7.5 Theories Of Development
Question: Rostow’s Stages
Answer: 1.Traditional Stage
2. Take-off Stage
3. Drive to Technological Maturity
4. High Mass Consumption
Question: World Systems Theory
Answer: Theory originated by Immanuel Wallerstein and illuminated by his three-tier structure, proposing that social change in the developing world is inextricably linked to the economic activities of the developed world.
Question: Dependency Theory
Answer: a model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of the historical exploitation of poor nations by rich ones
Question: Commodity Dependence
Answer: An economy that relies on the export of primary commodities for a large share of its export earnings and hence economic growth