dualistic development

English edit

Etymology edit

An extension of the dualism concept in development economics.

Noun edit

dualistic development (uncountable)

  1. (economics) The concept that the relationship between the rich and the poor countries is just a global version of the dualism that we see in every aspect of life; a concept that in interrelations the superior elements do little or nothing to pull up the inferior elements, and may serve to push them down.