Rostow's stages of economic growth model outlines 5 stages of development: 1. Traditional society dominated by subsistence agriculture. 2. Preconditions for take-off with emerging infrastructure and trade. 3. Take-off stage where industrialization increases and workers move to manufacturing. 4. Drive to maturity where the economy diversifies and innovation increases. 5. Age of mass consumption where the economy focuses on mass production for consumers.

1. Savitribai Phule Pune University
Department of Geography
Rostow Model of Development
Presented By:- Kiran Anil Thorat

2. Models of Development

3.  In this article we will discuss about the Rostow’s theory of
Growth.
 At the end of the Second World War (1939-45) there was a
renewal of interest in the subject of development economics
and the stages of growth once again preoccupied many
scholars.
 As a non-communist manifesto, W. W. Rostow’s stages of
economic growth (1960, 1971) is a foray into positioning the
sweep of modern economic history under capitalism into neat
and hopeful epochs.
History of The Rostow

4. Rostow - Stages of Growth

6. Stage 1. Traditional Society

7. Stage 1. Traditional Society
 Traditional Society
 The economy is dominated by subsistence activity.
 Output is consumed by producers rather than traded.
 Any kind of trading is done by bartering.
 Agriculture is the most important industry and production is labour intensive,
using only limited quantities of capital.
 Characterized by subsistence agriculture or Hunting and Gathering; almost
wholly a "primary" sector economy

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9. Stage 2. Pre-conditions

10. Stage 2. Pre-conditions
 Industrialization would have just began.
 An emergence of transport and infrastructure to support
trade.
 Savings and investment grew.
 This resulted in entrepreneurs emerging and external
trading.

12. Stage 3. Take off:

13. Stage 3. Take off:
 Industrialization increased.
 Workers switched from the agricultural sector to the manufacturing
sector.
 Economic Transitions.
 Evolution of new political and social institutions to support
industrialization. Generates increasing incomes and therefore able to
sustain more investment.

15. Stage 4. Drive to Maturity:

16. Stage 4. Drive to Maturity:
 The economy begins to diversify into new areas.
 Technological innovation.
 A diverse range of investment opportunities.
 The economy begins to produce a wider range of goods and
services.

18. Stage 5. Age of Mass Consumption

19. Stage 5. Age of Mass Consumption
 Economy is geared towards mass consumption.
 The service sector becomes increasingly dominant.
 The age of high refers to the period of contemporary comfort
afforded many western nations, wherein consumers
concentrate on durable goods, and hardly remember the
subsistence concerns of previous stages mass consumption