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“Growth is not uniform in different places.” Critically examine this statement in the context of the growth pole theory.

  • UPSC 2019
  • Regional Planning

The statement is the founding premise of growth pole theory, advanced by François Perroux (1955) as part of French post-war economic planning: growth does not appear everywhere at once but appears in points or poles of growth, with variable intensity.

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  • The Theory's Explanation of Non-Uniform Growth
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