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20 June 2006

Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2006

2006 Developing and Transition Economies in the Late 20th Century: Diverging Growth Rates, Economic Structures,
and Sources of Demand Codrina Rada and Lance Taylor Download Paper Governance, Economic Growth and Development
since the 1960s Mushtaq H. Khan Download Paper Real Income Stagnation of Countries,1960-2001 Sanjay G. Reddy and Camelia Minoiu Download Paper Turning Swords to Ploughshares & Little Acorns to Tall Trees: the Conflict-Growth Nexus & the Poverty of Nations S, Mansoob Murshed Download Paper Financial Development and Economic Growth: a Critical View Valpy FitzGerald Download Paper Have Collapses in Infrastructure Spending led to
Cross-Country… Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2006

07 January 2006

World Economic and Social Survey 2006

Diverging Growth and Development By many measures, world inequality is high and rising. The main reason is that in the industrialized world the income level over the last five decades has grown steadily, while it has failed to do so in many developing countries. Not more than a few developing countries have been growing at sustained rates in recent decades, but these include, most notably, the world ??s two most populous countries, China and India. Considering that these two countries alone account for more than one third of world population, inequality across the globe is beginning to decline. When these countries are left out, however, international income inequality is seen as having… World Economic and Social Survey 2006