Japan and the great divergence, 730–1874

An Outbreak of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Yamagata Prefecture Following the Great East Japan Earthquake

Background: In the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake, most of the areas in Yamagata prefecture experienced a serious power failure lasting for approximately 24 hours. A number of households were subsequently poisoned with carbon monoxide (CO) due to various causes. In this study, we conducted a survey of CO poisoning during the disaster. Methods: A questionnaire regarding CO poisonin...

the investigation of research articles in applied linguistics: convergence and divergence in iranian elt context

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The Evolution of Technology Diffusion and the Great Divergence

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY New technologies disseminate increasingly rapidly from rich to poor countries but poor countries struggle to employ these technologies with the same degree of intensity and versatility. This suggests that the potential for technological leap-frogging is over-hyped. The challenge for poor countries is to invest in the right kinds of knowledge so that imported technologies can b...

Trade and the Great Divergence: The Family Connection

This research argues that the rapid expansion of international trade in the second phase of the industrial revolution has played a major role in the timing of demographic transitions across countries and has thereby been a significant determinant of the distribution of world population and a prime cause of the ‘Great Divergence’ in income per capita across countries in the last two centuries. T...

Insights from the great 2011 Japan earthquake