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In the Third World as a whole the rate of growth in the last quarter century or so has been unprecedented. Never before have so many poor countries—containing such a large proportion of those who are inadequately fed, clothed and housed—enjoyed such a period of rapid and sustained expansion of output. Yet despite this growth of production the problems of widespread poverty seem to have remained as great as ever. The rise in aggregate production does not seem to have been matched by a corresponding rise in the income of the poor.
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Griffin, K. (1978). Increasing poverty and changing ideas about development strategies. In: International Inequality and National Poverty. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04069-8_8
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