Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/84668 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Discussion Paper No. 2008/05
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper attempts to analyse the economic implications of the rise of China, India, Brazil and South Africa, for developing countries situated in the wider context of the world economy. It examines the possible impact of their rapid growth on industrialized countries and developing countries, which could be complementary or competitive and, on balance, positive or negative. In doing so, it considers the main channels of transmission, to focus on international trade, investment, finance and migration. The essential question is whether, in times to come, these four countries could be the new engines of growth for the world economy. The answer is that rapid growth in China already supports growth elsewhere, so far primarily as a market for exports, while India and Brazil have the potential to provide similar support, but South Africa does not yet exhibit such a potential. In future, these countries could also provide resources for investment and technologies for productivity. The transformation and catch-up could span half a century or longer. Even so, rapid growth in these large emerging economies is already beginning to change the balance of economic power in the world.
Subjects: 
China
India
Brazil
South Africa
growth
development
history
trade
investment
finance
migration
JEL: 
F02
F40
F50
N10
O10
O11
O19
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-110-1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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