Table 3a. Comparison of differences in economic growth measured in IFS and WDI. We use IFS database as the reference point, broken down country income (1.. Highest, 4..lowest). Percentage of total number of observations are in parentheses.
| IFS growth is positive | IFS growth is negative | |
|
income=1 (high) |
||
| WDI GDP growth is positive | 807
(82.01) |
31
(3.15) |
| WDI GDP growth is negative | 19
(1.93) |
127
(12.91) |
|
income 2 |
||
| WDI GDP growth is positive | 510
(71.63) |
25
(3.51) |
| WDI GDP growth is negative | 31
(4.35) |
146
(20.51) |
|
income 3 |
||
| WDI GDP growth is positive | 548
(68.07) |
25
(3.11) |
| WDI GDP growth is negative | 34
(4.22) |
198
(24.60) |
|
income 4 |
||
| WDI GDP growth is positive | 496
(55.54) |
56
(6.27) |
| WDI GDP growth is negative | 52
(5.82) |
289
(32.36) |