Preindustrial and Postwar Economic Development: Is There a Link?

Authors

John P. Burkett, University of Rhode IslandFollow
Catherine Humblet
Louis Putterman

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

4-1999

Department

Economics

Abstract

Everybody knows now that the “hardware” dimension of development—the physical infrastructure, for example—is a lot easier to put in place than the “software” to keep it operable, which depends on local skills and institutions. (United Nations Development Programme)

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Burkett, John P., Catherine Humblet, and Louis Putterman. 1999. "Preindustrial and Postwar Economic Development: Is There a Link?." Economic Development and Cultural Change 47, no. 3 (April): 471-495. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/452416

Available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/452416

Publisher Statement

© 1999 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.

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