Development and underdevelopment Book

	Preface
1	The Dual Gaps: An Overview of Theory and Research	1
2	The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective	9
3	The Persistence of the Gap Between Rich and Poor Countries, 1960-1998	17
4	The Rising Inequality of World Income Distribution	33
5	Could It Be That the Whole World Is Already Rich? A Comparison of RGDP/pc and GNP/pc Measures	41
6	Economic Growth and Income Inequality	61
7	Should Equity Be a Goal of Economic Policy?	77
8	Inequality and Insurgency	83
9	Some New Evidence on Correlates of Political Violence: Income Inequality, Regime Repressiveness, and Economic Development	101
10	The Five Stages of Growth	123
11	Catching Up, Forging Ahead, and Falling Behind	133
12	Productivity Growth, Convergence, and Welfare: What the Long-Run Data Show	155
13	Productivity Growth, Convergence, and Welfare: Comment	171
14	World-Economic Trends in the Distribution of Income, 1965-1992	183
15	Empirics of World Income Inequality	209
16	The Achievement Motive in Economic Growth	225
17	The Confucian Ethic and Economic Growth	245
18	The Culture of Poverty	249
19	The Effect of Cultural Values on Economic Development: Theory, Hypotheses, and Some Empirical Tests	259
20	The Structure of Dependence	277
21	American Penetration and Canadian Development: A Case Study of Mature Dependency	289
22	The Irish Case of Dependency: An Exception to the Exception?	305
23	Growth Effects of Foreign and Domestic Investment	327
24	The Long-Term Effects of Foreign Investment Dependence on Economic Growth, 1940-1990	345
25	Income Inequality, Development, and Dependence: A Reconsideration	357
26	Big Bills Left on the Sidewalk: Why Some Nations Are Rich, and Others Poor	381
27	Mauritius: A Case Study	407
28	Why Aren't Countries Rich? Weak States and Bad Neighbourhoods	413
29	Urban Bias and Inequality	427
30	Political Regimes and Economic Growth	435
31	Inequality as a Constraint on Growth in Latin America	449
32	The Myth of Asia's Miracle	457
33	Inequality in a Global Perspective: Directions for Further Research	465
	Basic Indicators of the Gaps Between Rich and Poor Countries	483
	Index	491
	About the Book	503