Middle-income traps : a conceptual and empirical survey (English)

In recent years, the term "middle-income trap" has entered common parlance in the development policy community. The term itself often has not been precisely defined in the incipient literature. This paper discusses in more detail definitional issues on the so-called middle-income trap. The paper presents evidence in terms of both absolute and relative thresholds. To get a better understanding of whether the performance of the middle-income trap has...

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Im,Fernando Gabriel;

Rosenblatt,David;
Document Date
2013/09/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS6594
Volume No
1
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1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2013/09/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Middle-income traps : a conceptual and empirical survey
Keywords
relative income

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Im,Fernando Gabriel; Rosenblatt,David.

Middle-income traps : a conceptual and empirical survey (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6594 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/969991468339571076

Middle-income traps : a conceptual and empirical survey (English)

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