## IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) -- Globalization and Inequality, October 2007

_World Economic Outlook, October 9, 2007_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: October 9, 2007
- Series: World Economic Outlook

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### Scope and Purpose of the Publication
- Semiannual World Economic Outlook reviewing global macroeconomic developments, forecasting growth, and citing risks.
- Presents IMF staff analysis and projections at the global level, in major country groups, and for many individual countries.
- Prepared usually twice a year as documentation for meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee and serves as the main instrument of the IMF's global surveillance activities.
- Ordering information notes: "View the Full Text of the WEO (use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader)."

### Key Thematic Chapters and Analytical Focus
- Executive Summary and Foreword (Data).
- Chapter 1. Global Prospects and Policy Issues
  - Topics: Strong Global Growth Is Being Confronted by Turbulent Financial Conditions; The Baseline Outlook Has Been Marked Down Moderately—And Downside Risks Have Intensified; Living with Heavy Foreign Exchange Inflows; Sustaining Robust Growth; Policy Challenges.
  - Appendices: Developments in Commodity Markets; Climate Change: Economic Impact and Policy Responses.
- Chapter 2. Country and Regional Perspectives
  - Regional and country focuses: United States and Canada; Western Europe; Industrial Asia; Emerging Asia; Latin America; Emerging Europe; Commonwealth of Independent States; Sub-Saharan Africa; Middle East.
  - Emphasis on region-specific challenges such as uncertainty in the U.S. outlook, deflation risks in Japan, managing strong foreign exchange inflows, and using oil revenues.
- Chapter 3. Managing Large Capital Inflows
  - Analytical components: Two Waves of Large Capital Inflows to Emerging Markets; Identifying Episodes of Large Capital Inflows; Policy Responses to Large Capital Inflows; Linking Macroeconomic Outcomes and Policy Responses; Conclusions.
  - Appendix on event analysis and policy indices methodologies and data.
- Chapter 4. Globalization and Inequality (analytic focus matching publication title)
  - Sections: Recent Trends in Inequality and Globalization; What Is the Impact of Globalization on Inequality?; An Empirical Investigation of Globalization and Inequality; Conclusions and Policy Implications.
  - Appendix 4.1. Data Sources and Methods.
  - Boxes: Measuring Inequality: Conceptual, Methodological, and Measurement Issues; What Do Country Studies of the Impact of Globalization on Inequality Tell Us? Examples from Mexico, China, and India.
- Chapter 5. The Changing Dynamics of the Global Business Cycle
  - Topics: Global Business Cycles: A Historical Perspective; Has the World Economy Become More Stable?; What Is Driving the Moderation of the Global Business Cycle?
  - Appendix on data and methods.

### Empirical and Analytical Tools Included
- Statistical Appendix covering assumptions, what's new, data and conventions, classification of countries, general features and composition of groups.
- Extensive tables and figures across chapters, including but not limited to:
  - Tables on world GDP growth and PPP weights, output, inflation, financial policies, foreign trade, current account transactions, balance of payments, flow of funds, medium-term baseline scenarios, and country/regional data.
  - Figures on global indicators, global inflation, mature and emerging market financial conditions, global outlook, commodity price indices, greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related projections, and many region- and topic-specific visualizations.
- Chapter- and appendix-level boxes providing targeted analyses (e.g., Macroeconomic Implications of Recent Financial Market Turmoil; Can Capital Controls Work?; Experience with Emissions Trading in the European Union).

### Data Coverage and Time Horizons
- Includes historical series and panel/cross-sectional analyses (examples of referenced ranges and periods in figures/tables: 1981–2003).
- Medium-term baseline scenarios and country-level projections are part of the statistical appendices and tables.

### Policy-Relevant Emphases and Conclusions (as framed by chapter headings)
- Assessment of baseline global outlook with attention to intensified downside risks and financial turbulence.
- Policy challenges related to sustaining robust growth amid heavy foreign exchange inflows and managing large capital inflows to emerging markets.
- Investigation of the relationship between globalization and inequality, combining empirical analysis with policy implications.
- Examination of the changing dynamics and potential moderation of the global business cycle, with implications for macroeconomic policy.

*IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) -- Globalization and Inequality, October 2007 (web landing page overview).*

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- **Box1_2_1**
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- **Box1 4 1**
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- **Box1 4 2**
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- **Box1 6**
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- **Box2 3**
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- **Figure 1.1. Global Indicators**
  - [Figure 1.1. Global Indicators (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_1.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **dataset overview**
  - [dataset overview (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_10.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 1.11. Measures of the Output Gap and Capacity Pressures**
  - [Figure 1.11. Measures of the Output Gap and Capacity Pressures (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_11.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 1.12.  Productivity and Labor Cost Developments in Selected Advanced Economies**
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- **Figure 1.13. Current Account Balances and Net Foreign Assets**
  - [Figure 1.13. Current Account Balances and Net Foreign Assets (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_13.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 1.14.  Simulated Effect of a Financial Shock on the Global Economy**
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- **Figure 1.15.  Private Capital Flows to Emerging Markets**
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- **Figure 1.16.  Current and Capital Account Flows to Selected Emerging Market and Developing Countries**
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- **Figure 1.17.  Perspectives on Global Growth**
  - [Figure 1.17.  Perspectives on Global Growth (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_17.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 1.18.  Commodity Price Indices**
  - [Figure 1.18.  Commodity Price Indices (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_18.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 1.19.  Crude Oil and Gasoline Prices**
  - [Figure 1.19.  Crude Oil and Gasoline Prices (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_19.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Fig1 2**
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- **Fig1 20**
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- **Dataset overview: fig1_21**
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- **Figure 1.22.  Oil Futures Prices, and Selected Energy and Metal Prices**
  - [Figure 1.22.  Oil Futures Prices, and Selected Energy and Metal Prices (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_22.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 1.23.  Sources of Demand and Prices of Selected Fuel-Related Food Items**
  - [Figure 1.23.  Sources of Demand and Prices of Selected Fuel-Related Food Items (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_23.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Fig1 24**
  - [Fig1 24 (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_24.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 1.25.  Actual and Projected Fuel-Related Carbon Emissions Under �Business-as-Usual�**
  - [Figure 1.25.  Actual and Projected Fuel-Related Carbon Emissions Under �Business-as-Usual� (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_25.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 1.26.  Time Profile of Aggregate Damages from Climate Change**
  - [Figure 1.26.  Time Profile of Aggregate Damages from Climate Change (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_26.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 1.27.  Mean per Capita GDP Losses at Different Levels of Warming**
  - [Figure 1.27.  Mean per Capita GDP Losses at Different Levels of Warming (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_27.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 1.28.  Greenhouse Gas Emission Paths Consistent with Alternative Concentration Targets**
  - [Figure 1.28.  Greenhouse Gas Emission Paths Consistent with Alternative Concentration Targets (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_28.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 1.29.  Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Kyoto Targets, and Predicted Emissions**
  - [Figure 1.29.  Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Kyoto Targets, and Predicted Emissions (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_29.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 1.3.  Developments in Mature Credit Markets**
  - [Figure 1.3.  Developments in Mature Credit Markets (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_3.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 1.4.  Mature Financial Market Indicators**
  - [Figure 1.4.  Mature Financial Market Indicators (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_4.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 1.5.  Emerging Market Financial Conditions**
  - [Figure 1.5.  Emerging Market Financial Conditions (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_5.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 1.6.  External Developments in Selected Advanced Economies**
  - [Figure 1.6.  External Developments in Selected Advanced Economies (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_6.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Dataset: fig1_7 — External Developments in Emerging Market and Developing Countries**
  - [Dataset: fig1_7 — External Developments in Emerging Market and Developing Countries (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_7.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 1.8.  Global Outlook**
  - [Figure 1.8.  Global Outlook (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_8.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 1.9. Current and Forward-Looking Indicators**
