Avoiding the middle-income trap

In order to transition to true prosperity, middle-income countries need to invest heavily in human capital and improve the quality of education

Ejaz Ghani 

Ejaz Ghani

More than 100 developing countries have successfully made the transition from low-income to middle-income status. Unfortunately, most of them have got stuck in the middle-income trap. When middle-income countries are just about to get their first whiff of prosperity, they revert to a slow growth trajectory.

The frequency of such slow growth episodes has increased in middle-income countries. The impact of the recent global downturn is being felt more acutely in middle-income countries. The large number of countries, including China and India, getting caught in the middle-income trap is a ...

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First Published: Sat, June 01 2019. 20:15 IST