The World Bank recently announced that 34 economies have achieved high-income status in recent decades, suggesting that the middle-income trap may not be as formidable as many believed. But this ...
ASEAN’s middle-income economies face mounting challenges escaping economic stagnation due to weak institutions, limited domestic innovation and over-reliance on foreign multinationals. Unlike ...
Earlier this week, the Philippines had the honor of hosting the High-Level Conference of Middle-Income Countries (MICs), which convened more than 200 delegates from 24 countries and 77 stakeholder ...
In the bustling corridors of the World Bank's Annual Meetings this past October, a diverse group of finance ministers and policymakers from across the globe convened to tackle a pressing issue: the ...
With the risk of India getting stuck in the middle-income trap, the government is working on a detailed report on how to avoid such a situation.  Sources told TNIE that India has only 20 years left to ...