The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2007 has started with the theme of “Shifting Power Equation” from 24th January. India being an emerging and faster growing economy over the world has actively participated in the meeting.
World Economic Growth and Developing Economies:
has experienced a faster rate of growth led by the developing economies. Many developing economies like India have grown very fast by adopting the process of Globalization. But the process of Globalization should be managed carefully for removing the problems of growing income inequality and environment pressures, which is better realized by India recently. The economy has started working on “ Globalization Work from Indian Prospective”.
Rising Economic Opportunities for Emerging Economies:
Emerging economies such as India can get more benefits from the principles of opening trade and investment. The business climate in India’s economy is changing faster. As to the doing business report, India’s economy ranks 134th and adopting the reforms process at a faster pace.
Young Population In India:
India constitutes a larger group of young population in the world. The need of the hour is to render proper education and training for achieving international expertise.
Urbanization in Developing Economies:
As to statistics, less than 1/3 of India’s population live below poverty line. There is a lack of urban infrastructure in the country like India, which is a serious bottleneck.
The modern “capitalist system” cannot be considered as true capitalism. Rather, this corrupted version is more akin to corporatism, which chokes off the dynamism that makes for engaging work, faster economic growth, and greater opportunity and inclusiveness. The time though could be right for capitalism to once again carry its true meaning, rather than the one attributed to it by corporatists seeking to hide behind it and socialists wanting to vilify it.
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Professor at Columbia University. Recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001 & the John Bates Clark Medal in 1979. Author of "Freefall: America, Free Markets", "The Sinking of the World Economy", "Globalisation and its Discontents" & "Making Globalisation Work".
Nouriel Roubini, a.k.a. “Doctor Doom”, is chairman of Roubini Global Economics and professor of economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business. Roubini has been consistently cited as one of the world’s top global thinkers. This year, he was voted as the most influential economist in the world by Forbes magazine.
Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. IMF’s Chief Economist from September 2003 to January 2007. Inaugural recipient of the Fischer Black Prize.
Professor of Economics & Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals. Founder & co-President of the Millennium Promise Alliance.
Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom from 1992 to 2007. Prime Minister of the UK between 2007 and 2010. Inaugural 'Distinguished Leader in Residence' at New York University. Advisor at World Economic Forum