A transatlantic dialogue between W. W. ROSTOW , author of The Stages of Economic Growth and MICHAEL IONIDES , former member of the Iraq Development Board.
Professor Rostow's theory puts all societies in one of five economic stages. Mr. lonides feels this over-emphasises the similarities between countries in the appropriate stages of development and ignores the immense differences which make the practical work of aiding the under-developed part of the world so difficult.