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The article discusses economic prospects for developing countries. It mentions that For the developing world as a whole, real income per person has fallen back with decline in gross domestic product. It also mentions that along global supply chains it became possible for poorer economies to begin producing for export by grabbing hold of small pieces of production networks.

The article looks at trends in the Chinese economy and the impact they may have on other countries, particularly on emerging markets. It notes that China has been an important export market for many countries in both raw materials and manufactured goods, and says slower economic growth in China will affect those economies. Topics include the sharp drop in Chinese stock prices, the Chinese government's economic policies, and interest rate trends.

The article discusses a new study by the World Bank on the emerging economies that are catching up based on the productivity performance of 97 economies since 2000. Topics discussed include the growth gap between advanced and emerging economies, the economic growth posted by several emerging markets including China, India, and Malaysia, and concerns on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on investments and supply chains.

The article examines the economic factors which resulted in the widespread use of cellular telephone systems in developing countries and their emergence as those countries' primary means of telecommunication. The three main reasons for this development cited are the initial construction of cellular systems in the 1990s, the use of prepaid billing systems, and the technological improvements in manufacturing processes which lowered the prices of cellular telephone handsets.

The article, part of a special section of this issue, focuses on entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship has become an increasingly important part of the world's economy in both developing and developed countries. Encouraging entrepreneurship has become a policy for governments regardless of their ideology, and large corporations are attempting to encourage it within their operations.

The article discusses the slowdown in the growth of global trade, including in regard to the rising value of the American dollar, the slowdown's impact on emerging countries and the reduced exports. An overview of the impact that the Chinese economy has on the reduced growth in global trade, including its reduced demand for raw materials, is provided.

The article focuses on stock markets in developing countries. These markets have seen significant price increases in the 2000s, even in very poor regions such as Africa. While these increases are expected to suffer some reverses due to the global economic slowdown, they reflect the fact that developing countries host a larger number of well managed and profitable corporations.

Reports on technological innovation in developing countries. How governments often make poor choices when trying to guide a nation's technological development; The devastating effects of isolationism; Proliferation of foreign direct investment; How China's potentially huge mass of consumers lures foreign investors; The ability of backward countries to skip a step in technology development.

The article discusses the move by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to issue new 650-billion dollar Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) on April 5, 2021 for poor and middle-income countries. Topics discussed include the appeal of issuing new SDRs and their economic complexity, the position of the U.S. government on SDRs, and the failure of the IMF to find a better way to help poor countries.

The article focuses on the efforts to expand Internet infrastructure to developing countries in 2015. Topics include technology companies' plans to use satellites to offer Internet access to developing countries, the cost of developing satellite-Internet technology, and the satellite plans of Greg Wyler, founder of the communications company OneWeb.

The article focuses on the United Nation's (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are the world's global development goals for 2030. Topics include the need for improved financial security for those living in developing nations, the success of the UN's Millennium Development Goals, and poverty alleviation.

The article focuses on the slowdown in economic growth in developing economies in 2014. Topics include global poverty reduction between 2000 and 2009, the income gap between rich and poor countries, and the rate of foreign investment in developing countries. Information is provided on the impact of the 2008-2009 global financial crisis.

Discusses various issues related to threat for jobs of low-skilled workers in rich industrial nations as a result of growing trade between the First World and the Third World. View that competition from cheap Third-World labor will force pay in the First World down and eliminate low-skilled labor jobs; Discussion on the relationship between productivity and wages; Discussion on the potential widening of pay differentials in the U.S. and Great Britain.

Examines the economic contributions of the tourism industry in the developing countries. Identification of the balance of harm and good that tourism does to the developing world; Negative effects of tourism on culture, morality, economics and politics; Considerations in tourism development; Contributions of the industry to environmental degradation; Factors that contribute to the growth of the tourism industry.

The article considers finance and economic conditions in emerging markets. Increases in interest rates by central banks of Turkey, India and South Africa in January 2014 to maintain the valuations of their national currencies are discussed in relationship to overall declines in currency valuations and economic conditions in developing countries due to global increases in interest rates in reaction to 2013 changes in U.S. Federal Reserve Board monetary policy.

The article focuses on the investments of emerging markets in the economies of rich countries in 2011. Topics include mergers and acquisitions of developing countries like India and China in countries such as the U.S. and Great Britain, foreign direct investments (FDI), and benefits of the acquisitions for developing countries such as financing options, better markets than home economies, and better global savings. INSET: Beefed up.

The article focuses on economic conditions in developing countries. The effects of the global financial crisis and recession on those countries appeared to mitigate significantly in 2009, as measured by economic indicators such as stock prices. While the recession led to slower economic development in major countries such as China and India, they did not slip into actual recession.

The article examines how international business enterprises based in developed countries are coping with the challenges posed by the rapid economic growth of developing countries. Such companies now face significant competition from rivals based in countries such as India and China, and are responding by fully integrating their operations at home and abroad. International Business Machines (IBM) is used as an example.

