An analysis of per capita GDP (income) and employment changes in the 2010 to 2011 period for 200 of the world’s largest metropolitan economies, which account for nearly one-half (48 percent) of global output but contain only 14 percent of world population and employment, reveals that ninety percent of the fastest-growing metropolitan economies among the 200 largest worldwide were located outside North America and Western Europe.
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Global MetroMonitor 2011: Volatility, Growth, and Recovery
