“It is desirable for the study of economics to be continually carried over into practical applications, above all when attempting to solve problems that limit the growth of man’s well-being. For this substantially ideological reason, it becomes important to combine close study of purely theoretical matters with a study of the problems afflicting the developing countries in their struggle against poverty, a question that is still far from being resolved, but to which economics should be applied” (Luca d'Agliano, 1983)