The 2023 Mint News article ''There is no easy escape from the middle-income trap'' indicates: "Graduating from middle income to developed world status is the greatest prize in development economics. Only a handful of [[East Asia]]n and [[Central Europe]]an countries have made the transition so far, along with a few fortunate resource-rich countries."<ref>[https://archive.ph/MrPyA#selection-1799.0-1799.51 ''There is no easy escape from the middle-income trap''], Mint News, 2023</ref> | The 2023 Mint News article ''There is no easy escape from the middle-income trap'' indicates: "Graduating from middle income to developed world status is the greatest prize in development economics. Only a handful of [[East Asia]]n and [[Central Europe]]an countries have made the transition so far, along with a few fortunate resource-rich countries."<ref>[https://archive.ph/MrPyA#selection-1799.0-1799.51 ''There is no easy escape from the middle-income trap''], Mint News, 2023</ref> |