Emerging Markets Archive:

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Interactive list of each member country’s situation and priorities.

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Speaking of Gapminder, the OECD has it’s 2008 factbook dataset available using it:

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Hans Rosling, creator of Gapminder, creates another wonderful presentation on long term global trends (broken up into three parts):

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here’s his classic 2006 Ted conference video “Debunking Myths About the ‘Third World'”:

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Other videos.

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Source: WSJ via investorinsight

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A colorful animated presentation of US bilateral trade flows.

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Net capital flows to emerging markets are set to drop to $165.3bn this year, down from $928.6bn in 2007, according to the Institute of International Finance. IMF loans are shown on the second tab.

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A nice interactive map from the FT:

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Interactive map of persian gulf investment in Africa. Related article.

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Interactive chart showing economic indicators for US, EU, Japan, and BRIC

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Real GDP growth forecasts from the FT.

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