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I interpret my task as being to survey development theory critically, in the light of its realism and relevance to the problems of development, to discuss the case for interdisciplinary studies, to separate ideas that have been discarded from those that have withstood the test of time and to point to promising new departures.
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See W. Arthur Lewis, The Evolution of the International Economic Order (Princeton, 1977).
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Streeten, P. (1980). Development: What have we Learned?. In: Pajestka, J., Feinstein, C.H. (eds) The Relevance of Economic Theories. International Economic Association Publications. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16443-1_12
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