teach policy reformers in the developing world." - Dani Rodrik, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. "A … brilliant exercise in comparative economic history. The lessons of French reconstruction after World War II are of a critical … importance to the policy makers of the emerging world today." - Daniel Cohen, Professor, École Normale Supérieure and Columnist …

The World Economy brings together two reference works by Angus Maddison: The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective …, first published in 2001 and The World Economy: Historical Statistics, published in 2003. This new edition contains Statlinks …, a service providing access to the underlying data in Excel® format. These two volumes bring together estimates of world …

, “exporter ranking”, is for investors whose prime concern is for a production platform well-integrated into world trade …

Angus Maddison provides a comprehensive view of the growth and levels of world population since the year 1000 when rich … countries of today were poorer than Asia and Africa. The gap between the world leader, the US and the poorest region, Africa, is … reference and a sequel to the author's Monitoring the World Economy: 1820-1992, published in 1995 and his 1998 Chinese Economic …

Following his The World Economy: a Millennial Perspective, Angus Maddison here offers a rare insight into the history … tables showing Maddison’s estimates for the world and its major regions from as early as the year 1000. It is intended as a …

The world has made good progress in improving global livelihoods. More than two billion people have emerged from …