The Measurement of Comparative Development — a Survey and Critique
- 1 March 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Modern African Studies
- Vol. 12 (1) , 89-107
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x00008995
Abstract
This article represents an attempt to bring together and survey the diverse techniques devised by individual scholars and institutions for the purpose of measuring comparative economic development. Any merits it therefore possesses must rest in its clarifications rather than in its inspirations. However, so many techniques exist, founded upon so many theoretical bases, that a concise overview would appear to be justified.Keywords
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