摘要：Developing countries as a group have experienced rapid economic growth in thelast three decades: between 1965 and 1990, their gross national product (GNP)per capita grew at an average annual rate of 2.5 percent to reach US$840 in1990 (Table 1). However, economic performance has been uneven acrossdeveloping regions and countries. While Sub-Saharan Africa barely managed tomaintain a positive rate of growth during 1965-90, East Asia and the Pacificregion had an astonishing average rate of growth of 5.3 percent per year. Theother developing regions averaged about 1.8 percent per year in GNP per capitagrowth.
