Development: An Analysis of Concepts, Measurement and Indicators‪.‬

HISTORIC DETERMINANTS OF DEVELOPMENT: FROM THE 17TH TO 19TH CENTURY The concept of development is almost as old as civilization. Its extensive use in western societies from Greco-Roman civilizations to the late 19th century as a generic construct that designates the most varied aspects related to humanity's well-being, however, made the concept come closer to that of a doctrine. For this present study's purposes, a temporal cut was chosen from 17th century illuminist ideas and its metamorphoses until current times.