Dependence and Underdevelopment

Sanjaya Lall

Chapter 1 in Developing Countries in the International Economy, 1981, pp 3-23 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This essay was originally intended to produce a working definition of ‘dependence’. It has ended up by being a critique of the concept of ‘dependence’ itself, at least as it is currently used in development economics. It is meant to be a sympathetic critique, since I subscribe to many of the fundamental tenets of the dependence school. I also hope that it is a constructive one, since it appears that the dependence literature has, at least in part, led to a concentration on the wrong problems and on unrealistic solutions, a serious defect which must be rectified if it is not to end up as yet another defunct branch of grand theorising.

Keywords: Income Distribution; Foreign Capital; Capitalist Growth; Capitalist System; Monthly Review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1981
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-07680-2_1

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