期刊名称：Departmental Discussion Papers / University of Glasgow, Department of Economics
出版年度：2006
卷号：1
出版社：University of Glasgow, Department of Economics
摘要：The concept of convergence is extended to non-income components of human
development index and the index itself. Evidence of weak absolute convergence is found
over 1975-2001. The results are robust and verified by various conditional β-convergence
models and also supported by the evidence of weak σ-convergence. Population weighted
analyses provide support for polarisation amongst developing countries but a slight
reduction in world inequality. The dynamics of regional analysis reveals a movement of
sub-Saharan Africa towards the low band of human development with Asia and Latin
America making progress. High immobility of the early part of the period is followed by
considerable upward and downward mobility in the latter part indicating a possible case
of the “twin peaks” type of polarisation.
