Across the four indicators that most closely measure a state's political stability and competence,
the failed middle income countries do just as badly — indeed a little bit worse — than the failed low income countries.
Understanding just what's going on in
these failed middle income countries is an important question in contemporary political economy, and it's something that I'll be researching more closely with a colleague over this summer; look out for a new paper on these issues later in the year...
Not exact matches
The experiences of these
failed middle -
income countries present a challenge to a lot of established development thinking.
This is a new high, and indeed the emergence of
failed middle income states is a relatively new phenomenon; back in 2006 there were only 3 of these
countries.
They wring their hands about having some of the most segregated public schools in the
country — both by race and
income — then keep quiet about neighborhood unzoned schools, where
middle - class parents send their children in order to avoid
failing public schools.