“大推进理论”又称“平衡发展理论”,是关于发展中国家各工业部门必须同时平衡发展的一种理论。英籍美国经济学家罗森斯坦一罗丹1943年在《东欧和东南欧的工业化问题》一文中首先提出这一理论,1961年又在《关于大推进理论的说明》一文中作了进一步阐述。罗森斯坦一罗丹认为, The theory of “big propulsion”, also known as the theory of balanced development, is a theory that all industrial sectors in developing countries must simultaneously develop in a balanced manner. The doctrine, first introduced by the British American economist Rosenstein-Rodin in his article “Industrialization in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe” in 1943, was further elaborated in 1961 in his article “An Explanation of the Theory of Grand Propulsion.” Roosevelt-Rodin believes that,