Recurring in Preindustrial Economy -- Chapter 3. Capital Accumulation -- Chapter 4. Productivity Growth -- Chapter 5. Inequality … and Poverty -- Part II. Spain in the Global Economy -- Chapter 6. The Loss of the American Empire -- Chapter 7. The Terms … substantially over the last two centuries, driven by increased labor productivity, and derived from more intense andefficient use of …

been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack …, notably infrastructure and enterprise finance, have yet to be resolved. Agricultural productivity remains low. And without new …

's employment share declined, but most new jobs were in services. Concurrently, poverty incidence declined dramatically. Income …. Economic growth combined with structural change contributed to poverty reduction, but the magnitude of this impact depends … heavily on the poverty line used in calculating poverty. The Thai data support the Kuznets hypothesis of an inverted U …

. Economic activities have shifted from the low-productivity agricultural sector to the high-productivity industrial sector and … its great success in poverty reduction, China has witnessed rapidly increasing income inequality which only began to …

have been associated with persistent challenges such as lack of diversification, poor working conditions, low productivity …

colonial and post-colonial Botswana. We show that income inequality started rising in the 1940s and peaked in the mid-1970s …

unprecedented rates, resulting in large reductions in extreme poverty and a significant expansion of the middle class. But more … development quest. The sample includes seven developing countries—Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, India, Vietnam and Brazil —all …