Istanbul An Example of Economic Growth in Emerging-Market Metropolitan Areas

In the wake of the Great Recession, the recovery in U.S. metropolitan areas has been rather slow and uneven, as Brookings’ quarterly MetroMonitor report has shown. But the global economy will grow by almost 5 percent in 2010, according to IMF projections. So where is that growth coming from?
http://www.brookings.edu/up-front/posts/2010/12/01-global-monitor-berube