The article examines globalization in the world's economy. The very meaning of the word has undergone a change. Whereas it once meant the expansion of international business enterprises based in developed countries into developing ones, that process has increasingly worked the other way as well. Lenovo, the Chinese computer manufacturer, is presented as an example.

This article discusses reasons not to forecast a decline in the price of raw materials such as oil and steel. The continuing economic growth of the developing world is cited as a reason to expect a continued rise in commodity prices. The possibility that this trend will not last is also considered, with some opining that commodity prices will decline as the value of the U.S. dollar rises.

The article discusses the global economic impact of decoupling, by which developing nations are able to remain relatively unaffected by a U.S. recession. Research noting that gross domestic products of and exports to emerging economies have grown in 2007 and 2008 is cited. A study by the International Monetary Fund shows that economic activity of emerging countries has separated from developed nations since the 1980s, allowing them to survive a potential U.S. economic downturn.

This article reports that liberalizing international migration, especially from poor countries, will boost global economic growth. The gap between labour's rewards in the poor world and the rich, even for something as menial as clearing tables, dwarfs the gap between the prices of traded goods from different parts of the world. The potential gains from liberalising migration therefore dwarf those from removing barriers to world trade. Although many more immigrants arrive legally than hidden in trucks or boats, voters fret that governments have lost control of who enters their country. Technology also aids migration. For would-be immigrants, the prize is huge. It may include a life free of danger and an escape from ubiquitous corruption, or the hope of a chance for their children.

Presents an overview of and charted data for economic and financial indicators, including emerging-market indicators, as of February 2, 2002. Decrease in industrial production in several East Asian economies, including Singapore and South Korea; Current account deficit of Brazil; Percentage changes in emerging-markets' gross domestic product (GDP) since 2001; Details on financial markets, including currency units, interest rates, and stockmarkets; Others.

Presents an overview of stock market and economic activity for December 22, 2001. Graphed data showing economic indicators for Finland; Market for pet food; Charts of money and interest rates, trade, exchange rates, and budgets, prices and wages, and output, demand and jobs; Emerging-market indicators for the economies and financial markets of several countries, including China, Brazil, Egypt, and Poland.

Discusses the strength of developing countries' economies as of spring 2000, in light of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Washington, D.C., and protests against the organizations' role in globalization. Overview of the economic recovery in Asia and Latin America, and IMF forecasts; Foreign investment; Factors that have affected the turnarounds; Economic policies, including capital controls and exchange rate flotation.

Analyzes the economic outlook for emerging markets as of April 1999. Evidence of economic recovery, including Asia and Brazil; Factors in the economic crisis of 1998; Regional differences; Perspective on the surge of confidence; Reforms; Economic forecast.

States that the idea of global economic integration is under attack. Meeting of the world's top bankers, businessmen, and politicians at the1999 World Economic Forum in Switzerland; Economic instability of 1998; Volatility of capital markets; Collapse of the hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management; Percentage of the world in recession; Economic difficulties of developing nations; Ideas for increasing the stability of the international financial system.

Describes how the debt crisis of the 1980s was overcome and comments on the new worries that have emerged in the 1990s. The Brady plan of 1989; The current Mexican crisis; James Baker's plan of 1985; Important lessons learned from the debt crisis; Implications of the transformation of the capital market; Development of an International Bondholders Insurance Corporation proposed by the author; His book, `International Debt Re-examined.'

Discusses the notion that the biggest threat to low-skilled workers in rich industrial nations is not from Third-World imports, but from a mass migration of investment. Arguments pertaining to a report by Klaus Schwab, president of the World Economic Forum; View that a mass migration of investment could erode a country's capital stock, reduce labor productivity, and hence depress the wages of those who stayed in work; Arguments pertaining to differing views on the debate over foreign direct investment in the Third World.

Discusses various issues related to the implications of rising demand for energy and other raw materials by developing nations. Arguments pertaining to the likelihood of inflation; Discussion on the views expressed by economists on the subject; Comparison of energy consumption in different countries; Discussion on environmental concerns resulting from rising energy consumption; Implications of economic reforms in the Third World; Information on the forecast by International Energy Agency.

Discusses various issues related to the implications of economic growth of the Third World for the economic performance of the First World. Discussion on developing countries as an independent source of growth in the world economy; Significance of developing countries as an important markets for western goods; Arguments pertaining to the manufactured imports from developing countries; Discussion on the current state of international trade and competition; Implications of large international markets for world trade and international firms.

Discusses various issues related to the role played by labor standards and environmental issues in international trade disputes. Arguments pertaining to the Third World's responsibility to meet minimum labor and environmental standards; Arguments pertaining to child labor in developing countries; Discussion on working conditions in the Third World; Information on studies conducted by the International Labour Organization; Discussion on pollution control and immediate need of the Third World; Discussion on approaches to encourage poor countries to adopt cleaner method of production.

