This paper documents the existence of a "middle-income trap" for the Middle East and North Africa region and contrasts the evidence with that of the East Asia and Pacific region. The results are two-folds. First, non-parametric regressions show that the average rate of economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa has not only been significantly lower than that in the East Asia and Pacific region, but it has also tended to drop at an earlier...
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2019/05/30
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS8870
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2019/05/30
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Technology Adoption and the Middle-Income Trap : Lessons from the Middle East and East Asia
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technology adoption