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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456825903321

Titolo

Multipolarity [[electronic resource] ] : the new global economy / / The World Bank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2011

ISBN

1-283-15180-4

9786613151803

0-8213-8693-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Collana

Global Development Horizons, , 2221-8416 ; ; 2011

Disciplina

382.1

Soggetti

Economic development

Electronic books.

Developing countries Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Two columns to the page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Abbreviations; OVERVIEW; CHAPTER 1: Changing Growth Poles and Financial Positions; Boxes; Figures; Tables; CHAPTER 2: The Changing Global Corporate Landscape; CHAPTER 3: Multipolarity in International Finance

Sommario/riassunto

Transition to a new world order with more diffuse distribution of economic power is under way. This first edition of a new World Bank flagship report, 'Global Development Horizons 2011', focuses on three major international economic trends: the shift in the balance of global growth from developed to emerging economies, the rise of emerging-market firms as a force in global business, and the evolution of the international monetary system toward a multicurrency regime. Pursuit of growth opportunities on a global level has meant that the international presence of emerging-market firms in cross-bo