Closing the Gap in Education and Technology
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Over the last fifty years, the income gap between rich and poor countries has grown. Between 1950 and 2000, annual per capita income in OECD countries tripled from US$7,300 to US$23,000, while income in Latin America only doubled, from US$3,000 in 1950 to US$6,200 in 2000. This is largely due to widening gaps in knowledge and technology. The North has continued to generate new technologies that statistical studies suggest drive at least half of economic growth; most of the South has been unable to take full advantage of them.
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