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Physical capital.
High rates of saving and investment spending.
Human capital.
Education.
Health.
Technological change
Engage in or encourage R&D: spending to create and im-
plement new technologies.
Countries adopt policies that are successful in some but
not all of three.
Government policies.
Protection of property rights.
Political stability and good governance.
East Asian.
Latin America.
Africa.
East Asian.
Latin America.
Africa.
growth rate t
GDPt = GDPCurrent 1 + 100
To check how long the GDPs of two countries will become
equal, compute
t t
growth rate(C1) growth rate(C2)
GDPCurrent(C1) 1+ = GDPCurrent(C2) 1+
100 100