A long-term perspective on the development experience of emerging and industrialised economies

This paper describes development patterns beyond GDP in a long-term historical perspective. It revisits the discussion on the goals of development in light of the current discussions on 'Beyond GDP', provides evidence on GDP and well-being outcomes since 1820 in a broad range of developing...

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Main Author: Rijpma, Auke
Other Authors: van Zanden, Jan Luiten, Mira d'Ercole, Marco
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2018
Series:OECD Statistics Working Papers
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Summary:This paper describes development patterns beyond GDP in a long-term historical perspective. It revisits the discussion on the goals of development in light of the current discussions on 'Beyond GDP', provides evidence on GDP and well-being outcomes since 1820 in a broad range of developing and emerging countries, and compares the experience of early industrialising countries and more recently emerging ones
Physical Description:41 p