I think the world you're talking about would be the intra country comparison which bears out what your saying. What the article is talking about is intercountr

I think the world you're talking about would be the intra country comparison which bears out what your saying. What the article is talking about is intercountry comparisons where, for instance, India as a nation now spends a lot more than it used to, and seeing as how they used to have nothing it means they probably have something now.