These distributional concerns have re-emerged in the last two decades with the widening gap between the richer and poorer groups of the population  and also the increased attention to 'ecological distribution conflicts' . The political economy perspective, highlighting continued dependencies of countries in the Global South on the Global North, now evolved into political ecology highlighting environmental concerns between and within countries. Environment was not yet a policy priority, despite the links between development and environment becoming clearer.
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