Why Are We Worried About Income? Nearly Everything that Matters is Converging

Convergence of national GDP/capita numbers is a common, but narrow, measure of global success or failure in development. This paper takes a broader range of quality of life variables covering health, education, rights and infrastructure and examines if they are converging across countries. It finds...

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Published in:World development 2005, Vol.33 (1), p.1-19
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