Chenery’s Model/Patterns of Development

Chenery’s Model/Patterns of Development 

Define: Chenery's Model describes economic development of a community as requiring multiple related changes to the structure of an economy. 

Source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2054868?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
web.uvic.ca/~ramanik/320s/chapter4.pp

Apply: This can be applied within communities when considering how to spur economic development. Chenery's model can be related to the importance of multi-sector collaboration, and making change from different directions at once. For example, providing low-interest home loans in the housing sector while nonprofits are also working to eliminate blight and improve housing quality and home prices. 

Adapt: Chenery's model can be adapted to many different areas requiring change. When trying to address health issues within a population, it makes sense to attack a problem as it is affecting people with health issues (outcome), but to also address the factors that lead to these conditions (for example, does poor access to healthy food cause obesity?).