in the developing world. First, the crisis has increased poverty in the East Asian crisis countries, Brazil, and the … commodity prices that began in 1996. Chapter 4 examines how the most commodity-dependent economies in the world--the major oil …

The world economy is experiencing a very strong but uneven recovery, with many emerging market and developing economies … Global Economic Prospects. The Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that examines global economic …