The Economist Amartya Sen Used the Term 'Late Industrialization' to Describe

The economist Amartya Sen used the term 'late industrialization' to describe the nature of industrialization in developing countries. He meant by this that:

A) Developing countries were using outdated techniques.
B) That developing countries realized too late that they needed to compete internationally
C) That developing countries would always lag behind the developed countries
D) That developing countries would need time to catch up to the developed countries and that since they were at a competitive disadvantage might need to develop their industries using a different set of policies than had been adopted by the already industrialized countries