Discussion
The concept of Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI) was developed by :
Answer: D
The Physical Quality of Life Index was developed by M.D. Morris.
Morris David Morris devised the PQLI in the 1970s for the Overseas Development Council, publishing it in Measuring the Condition of the World's Poor (1979). It combines three indicators, literacy, infant mortality and life expectancy at age one, each scaled from 0 to 100, into a single index, as an alternative to GNP per head for measuring human welfare.
Simon Kuznets is known for national income accounting and the inverted-U hypothesis, Ragnar Nurkse for the vicious circle of poverty and balanced growth, and Arthur Lewis for the dual-sector model of unlimited labour supply.
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