It took 100yrs for steamship technology to spread from rich to poor nations. Today tech diffuses almost instantly http://t.co/Jz3gVk8bqQ—
Laurence Chandy (@laurencechandy) February 03, 2015
How can New Zealand blamed distance for its woes when international technology diffusion is speeding up
09 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic growth, growth disasters, growth miracles, macroeconomics, politics - New Zealand Tags: borderless world, catch up, geography, international technology diffusion, lost decades, tyranny of distance
The Chinese and Vietnamese development miracles compared
09 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: China, Vietnam
Which country reduced its $1.25 poverty rate fastest since 1990, China or Vietnam? Vietnam, by a whisker. http://t.co/C7AbA2XWSy—
Laurence Chandy (@laurencechandy) January 02, 2014
Hans Rosling’s Yardstick of Wealth – Don’t Panic – The Truth About Population
08 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth miracles, population economics
Half of India regards itself as middle-class
08 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: India, The Great Fact
almost half of India's poor self-identify as middle class thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/… http://t.co/WSYNCqmekk—
Laurence Chandy (@laurencechandy) December 09, 2014
The role of governance in holding back the abolition of extreme poverty by 2030
08 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles
Via The Final Countdown: Prospects for Ending Extreme Poverty by 2030 (Report) | Brookings Institution.
The real-estate surge in the Philippines
08 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, urban economics Tags: The Philippines
The real-estate surge in the Philippines is breaking records on.wsj.com/1N6E80U http://t.co/WnWWNx1CiN—
Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 08, 2015
Diego Comin — Why New Technologies Do Not Make Poor Countries Rich
06 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic growth, growth disasters, growth miracles, macroeconomics, technological progress Tags: Deigo Comin, technology diffusion
19 incumbent African leaders have been defeated at the polls
06 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, Public Choice Tags: Africa, capitalism and freedom, free elections, second turnover
After Nigeria, 19 incumbent African leaders have been defeated at the polls. Ever. (ht @calestous) http://t.co/nRdeFYS122—
ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) April 02, 2015
The Great Escape – life expectancy is rising everywhere version
03 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: life expectancy, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
Since 1990, my life expectancy has increased by three months for every year I have lived! Not bad odds. What more can capitalism do before people stop complaining.
live. via 26 charts and maps that show the world is getting much, much better – Vox.
North and South Korea compared
02 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
The relative importance of the climate crisis in the Third World
02 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: capitalism and freedom, climate alarmism, global warming, The Great Escape
More evidence of mass kidnappings of activists
01 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, liberalism Tags: Africa, anticapitalist mentality, capitalism and freedom, do gooders, entrepreneurial alertness, foreign direct investment, Left-wing hypocrisy, ODA
Why aren’t overseas development activists dancing in the streets to celebrate this turnaround in the economic climate of Africa through capitalism and the freedom to invest. The only possible explanation is mass kidnappings.
3 billion and counting
31 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: killer green policies, malaria, The Great Escape
Why a country’s average height is a good way of measuring its development | The Guardian
31 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: economics of physiology, Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea
I spotted this 20 years ago when I first travelled in Asia and then lived Japan for two years. In Japan in 1995, each generation of Japanese was head and shoulders taller than the last. In the Philippines, I could look over the crowd – it was great to be tall.
No more, no longer. In the Philippines, young Filipinos are often almost as tall as me.
When I visited Hong Kong recently, both the young Chinese men and women were a bit taller than me at McDonald’s. I am average height for my generation of Australian men.
via Why a country’s average height is a good way of measuring its development | News | The Guardian.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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