<p>It's been too long since I read those, so I don't exactly remember  whether they answer your two specific questions, but if you are interested in the topic you should definitely have a look at:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bottom_Billion" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bottom_Billion</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Bottom_Billion" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Bottom_Billion</a></li>
</ul>

<p>and the corresponding TED talk at</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_collier_shares_4_ways_to_help_the_bottom_billion?language=en" rel="nofollow">http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_collier_shares_4_ways_to_help_the_bottom_billion?language=en</a></li>
</ul>

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while it's helpful to provide links, answers really have to be self-contained. At the moment, this text doesn't provide any answer to the question: it just advises readers to go elsewhere. What we're trying to do is build up a body of great content here, supplemented by signposts to knowledge elsewhere.
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@EnergyNumbers : I agree with you in principle. For instance, I think I could have made more effort on a recent answer at http://economics.stackexchange.com/questions/8214/who-owns-german-debt/8222#8222‌​. I did not have much time then and thought it was better than nothing. This being said, because the current question is specifically tagged as a "reference-request", I thought links would be enough (although I admitedly only answer the "Can anybody advise me some further reading on this topic?" part of the question). Anyways, I would understand any opinion otherwise ans subsequent downvotes.
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Martin Van der Linden
<p>If Reinert's central claim is that protectionist trade policies promote economic growth, the only empirical evidence I've seen points in exactly the opposite direction. That would be Xavier Sala-i-Martin's papers on growth accounting, such as "The Economic Tragedy of the XXth Century: Growth in Africa".</p>

<p><a href="http://www.nber.org/papers/w9865" rel="nofollow">http://www.nber.org/papers/w9865</a></p>

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I must say, I did not understand your point.
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<p>I have just read <a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1586486683" rel="nofollow">Erik Reinert's, "How Rich Countries Got Rich… and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor"</a>. Can anybody advise me some further reading on this topic? I wonder, in particular, </p>

<ul>
<li><p>if there were investigations on the influence of the international specialization of labour on the migration processes?</p></li>
<li><p>if there were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_economics" rel="nofollow">experiments</a> in this field?</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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# Erik Reinert's conclusions and experiments in economics

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-09-14)

I have just read [Erik Reinert's, "How Rich Countries Got Rich… and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor"](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1586486683). Can anybody advise me some further reading on this topic? I wonder, in particular,

* if there were investigations on the influence of the international specialization of labour on the migration processes?
* if there were [experiments](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_economics) in this field?

Thank you.

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-09-14. Score: 1

It's been too long since I read those, so I don't exactly remember whether they answer your two specific questions, but if you are interested in the topic you should definitely have a look at:

* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bottom_Billion>
* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Bottom_Billion>

and the corresponding TED talk at

* <http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_collier_shares_4_ways_to_help_the_bottom_billion?language=en>

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: while it's helpful to provide links, answers really have to be self-contained. At the moment, this text doesn't provide any answer to the question: it just advises readers to go elsewhere. What we're trying to do is build up a body of great content here, supplemented by signposts to knowledge elsewhere.  
> **username_1**: @EnergyNumbers : I agree with you in principle. For instance, I think I could have made more effort on a recent answer at http://economics.stackexchange.com/questions/8214/who-owns-german-debt/8222#8222‌​. I did not have much time then and thought it was better than nothing. This being said, because the current question is specifically tagged as a "reference-request", I thought links would be enough (although I admitedly only answer the "Can anybody advise me some further reading on this topic?" part of the question). Anyways, I would understand any opinion otherwise ans subsequent downvotes.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2015-09-14. Score: 0

If Reinert's central claim is that protectionist trade policies promote economic growth, the only empirical evidence I've seen points in exactly the opposite direction. That would be Xavier Sala-i-Martin's papers on growth accounting, such as "The Economic Tragedy of the XXth Century: Growth in Africa".

<http://www.nber.org/papers/w9865>

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I must say, I did not understand your point.  

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