José Antonio (Hrsg.) Alonso

Trapped in the Middle?

Developmental Challenges for Middle-Income Countries

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There is growing evidence that overcoming the low-income threshold and reaching middle-income status is not sufficient for countries to converge toward high-income levels. Few middle-income countries have successfully completed that transit in recent decades, with the majority remaining in the middle-income group, and so facing what has come to be called the middle-income trap. It is therefore essential to explore whether middle-income traps really exist and, ifthey do, how these pitfalls are manifested, what their causes are, what economic policy measures are required to escape from them, and what international cooperation can do to support… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Ocampo, José Antonio (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-19-259423-5
EAN: 9780192594235
Produktnummer: 34900901
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 3'547 KB

Über den Autor

José Antonio Alonso is Professor of Applied Economics at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Previously, he was Adjunct Professor at the Columbia University (SIPA), General Director of Economic Cooperation at the Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana, vice-chancellor at Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo, and director of the Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales (ICEI). He was member of the High-Level Group of Wise Persons on theEuropean Financial Architecture for Development (2019), member of the Committee for Development Policy (UN ECOSOC) from 2007 to 2018, and member of the European Advisory Group of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation from 2012 to 2014. He is a member of the Consejo de Cooperación para el Desarrollo(Spain). His has published research on growth and development, international economic relations, and financing for development.José Antonio Ocampo is Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, Member of the Committee on Global Thought, and Co-President of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University. He is also the Chair of the Committee for Development Policy, an expert committee of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Ocampo has previously served in a number of positions in the United Nations and the Government of Colombia. most notably as United NationsUnder-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs. He has published extensively on macroeconomic theory and policy, international financial issues, economic and social development, international trade, and Colombia and Latin American economic history.