"The paper studies regional (spatial) inequality in the five most populous countries in the world: China, India, the …/provinces in China and India. The United States, where regional inequality is the least, shows further convergence. Brazil, with …

entry matters more than access to the rest of China, which is consistent with market fragmentation due to underdeveloped …

China's progress in poverty reduction over the last 25 years is enviable. One cannot fail to be impressed by what this … stage of development than it was at the dawn of the economic reforms at the beginning of the 1980s. China's poverty … most recent official estimate of rural poverty in China for 2007 puts the number of poor at 14.79 million, or less than 2 …

China's progress in poverty reduction over the last 25 years is enviable. One cannot fail to be impressed by what this … stage of development than it was at the dawn of the economic reforms at the beginning of the 1980s. China's poverty … most recent official estimate of rural poverty in China for 2007 puts the number of poor at 14.79 million, or less than 2 …

China's progress in poverty reduction over the last 25 years is enviable. One cannot fail to be impressed by what this … stage of development than it was at the dawn of the economic reforms at the beginning of the 1980s. China's poverty … most recent official estimate of rural poverty in China for 2007 puts the number of poor at 14.79 million, or less than 2 …

outputs is patents. The main variables related to innovation inputs are investment in research and development (R&D) and …

"Using a new global data base on patents and innovation inputs, the authors examine the process of knowledge creation … measured by the dynamic relationship between research and development and U.S. patents granted. They confirm at the country …, affect the transformation of research and development into patents. "--World Bank web site …