The Scorecard on Development: 25 Years of Diminished Progress

Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker and David Rosnick

Working Papers from United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs

Abstract: This paper examines data on economic growth and various social indicators and compares the past 25 years (1980-2005) with the prior two decades (1960-1980). The paper finds that the past 25 years in low- and middle-income countries have seen a sharp slowdown in the rate of economic growth, as well as a decline in the rate of progress on major social indicators including life expectancy and infant and child mortality. The authors conclude that economists and policy-makers should devote more effort to determining the causes of the economic and development failure of the last quarter-century.

Keywords: economic development; growth; social indicators; growth failure; developing countries; education; health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O10 O11 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2006-09
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-afr, nep-dev and nep-his
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Working Paper: The Scorecard on Development: 25 Years of Diminished Progress (2006)
Working Paper: Scorecard on Development: 25 Years of Diminished Progress (2005)
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