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Which Countries Have Graduated from Each Income Group, and When?

March 23, 2016
There are some questions that a majority of the researchers in a field will ask themselves at least once. In our field, one such question is which countries have graduated from each income group, and when. This is an important question because the world has been quietly transforming since the 1980s.
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Countries are Becoming Richer: Proportion of Countries in Each World Bank Income Group

March 11, 2016
The world has been quietly transforming since the 1980s with countries graduating from lower income categories.