Who Coined the Term Underdevelopment?

Walter Benjamin—Illuminations. The phrase, “the development of underdevelopment,” has always been associated with Andre Gunder Frank ever since he published the widely cited article in Monthly Review with this title more than forty years ago.

How does Andre Gunder Frank explain underdevelopment?

On the contrary, Frank believes that underdevelopment results from the unequal distribution of resources and exploitation of the less developed and emerging countries by the more developed countries through the so-called “metropolis-satellite relations” theory. ...

What is the term underdevelopment?

Underdevelopment refers to the low level of development characterized by low real per capita income, wide-spread poverty, lower level of literacy, low life expectancy and underutilisation of resources etc. ... Such countries are characterised by relative development gap in comparison to developed countries.