Abstract
This essay was originally intended to produce a working definition of ‘dependence’. It has ended up by being a critique of the concept of ‘dependence’ itself, at least as it is currently used in development economics. It is meant to be a sympathetic critique, since I subscribe to many of the fundamental tenets of the dependence school. I also hope that it is a constructive one, since it appears that the dependence literature has, at least in part, led to a concentration on the wrong problems and on unrealistic solutions, a serious defect which must be rectified if it is not to end up as yet another defunct branch of grand theorising.
I would like to thank Massimo di Matteo, Ruman Faruqi, Keith Griffin, Deepak Nayyar, Peter O’Brien, Samir Radwan and Paul Streeten for their interest and comments.
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Lall, S. (1981). Dependence and Underdevelopment. In: Developing Countries in the International Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07680-2_1
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