  - [Figure 1.9. Current and Forward-Looking Indicators (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c1/fig1_9.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 2.1. United States: Indicators of Investment**
  - [Figure 2.1. United States: Indicators of Investment (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c2/fig2_1.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 2.2. Western Europe: What Is the Outlook for Inflation?**
  - [Figure 2.2. Western Europe: What Is the Outlook for Inflation? (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c2/fig2_2.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 2.3.  Japan: Deflation Still Not Decisively Beaten**
  - [Figure 2.3.  Japan: Deflation Still Not Decisively Beaten (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c2/fig2_3.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 2.4.  Emerging Asia: Managing Strong Foreign Exchange Inflows**
  - [Figure 2.4.  Emerging Asia: Managing Strong Foreign Exchange Inflows (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c2/fig2_4.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 2.5.  Latin America: Capital Inflows Are Complicating Macroeconomic Management**
  - [Figure 2.5.  Latin America: Capital Inflows Are Complicating Macroeconomic Management (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c2/fig2_5.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Fig2 6**
  - [Fig2 6 (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c2/fig2_6.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 2.7.  Commonwealth of Independent States**
  - [Figure 2.7.  Commonwealth of Independent States (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c2/fig2_7.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Fig2 8**
  - [Fig2 8 (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c2/fig2_8.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 2.9.  Middle East: How Are Oil Revenues Used?**
  - [Figure 2.9.  Middle East: How Are Oil Revenues Used? (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c2/fig2_9.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 3.1.  Net Private Capital Inflows to Emerging Markets**
  - [Figure 3.1.  Net Private Capital Inflows to Emerging Markets (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c3/fig3_1.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 3.10.  Post-Inflow GDP Growth, Selected Macroeconomic Variables, and Policy Indicators**
  - [Figure 3.10.  Post-Inflow GDP Growth, Selected Macroeconomic Variables, and Policy Indicators (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c3/fig3_10.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Fig3 11**
  - [Fig3 11 (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c3/fig3_11.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Fig3 12**
  - [Fig3 12 (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c3/fig3_12.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 3.13.  Resistance to Exchange Market Pressures and Duration of Capital Inflow Episodes**
  - [Figure 3.13.  Resistance to Exchange Market Pressures and Duration of Capital Inflow Episodes (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c3/fig3_13.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 3.14. Fiscal Policy and Balance of Payments Pressures**
  - [Figure 3.14. Fiscal Policy and Balance of Payments Pressures (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c3/fig3_14.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 3.15.  Mexico: Identification of Large Net Private Capital Inflow Episodes**
  - [Figure 3.15.  Mexico: Identification of Large Net Private Capital Inflow Episodes (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c3/fig3_15.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Fig3 2**
  - [Fig3 2 (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c3/fig3_2.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **dataset overview**
  - [dataset overview (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c3/fig3_3.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 3.4. Net FDI and Non-FDI Inflows**
  - [Figure 3.4. Net FDI and Non-FDI Inflows (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c3/fig3_4.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 3.5.  Characteristics of Episodes of Large Net Private Capital Inflows**
  - [Figure 3.5.  Characteristics of Episodes of Large Net Private Capital Inflows (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c3/fig3_5.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 3.6. Exchange Market Pressure Index**
  - [Figure 3.6. Exchange Market Pressure Index (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c3/fig3_6.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 3.7.  Evolution of Policy Indicators**
  - [Figure 3.7.  Evolution of Policy Indicators (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c3/fig3_7.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 3.8.  Policy Indicators in the Episodes of Large Net Private Capital Inflows**
  - [Figure 3.8.  Policy Indicators in the Episodes of Large Net Private Capital Inflows (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c3/fig3_8.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Fig3 9**
  - [Fig3 9 (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c3/fig3_9.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Fig4 1**
  - [Fig4 1 (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c4/fig4_1.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 4.10.  Decomposition of Globalization Effects on Inequality**
  - [Figure 4.10.  Decomposition of Globalization Effects on Inequality (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c4/fig4_10.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 4.11.  Inequality Versus Exports in Agriculture**
  - [Figure 4.11.  Inequality Versus Exports in Agriculture (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c4/fig4_11.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 4.12.  Foreign Direct Investment Stock by Sector**
