Are Poor Nations Closing the Gap in Living Standards?: Perspectives on a Global Economy

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Authors:
Bart van Ark
Dr. Robert H. McGuckin, III
Linda Barrington, Ph.D.
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Publication Date:
January 13, 2000
Despite widespread (but not universal) improvements in living standards over the past quarter century, the dollar gap between gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in the richest versus the poorest economies grew between 1973 and 1977. This report addresses GDP growth as well as alternative measures of living standards in order to take up the question of whether globalization's benefits have spread worldwide. Topics covered:
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