Nayyar, Deepak,

Catch up : developing countries in the world economy / Deepak Nayyar. - First edition. - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. - xvii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-211) and index.

Prologue -- An untold story -- Part 1: Falling behind -- The great divergence and the great specialization -- Underlying questions and answers -- Part 2: Catching up -- End of divergence : beginnings of convergence? -- Engagement with the world economy -- Catch up in industrialization -- Unequal partners and uneven development -- Emerging divergences : inequality, exclusion, and poverty -- Epilogue -- The future in the past.

This book is about the evolution of developing countries in the world economy situated in its wider historical context, spanning centuries, but with a focus on the period since the mid-twentieth century. It traces the rise and 'catch up' of the developing world and the shift in the balance of power in the world economy.

9780199652983 (hbk.) 0199652988 (hbk.)

2013942023

GBB370940 bnb

016471925 Uk


Economic development--History.--Developing countries


Developing countries--Foreign economic relations.

HC59.7 / .N3325 2013

338.911724 / NAY