  - [Figure 4.12.  Foreign Direct Investment Stock by Sector (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c4/fig4_12.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 4.13.  Inequality and Technology, 1981–2003**
  - [Figure 4.13.  Inequality and Technology, 1981–2003 (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c4/fig4_13.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 4.14.  Explaining the Change in Income Share of Top and Bottom Quintiles**
  - [Figure 4.14.  Explaining the Change in Income Share of Top and Bottom Quintiles (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c4/fig4_14.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Fig4 15**
  - [Fig4 15 (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c4/fig4_15.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Fig4 2**
  - [Fig4 2 (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c4/fig4_2.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 4.3.  Cross-Country Trends in Inequality**
  - [Figure 4.3.  Cross-Country Trends in Inequality (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c4/fig4_3.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 4.4.  Income Shares by Quintile**
  - [Figure 4.4.  Income Shares by Quintile (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c4/fig4_4.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 4.5.  Per Capita Income by Quintile**
  - [Figure 4.5.  Per Capita Income by Quintile (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c4/fig4_5.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 4.6.  Per Capita Income by Quintile in Selected Countries**
  - [Figure 4.6.  Per Capita Income by Quintile in Selected Countries (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c4/fig4_6.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 4.7.  Inequality Versus Globalization: Selected Countries**
  - [Figure 4.7.  Inequality Versus Globalization: Selected Countries (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c4/fig4_7.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 4.8.  Information and Communications Technology**
  - [Figure 4.8.  Information and Communications Technology (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c4/fig4_8.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 4.9.  Explaining Gini Coefficient Changes**
  - [Figure 4.9.  Explaining Gini Coefficient Changes (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c4/fig4_9.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **fig5_1 — Dataset overview**
  - [fig5_1 — Dataset overview (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c5/fig5_1.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 5.10.  Contribution to Outcome Differences**
  - [Figure 5.10.  Contribution to Outcome Differences (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c5/fig5_10.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **fig5_2 — Dataset overview**
  - [fig5_2 — Dataset overview (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c5/fig5_2.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 5.3.  Recessions in Historical Perspective**
  - [Figure 5.3.  Recessions in Historical Perspective (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c5/fig5_3.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 5.4.  Volatility of Growth in the Main World Regions**
  - [Figure 5.4.  Volatility of Growth in the Main World Regions (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c5/fig5_4.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Fig5 5**
  - [Fig5 5 (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c5/fig5_5.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 5.6.  Decomposition of Changes to World Output Volatility by Expenditure Component**
  - [Figure 5.6.  Decomposition of Changes to World Output Volatility by Expenditure Component (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c5/fig5_6.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 5.7.  Decomposition of Change in U.S. Output Volatility**
  - [Figure 5.7.  Decomposition of Change in U.S. Output Volatility (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c5/fig5_7.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 5.8.  Volatility Patterns in Rapidly Growing Economies**
  - [Figure 5.8.  Volatility Patterns in Rapidly Growing Economies (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c5/fig5_8.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Figure 5.9. Some Determinants of Differences in Business-Cycle Characteristics**
  - [Figure 5.9. Some Determinants of Differences in Business-Cycle Characteristics (CSV)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/c5/fig5_9.csv){rel="external" type="application/octet-stream"}
- **Revisedgdp Ppp**
  - [Revisedgdp Ppp (XLS)](/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/weodata/RevisedGDP_PPP.xls){rel="external" type="text/html; charset=utf-8"}

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## References

- [World Economic Outlook Database](https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/02/weodata/index.aspx)
- [Transcript](https://www.imf.org/external/np/tr/2007/tr071017.htm)
- [Transcript](https://www.imf.org/external/np/tr/2007/tr071010.htm)
- [Simon Johnson's IMF Research Blog](http://blog-research.imf.org/)
- [Other issues of the World Economic Outlook](https://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=29)
- [Frequently Asked Questions: WEO](https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/faq.htm)
- [IMF Data Mapper®](https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/index.php)
- [Research at the IMF](https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/res/index.htm)
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- [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.imf.org/adobe)
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- [https://www.imf.org/en/home](https://www.imf.org/en/home)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo/issues/2016/12/31/globalization-and-inequality_