Emerging and Developing Economies: Ten Years after the Global Recession

56 Pages Posted: 3 Mar 2020

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M. Ayhan Kose

World Bank; Brookings Institution; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Australian National University (ANU)

Franziska Ohnsorge

World Bank; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy

Date Written: February 2020

Abstract

Although emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) weathered the global recession a decade ago relatively well, they now appear less well placed to cope with the substantial downside risks facing the global economy. In many EMDEs, the room for monetary and fiscal policies to respond to shocks has eroded; underlying growth potential has slowed; and the momentum for improving policy frameworks, institutions, and business climates seems to have slackened. The experience of the 2009 global recession highlights once again the critical role of policy room in shielding economic activity during adverse shocks. The subsequent decade of anemic growth underlines the need for sound policy frameworks, institutions, and business environments to promote sustained growth. With the global growth outlook weakening and vulnerabilities rising, the policy priority for EMDEs is now to improve resilience to shocks and to lift long-term growth prospects.

Keywords: economic integration, financial crises, International Business Cycles, Macroeconomic Policy

JEL Classification: E60, F36, F44, G01

Suggested Citation

Kose, M. Ayhan and Ohnsorge, Franziska, Emerging and Developing Economies: Ten Years after the Global Recession (February 2020). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14405, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3547336

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Franziska Ohnsorge

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