Rostow's Stages of Economic Growth: A model proposing that countries pass through five stages of development from traditional society to high mass consumption.
How to apply it: Apply Rostow's model to explain how South Korea progressed from a low-income to a high-income economy.
Course: AP Human Geography · Unit: Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Processes
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