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The range of development experiences since 1945 has been very broad. In some countries, living standards of the majority of the population have changed little. But in other countries — including some that were very poor at the end of the Second World War — living standards are now catching up with those of the more slowly growing industrial countries.

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Hughes, H. (1987). Capital Needs of the Developing Countries in the Eighties. In: Borner, S., Taylor, A. (eds) Structural Change, Economic Interdependence and World Development. International Economic Association Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09117-1_19

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