While There Is No Evidence of Absolute Convergence,there Is Strong

While there is no evidence of absolute convergence,there is strong evidence today of conditional convergence in which:

A) countries sharing certain characteristics are able to achieve rapid growth and begin to catch up with the richer countries.
B) by entering into the World Trade Organization, a nation implicitly and explicitly agrees to integrate into the global economy.
C) countries all agree to play by "the rules of the game."
D) countries considered at the most advanced stage of capitalism begin to decline, while developing nations accelerate past them.