The World Economy [E-Book]: A Millennial Perspective / Angus Maddison
Angus Maddison provides a comprehensive view of the growth and levels of world population since the year 1000 when rich countries of today were poorer than Asia and Africa. The gap between the world leader, the US and the poorest region, Africa, is now 20:1. The book has several objectives. The f...
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Personal Name(s): | Maddison, Angus. |
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Paris :
OECD Publishing,
2001
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384 p. : ill. ; 20x27cm. |
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englisch |
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9789264189980 |
DOI: |
10.1787/9789264189980-en |
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Development Centre Studies
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Development Economics |
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Summary and Conclusions
- Chapter 1. The Contours of World Development
- Chapter 2. The Impact of Western Development on the Rest of the World, 1000-1950
- Chapter 3. The World Economy in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century
- Appendix A. World Population, GDP, and GDP Per Capita, Benchmark Years, 1820-1998
- Appendix B. World Population, GDP, and GDP Per Capita before 1820
- Appendix C. Annual Estimates of Population, GDP, and GDP Per Capita for 124 Countries, Seven Regions, and the World, 1950-1998
- Appendix D. Growth and Levels of Performance in 27 Formerly Communist Countries, 1990-1998
- Appendix E. Employment, Working Hours, and Labour Productivity
- Appendix F. Value and Volume of Exports, 1870-1998
- Bibliography