从1990年到2010年，新兴和发展中国家平均人均收入比欧洲、北美和日本增长快出两倍，而在此前近两个世纪中，一直是后者胜出或打成平手。
From 1990 to 2010, average per capita income in the emerging and developing countries grew almost three times as fast as average income in Europe, North America, and Japan, compared to lower or, at most, equal growth rates for almost two centuries.