Redefining Development An Alternative Paradigm Bagaram Tulpule THE only model of development placed before us today is the one represented by what are called the 'developed' or industrialised countries. The rest of the countries in the world in different stages of underdevelopment are straining to develop according to the same model, with varying degrees of success. A few have reached the threshold and are about to enter the developed countries1 club. At the other extreme, large parts of the world, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as large segments of the populations within many countries at intermediate stages arc altogether excluded from this process of development.