Discusses various issues related to the extra demand for capital by developing countries and its implications for global real interest rates. Discussion on fears of Western economists; Arguments pertaining to the likelihood of a global capital shortage; Discussion on current-account deficit of a country; Discussion on real long-term bond yields; Arguments pertaining the need for pension funds to diversify into emerging markets.

Presents the author's views on the third-world debt crisis. View that despite all the gloom and doom that surrounded the early stages of the crisis, the international financial system did not collapse; Threat from the possibility that a major bank would encounter funding problems in the markets; View that the long-term response to the crisis did more than just allow the major countries of Latin America to cope with their debt.

The article discusses international migration among poor immigrants who move between developing countries during the early 21st century. It cites statistics from the organization the World Bank that state that 1.5 million migrants from Burkina Faso live in Ivory Coast. The article also discusses the migration of Burkina Faso butcher Ouesseni Kaboréq.

The article examines the issue of whether removing the state can reduce income inequality. Topics include government policies that promote fairness and reduce income disparity such as tax and transfer programs, the impact of these programs in OECD and less developed countries and the effect of government on market income and manipulation of public policy to economically benefit certain groups. It offers various examples of rent-seeking by vested interests in the U.S.

The article focuses on the stagnation in emerging-market incomes in 2014. Topics include the acceleration of economic growth in emerging economies between 2000 and 2009, the impact of the global economic crisis of 2008-2009, and the impact of economic cycles on emerging economy development. Information is the importance of free trade and education in emerging economies.

The article discusses the popularity of emerging market investment as of August 2016. Topics include the relation between economic growth and equity returns, the economic threat of the possible election of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump, and the views of fund managers on the prospects of emerging markets.

The article examines international and domestic economic assistance programs in developing countries in which direct cash payments are made to poor people. Give Directly, a nonprofit organization which offers such payments in Kenya, is discussed. A study of Give Directly's program indicating it has had initial success in preventing poverty and stimulating economic development is considered.

The article discusses the global economic predictions on emerging economies and BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) countries between 2012 and 2050. Topics include the impact of the global economic crisis on emerging economies, the foreign-exchange reserves of the countries, and the global emerging-market index. Information is provided on the reasons for the economic slowdown in some countries.

The article considers the role of family planning and contraception in economic development in developing countries. The lack of access to family planning services for women in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa is noted. The role of smaller families in generating economic development by creating a disproportionate population group of working age adults is discussed. Family planning's contribution to reducing mortality in childbirth and improving infant health is noted.

The article examines chronic diseases in developing countries. An increase in noncommunicable diseases such as cancer, kidney disease and diabetes in such countries is examined, and largely attributed to the effects of economic development and increased affluence. It is noted that medical care systems in developing countries are often more equipped to treat infectious diseases.

The article discusses the economic development of emerging markets in 2011. Topics include the progress of developing countries such as China, the decline in economic dominance of rich countries, and challenges to emerging markets such as finding skilled workers, building up the financial system, and potential financial crises that the developed countries have experienced.

The article examines international efforts to reduce poverty, focusing on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), a United Nations set of standards for poverty reduction and economic development to be achieved by 2015. Significant progress has been made towards reducing poverty and meeting MDG standards in developing countries, notably in China and Africa. It is noted that policy science experiments by governments and nongovernmental organizations have created successful antipoverty programs.

The article discusses the revival of international trade in the aftermath of a global financial crisis. By May of 2010, both imports and exports of emerging economies had rebounded strongly, and imports of developed countries had increased as well. The article suggests that high levels of unemployment in some nations could encourage protective measures harmful to trade.

The article presents the author's opinion on the global economic policy, in which rich countries must act to prevent prices from falling, that will cause problems for emerging economies. The author believes that deflation is a bigger concern among developed economies and that emerging economies are worried about inflation. The author suggests that stronger currencies in emerging markets are part of the rebalancing of the global economy.

The article presents economic forecasting for the art market. Globalization is forecast to increase the demand for fine art as wealth increases in developing countries, creating more collectors. At the same time, prosperity will also lead to more prominent artists from those countries. A boom in prices in contemporary art from China is cited as an example.

The article discusses a United Nations study on the economic effects of emigration and immigration. The effects of remittances from immigrants who have left developing countries for developed ones has been a positive contributor to their home countries' economic development, and developing countries are attempting to encourage investments from their emigrants. The global recession has slowed the total sums of remittances.

The article examines efforts to provide Internet access to developing countries. Access to cellular telephone systems is forecast to be effectively universal by 2020. The increasing ability of cellular telephones to provide Internet access to users and improvements in so-called netbook low-cost laptop computers could lead to rapid increases in Internet access.

The article discusses the effects of mobile communication systems such as cellular telephone systems in developing countries. Such systems have far more economic and social impact in developing countries than in richer ones because existing means of communication are inadequate. Telecommunication companies based in India and China have created business plans to profit from serving poorer consumers.