Global Development Outlook 2010: Shifting Wealth: Implications for Development

Shifting Wealth is the first edition of Perspectives on Global Development, a new annual publication from the OECD Development Centre. Shifting Wealth examines the changing dynamics of the global economy over the last 20 years, and in particular the impact of the economic rise of large developing countries, such as China and India, on the poor. It details new patterns in assets and flows within theglobal economy and highlights the strengthening of "south-south" links – the increasing interactions between developing countries through trade, aid and foreign direct investment.


Table of Contents Acknowledgements
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Preface
Executive Summary
Introduction – Why “Shifting Wealth” and Why Now?
Chapter 1. Shifting Wealth and the New Geography of Growth
Chapter 2. The Asian Giants and their Macroeconomic Impact
Chapter 3. The Increasing Importance of the South to the South
Chapter 4. Shifting Wealth and Poverty Reduction
Chapter 5. The Growing Technological Divide in a Four-speed World
Chapter 6. Harnessing the Winds of Change
Chapter 7. Collective Responses to Shifting Wealth
Statistical Annex: The Four-speed World Classification
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