Description

The publication of the Industrial Development Report 2009 comes at a time when developing countries are facing a number of severe challenges – continued high levels of poverty, volatile commodity and food prices, global economic slowdown triggered by the worst turbulences seen in international financial markets for more than a generation, and the threat of climate change with potentially irreversible consequences.

Meanwhile, the trend towards globalization has caused dramatic shifts in the world economy, while the emergence of new industrial powers is redefining traditional patterns of production and trade.

A report of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization
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