The final section provides a full discussion. why is convergence within the capitalist world-economy unlikely to occur? How can this arrangement be overcome? Does Chinas rise create new opportunities for the rest of the South? I hope you will find it interesting! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The myth of catch-up development: trends in core–periphery inequality from 1960 to 2023The conventional narrative in international development holds that poorer countries are “catching up” with richer countries through the process of capitalist growth. This paper assesses this claim ...www.tandfonline.com