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Copyright © 2009 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 2-2 Country Classifications World Bank ranks countries on GNI per capita Low Income Countries (LIC) Low Middle Income Countries (LMC) Upper Middle Income Countries (UMC) High Income Countries (HIC) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 2-3 Classification of Economies by Region and Income in 2007

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 2-4 Classification of Economies by Region and Income, 2007 (Latin America and the Caribbean) (Sub-Saharan Africa)

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 2-5 Classification of Economies by Region and Income, 2007

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 2-6 Nations of the World, Classified by GNI Per Capita

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 2-7 Measuring Development Gross National Income (GNI) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Purchasing Power Parity (PPI): method instead of exchange rates as conversion factors

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 2-8 Income Per Capita in Selected Countries

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 2-9 Comparison of Per Capita GNI, 2005

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved Basic Indicators of Development Health Conditions Life Expectancy Education Achievements Human Development Index (HDI): a composite measure of living standards

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Copyright © 2009 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved Human Development Index: 23 Countries, 2004

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Copyright © 2009 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved Common Characteristics of LDCs: 1. Lower levels of living and productivity 2. Lower levels of human capital investment (health-care, education, skills) 3. Higher levels of income inequality and poverty 4. Higher population growth rates

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Copyright © 2009 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved Most and Least Populated Countries and Their Per Capita Income, 2005

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Copyright © 2009 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved Common Characteristics of LDCs: 5. Greater social fractionalization 6. Larger rural population, but rapid rural-urban migration 7. Lower levels of industrialization and manufactured exports 8. Adverse geography and resource endowment

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Copyright © 2009 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved Common Characteristics of LDCs: 9. Underdeveloped financial and other markets – Imperfect markets – Incomplete information 10. Colonial legacy and external dependence – Institutions – Private property – Personal taxation – Taxes in cash rather than in kind

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved LDCs Today vs. MDCs Then 1. Physical and human resource endowments 2. Per capita incomes and levels of GDP 3. Climate 4. Population size, distribution, and growth

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved LDCs Today vs. MDCs Then 5. Historic role of international migration 6. International trade benefits 7. Scientific innovation & technological advancement 8. Effectiveness of domestic institutions

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved Convergence? The closing economic and technological gaps between LDCs and MDCs? Evidence of unconditional convergence is hard to find Per capita income convergence?

Copyright © 2009 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved Convergence in OECD Divergence in the World

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