development of South Africa's largest cities. Our local economic growth empirics show some indications of conditional convergence … convergence was found but this was driven by declines in the standard deviation of per capita income amongst the poorest quintile … of towns. An estimate of conditional beta convergence of 1.2 percent over the period 1990-2000 confirms that overall …

transformation and its impact on economic growth. To fill the gap, this paper takes a deep dive into China's convergence progress in … that China's productivity convergence remains at an early stage, with the industrial sector more advanced than services …-tech sectors. Going forward, ample room remains for further convergence, but the shrinking distance to the frontier, the structural …

This paper analyses the impact of the fiscal-monetary policy mix on the convergence on per capita income of the least … regions, but would slow down the convergence process in Objective 1 regions. …

This paper takes a fresh look at growth convergence in India, combining insights from macroeconomics and urban … paper finds absolute convergence in living standards across districts and places below the district level, with locations in … the gray area between rural and urban growing fastest. In assessing conditional convergence, it finds that geography is a …