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Economic Development in Africa: Aims and Possibilities

In: Economic Development for Africa South of the Sahara

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  • G. J. Ligthart

    (UN Economic Commission for Africa: Addis Ababa)

  • B. Abbai

    (UN Economic Commission for Africa: Addis Ababa)

Abstract

Much that has recently been said and written with respect to economic development, particularly in a semi-popular vein, is con nected with Rostow’s Stages of Economic Growth. 1 It is not our intention to start another ‘Methodenstreit’ when we say Rostow’s main weakness is in his method. In a gathering of professional economists it certainly need not be repeated that historical observa tion is necessary to bring together facts and describe situations as a starting-point for analysis, but that the inductive method, consisting of generalization of common elements in observed situations, does not necessarily lead to an effective explanation of events.

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  • G. J. Ligthart & B. Abbai, 1964. "Economic Development in Africa: Aims and Possibilities," International Economic Association Series, in: E. A. G. Robinson (ed.), Economic Development for Africa South of the Sahara, chapter 0, pages 3-47, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-15217-9_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-15217-9_1
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