The claim of globalization critics that the income gap to industrial countries is bound to widen for essentially all … developing countries as a consequence of economic globalization is in conflict with empirical evidence. Economic performance … and foreign indebtedness which may explain the varying experience with globalization in regard to per capita income growth …

There is a startling gap between, allegedly, globalization-induced changes in international competition for foreign … its relevance well before globalization became a hotly debated issue. …