Finding The New Frontier

November 2007 | Fund News

Over the past year we have been increasingly highlighting the strong real GDP growth rates of frontier markets, and their rising level of integration with the global economy. This looks set to be the case again over the coming year, with Azerbaijan set to lead the worldwide growth pack, on the back of its economy expanding by 18.6% according to BMI forecasts. Angola is following fast on its heels at 15.5%. In total, we expect four economies to expand by over 10% in 2008, and 12 by more than 8%. This will far outpace the 2.1% we forecast for the

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