Henriette Kolb, head of the gender secretariat at the International Finance Corporation, the private sector financing arm of the World Bank, gives the example of Turkey, where "the divergence between what men and women are paid appears to be small, yet there are large gender disparities in labour force participation and employment in wage jobs".
Thus, given the productivity gains in manufacturing, began the "Great Divergence" that meant the richer countries pulling away from the rest.
The divergence among these countries suggests that rising inequality is far more a social choice than an economic imperative.
For example, several different geographical regions have been proposed as the birthplace of domestic dogs, and the date of divergence between wolves and dogs has been estimated between 32,000 years ago and 10,000 years ago, according to the report.
The dollar was involved with 95 per cent of all onshore foreign exchange transactions last year, according to CICC, but the growing divergence between monetary policy in the world's major economies has increased the difficulty for China in managing its currency.
Henriette Kolb, head of the gender secretariat at the International Finance Corporation, the private sector financing arm of the World Bank, gives the example of Turkey, where "the divergence between what men and women are paid appears to be small, yet there are large gender disparities in labour force participation and employment in wage jobs".
Some simply fizzle out, victims of routine life events such as moves, job changes, divorce or a divergence of interests.
It is a reflection of convergence or persistent divergence in gender roles in Japan.