ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What stage of Rostow’s Development Index does technology first get introduced?
A
1-Traditional Society
B
2-Preconditions of takeoff
C
3-takeoff
D
4-drive to maturaty
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Preconditions to takeoff is characterized by an increase in productivity brought by science, technology, and investment in infrastructure necessary for continued growth.

Detailed explanation-2: -IN HIS FAMOUS book, The Stages of Economic Growth, Rostow has divided the process of economic development of all societies into five stages: (1) the traditional society, (2) the preconditions for takeoff, (3) the takeoff, (4) the drive to maturity, and (5) the age of high mass consumption.

Detailed explanation-3: -We consider in this chapter the preconditions for take-off: the transitional era when a society prepares itself-or is prepared by external forces-for sustained growth.

Detailed explanation-4: -Using these ideas, Rostow penned his classic Stages of Economic Growth in 1960, which presented five steps through which all countries must pass to become developed: 1) traditional society, 2) preconditions to take-off, 3) take-off, 4) drive to maturity and 5) age of high mass consumption.

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