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“It takes more than industry to industrialize.”

Quote by Walt Whitman Rostow

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Walt Whitman Rostow

Walt Whitman Rostow was an American economist renowned for his theory of stages of economic growth. Born on October 7, 1916, and passing away on February 13, 2003, Rostow's work had a profound impact on the field of economic development and policy formulation. more

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