The Organisation's Development Centre was founded in 1962 as one means to study and to try to confront the problems of comparative development and to relate the

Provides evidence for policy makers on how to deal with informal employment in developing and developed countries alike.

Angus Maddison provides a comprehensive view of the growth and levels of world population since the year 1000 when rich countries of today were poorer than Asia

Following his The World Economy: a Millennial Perspective, Angus Maddison here offers a rare insight into the history and political influence of national accoun

This book therefore opens a fresh debate on the industrial policies which developing countries need to adopt in order to compete and grow in a globalised econom