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Historical Research and Economic Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2010

Thee Kian Wie
Affiliation:
Jakarta

Extract

Although national development of the developing countries involves much more than economic development alone, the overwhelming majority of these countries put a high priority on economic development, looking upon it as the best way to move from poverty ot material affluence. For this reason this paper will be mainly concerned with theimportance of historical research to a better understanding of the problems of economic development.

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General
Copyright
Copyright © Research Institute for History, Leiden University 1980

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