Global MetroMonitor 2011: Volatility, Growth, and Recovery

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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