Editing Kerala model (section)

==History==
[[File:DrKNRaj.jpg|thumb|Research done by economist [[K. N. Raj]] played a pivotal role in the model's development.]]
The Kerala model originally differed from conventional development thinking which focuses on achieving high [[GDP]] growth rates, however, in 1990, [[Pakistani people|Pakistani]] economist [[Mahbub ul Haq]] changed the focus of [[development economics]] from [[national income]] accounting to people centered policies. To produce the [[Human Development Report]] (HDRs), Haq brought together a group of well-known development economists including: [[Paul Streeten]], [[Frances Stewart (economist)|Frances Stewart]], [[Gustav Ranis]], [[Keith Griffin (economist)|Keith Griffin]], Sudhir Anand, and [[Meghnad Desai]].<ref name="dawn">{{cite web
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 |title        = KN Raj passes away
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[[File:UN Headquarters 2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The [[Human Development Index]], which was introduced by the [[United Nations Development Programme]] (a branch of the United Nations Organisation), has become one of the most influential and widely used indices to measure human development across countries.]]
Economists have noted that despite low income rates, the state had high literacy rates, healthy citizens, and a politically active population. Researchers began to delve more deeply into what was going in the Kerala model, since human development indices seemed to show a standard of living which was comparable with life in developed nations, on a fraction of the income. The development standard in Kerala is comparable to that of many first world nations, and is widely considered to be the highest in India at that time.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Parayil|first=Govindan|date=December 1996|title=The 'Kerala model' of development: Development and sustainability in the Third World|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01436599615191|journal=Third World Quarterly|language=en|volume=17|issue=5|pages=941–958|doi=10.1080/01436599615191|pmid=12321040|issn=0143-6597|url-access=subscription}}</ref>