Development from an ethical and humanistic point of view can be likened to satisfaction with life and happiness. In turn, goals of life are ways of understanding the ultimate aims of human existence. In people’ s subjective view , development can be seen as maximum fulfillment and personal happiness. Zen and other authors of the nineties and the start of the new millennium, point out that aspects such as governability , democracy , social capital values, possessions and abilities perceived by people are there to af fect development. This article is an invitation to consider these categories as a working proposal which can be fruitful for psychologists and economists as a common topic of welfare and quality of life of people in society.El de...