The World Bank is sounding the alarm on a historical reversal of development for some of the poorest countries on the planet. In a new report released today, the World Bank finds half of the world's 75 poorest countries are experiencing a widening income gap with the wealthiest economies for the first time this century. The report finds the differential between per capita income growth in the poorest countries and the richest has widened over the past five years.
Danny Leipziger is a Professor of Practice of International Business and managing director of The Growth Dialogue at the George Washington University. Leipziger, a former vice president of the World Bank, headed the Bank’s Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network of more than 700 economists and other professionals working on economic policy formulation in the area of growth and poverty, debt, trade, gender and economic empowerment, and public sector management and governance. Leipziger’s areas of expertise include development economics, international economic policy, and macro and economic growth.
The Growth Dialogue at the GW School of Business is a network that works to extend sustainable economic growth to as many places on the planet as possible. Driven by a passionate belief that without inclusive growth, sustainable development and improvements in people’s lives are impossible, the Growth Dialogue seeks to connect high level policymakers and thought leaders with those whose policy decisions can benefit from practical experience and the latest academic work on economic growth.
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