This article analyses IMF estimates of economic growth in 180 countries (IMF, 2009), and inks the results to the Re-orient approach, put forward by Frank, 1998. With global economic gravitation shifting to the Indian Ocean/Pacific region, the article also analyses the role of MNC (foreign...

Asia's economic rise has changed the world economy - and will continue to do so in the future as well. George Magnus in his policy brief claims that no one should doubt that Asia now is part of shaping world trade, capital markets, commodities and consumer markets. But there may also be a...