Abstract:Falling into the middle-income trap is a common phenomenon experienced by most middle-income countries. The key characteristics of countries fallen into the middle-income trap is that their GDP per capita, instead of rising, is constant throughout the years. A dominant explanation to this problem is that middle-income countries’ total factor productivity is slowing, leading to slow technological development and application. This caused reduced international competitiveness of the developing countries in a sens… Show more
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