Classifications of Countries Basedon their Level of Development : How it is Done and How it Could Be Done /

The paper analyzes how the UNDP, the World Bank, and the IMF classify countries based on their level of development. These systems are found lacking in clarity with regard to their underlying rationale. The paper argues that a country classification system based on a transparent, data-driven methodo...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Nielsen, Lynge
التنسيق: دورية
اللغة:English
منشور في: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
سلاسل:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/031
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:Full text available on IMF
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