The Spence report reflects a broader intellectual shift within the development profession, a shift that encompasses not just growth strategies but also health, education, and other social policies. The traditional policy framework, which the new thinking is gradually replacing, is presumptive rather than diagnostic .
斯宾塞报告反映了在发展学术界的一个更广泛的认识转变，该转变不仅包括了增长策略，也包括了健康，教育和其他的社会政策。正在被新思维逐渐取代的传统政策的框架是假定的，而不是诊断的。