Divergence
Difference/separation increasing over time.
Real World
Despite decades of globalisation, income divergence has persisted: the gap between sub-Saharan Africa's average GDP per capita (~$1,600) and the EU's (~$37,000) widened in absolute terms between 1990 and 2020.
Exam Focus
Contrast divergence with convergence theory in evaluation — strong answers acknowledge both trends and explain which dominates in context.
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