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Theories of development
- Economic theories of development:
- Development is easily seen as a simple economic process and all theories include economic dimensions.
- The main focus is on the technical improvement, more productivity and technology transfer from more developed to less developed.
- The assumption is the underdevelopment is due to poverty, inadequate social service, unemployment and literacy.
- Economic theories includes: Rostow’s five stage of development, Low level of equilibrium trap (Leibenstein), multisectoral growth (Rosenstein) theories of dualism (Lewis), Markism and NeoMarkism.
2. Non-economic theories of development
- Development is long process instead of quick cure to economic problems.
- The theories representing ideas that rapid economic growth would eliminate the problem of mass poverty has failed.
- Non economic theories try to create new approach and more particularistic.
- Non economic theories consist of naturalism, rationalism, structural functionalism, prismatic model, feminist theory, ecological thinking, sustainable development and self-reliance