Chapter 1 The Contours of World Development ..................................................................................... 27
Chapter 2 The Impact of Western Development on the Rest of the World, 1000–1950 .......................... 49
Chapter 3 The World Economy in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century ....................................... 125
Appendix A World Population, GDP and GDP Per Capita, Benchmark Years, 1820–1998 ....................... 169
Appendix B World Population, GDP and GDP Per Capita Before 1820 ................................................... 229
Appendix C Annual Estimates of Population, GDP and GDP Per Capita for 124 Countries,
Seven Regions and the World 1950–98 ................................................................................ 267
Appendix D Growth and Levels of Performance in 27 Formerly Communist Countries,
1990–98.............................................................................................................................. 335
Appendix E Employment, Working Hours, and Labour Productivity ........................................................ 343
Appendix F Value and Volume of Exports, 1870–1998 ............................................................................ 357
Bibliography ............................................................................................................................................ 365