The South Asian nation of India is a rising economic superpower. With a little luck, it will become a wealthy country by ...

The concept of the middle‐income trap (MIT) continues to pose significant challenges for countries undergoing rapid industrialisation and economic reform. This phenomenon refers to the stage where ...

One of the great questions facing China is whether or not its economy can continue to produce the rapid gains in welfare for its giant population that the country has witnessed over the past 30 years.

A couple weeks ago, I mused a bit about how developing countries graduate into the leagues of the world’s richest nations, specifically looking at the case of Malaysia. That country has been stuck at ...

Among Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's most ambitious goals is to transform his country into a developed economy by Aug ...

India is on track to become a wealthy nation by 2047. Strong economic growth, a young population, and technological ...

With its GNI per capita having increased steadily in recent years, China has probably evaded the middle-income trap. But the country may yet find itself ensnared in a kind of economic Thucydides trap: ...

Can India avoid the dreaded middle-income trap that has ensnared so many other developing countries in Latin America and Southeast Asia? Its favourable demographics, steadily improving economic govern ...

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