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Catch up : developing countries in the world economy

Title
Catch up : developing countries in the world economy / Deepak Nayyar.
Author
Nayyar, Deepak
Publication
  • Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
  • ©2013

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Description
xvii, 221 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
This book is about the evolution of developing countries in the world economy situated in its wider historical context, spanning centuries, but with a focus on the period since the mid-twentieth century. It traces the rise and 'catch up' of the developing world and the shift in the balance of power in the world economy.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-211) and index.
Contents
Prologue -- An untold story -- Part 1: Falling behind -- The great divergence and the great specialization -- Underlying questions and answers -- Part 2: Catching up -- End of divergence : beginnings of convergence? -- Engagement with the world economy -- Catch up in industrialization -- Unequal partners and uneven development -- Emerging divergences : inequality, exclusion, and poverty -- Epilogue -- The future in the past.
ISBN
  • 9780199652983
  • 0199652988
LCCN
2013942023
OCLC
  • ocn860943048
  • 860943048
  • SCSB-5757979
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Columbia University Libraries