Tag Archives: New Middle class

Development as diffusion: manufacturing productivity and Sub-Saharan Africa’s missing middle / CGDEV.org White paper

GIBS Information Centre / GIBSIC‘s insight: Article by Geld, Meyer, Ramachandran –   “..  .we address the political economy of the complex and often difficult relations between government and business in small concentrated SSA economies. In this context, we consider the incentives to reform the business climate. On the side of government, one strand of […]
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Who are the new middle classes around the world? / ILO

Paul Mason: The International Labour Organisation has identified a rapid growth of ‘the developing middle class’ – a group earning between $4 and $13 a day GIBS Information Centre / GIBSIC‘s insight: middle class – “what does middle class mean in the developing world? About 3 billion people earn less than two dollars a day, […]
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