Since the end of the second world war the economic gap between rich and poor countries has steadily widened. This book examines this disparity and assesses the reasons why some developing countries have been more successful than others

The rapid growth of China and, more recently, of India, is having major effects on every facet of the global economy. The supply of labor-intensive manufactured exports (from China in particular) has been accompanied by a huge expansion in their imports both of raw materials and of...