World Economies Rebound
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)has said growth and recovery are expected in 2010 in just about all world regions.
For its 30 member countries, rich nations including the US and UK, it has more than doubled its growth forecast to 1.9 percent for next year, from 0.7per cent.
But the OECD has warned developed nations not to expect a smooth ride. It said growth was being 'held back by still substantial headwinds' and would be 'modest' for some time.
The very measures that are helping richer nations to recover pose risks to that recovery, The UK, for example, needed to come up with a concrete plan to ease concerns about the stability of the public finances, it added.
The OECD said the effectiveness of the UK's asset purchase programme - the so-called quantitative easing programme - was uncertain.
A very different economic outlook is forecast for key emerging nations. China can expect to grow by 10 percent, India by more than seven per cent.
The other two stand-out nations are Brazil and Russia. The OECD expects Brazil's economy to rebound and expand by almost five per cent after stagnating this year.
Russia is also predicted to see that kind of economic improvement next year. But its turnaround will be even more dramatic. This year, it has experienced one of the worst economic slumps in the world — contracting by almost nine per cent.