The Global Village Has Arrived

Kishore Mahbubani
Interconnectivity is growing by leaps and bounds

Mahbubani on the global village

World Economy: Convergence, Interdependence, and Divergence

Kemal Derviş
Growth in emerging market and developing economies is less dependent on advanced economies over the long run, but in the short run they dance together

Derviş on world economic integration

Caught in the Web

Camelia Minoiu
Network analysis looks at financial connections in a globalized world and the risks they pose

Migration Meets Slow Growth

Demetrios G. Papademetriou
The global movement of workers will change as the economic crisis continues in advanced economies

Papademetriou on the changing face of migration

Financial Regionalism

Masahiro Kawai and Domenico Lombardi
Regional arrangements are reshaping the international financial architecture and helping global financial stability

Straight Talk: Fragmentation Risks

Christine Lagarde
The benefits of globalization must be preserved by enhancing the international structures that ensure financial stability

Completing the task: Financial sector reform for stability

Sino-Spending

Steven Barnett, Alla Myrvoda, and Malhar Nabar
China must boost household consumption even further to make its growth more inclusive

Global downturn contributes to China slowdown
China: The road to sustainable growth

A Change in Focus

Malhar Nabar and Olaf Unteroberdoerster
China’s external surplus is dwindling, with repercussions for its Asian trading partners

The Chinese… Ask the IMF

The Tiger and the Dragon

Murtaza Syed and James P. Walsh
India and China can learn a lot from each other as they advance in their development journeys

Back on the Map

Meral Karasulu and Sergei Dodzin
Myanmar’s reintegration into the global economy promises a better future for its people

Why Myanmar could be the next economic frontier
Aung San Suu Kyi’s Nobel lecture

Taxing Finance

Geoff Gottlieb, Gregorio Impavido, and Anna Ivanova
Many European policymakers are warming to the idea of broadening taxation of the financial sector

Fueling Risk

David Coady, Valentina Flamini, and Matias Antonio
Energy subsidies in low- and middle-income countries can take a big toll on their fiscal health

Five reasons for global resilience to oil price rises

It All Falls into Place

Adelheid Burgi-Schmelz and Alfredo M. Leone
Piecing together “missing links” in a jigsaw puzzle of data sets helps shed light on the global financial crisis