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The purpose of this chapter is to clarify the basic economic mechanism which underlies the notion of the take-off — the idea of leading sectors — and to relate the workings of this mechanism to the other conditions required for take-off.
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Rostow, W.W. (1963). Leading Sectors and the Take-off. In: Rostow, W.W. (eds) The Economics of Take-Off into Sustained Growth. International Economic Association Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00226-9_1
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