Global Macro Research
Macroeconomics

Macro Bytes: Why Asia is winning the race for global growth

In this episode we discuss the drivers of global growth out to 2050 - demographics, migration, urbanisation, the risks of the middle-income trap, and Asia’s growing share of the global economic pie.

Authors
Paul Diggle
Chief Economist
Luke Bartholomew
Deputy Chief Economist
Robert Gilhooly
Senior Emerging Markets Economist
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Duration: 22 Mins

Date: 26 May 2023

Luke and Paul talk to Robert Gilhooly, Senior Emerging Markets Economist at abrdn, about the drivers of global growth out to 2050. They discuss demographics, and why it is not always destiny, migration, urbanisation, the risks of the middle-income trap, and Asia’s growing share of the global economic pie.

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