The concept of the middle‐income trap (MIT) continues to pose significant challenges for countries undergoing rapid industrialisation and economic reform. This phenomenon refers to the stage where ...

With its GNI per capita having increased steadily in recent years, China has probably evaded the middle-income trap. But the country may yet find itself ensnared in a kind of economic Thucydides trap: ...

In nine middle-income countries, we asked additional questions about relations with China and the U.S. Across the nine middle-income nations surveyed, a median of 58% say investment from China is a ...

ASEAN’s middle-income economies face mounting challenges escaping economic stagnation due to weak institutions, limited domestic innovation and over-reliance on foreign multinationals. Unlike ...