What is the difference between literature review and background of study?
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The Background section for your proposal gives a very broad painting of the general problem's landscape: “The world is full of inequalities...Pakistan is a country displaying the deepest contrasts. Urban … Rural … Official statistics show ...”
The Background may define the technical terms needed to understand the problem and your approach: “The Gini Index is accepted as ...”
You may introduce the reader gradually to the topic through personal anecdote: “I am employed to … I noticed that … No-one … I read … I discovered that no research … The closest work was that of …”
This then leads naturally into your initial, brief, Critical Review of the available, pertinent literature. You pretend that the question arose from consulting the literature.
You state what the gap or contradiction is for research. Your now state the precise question for research, and give your aim: “This research proposes to ...” You end by linking to the method you propose to use (and listing the resources it will require).
You use the same pattern for your thesis, but expand your proposal, and convert the tense to the past tense.