In its report on economic prospects for 2008, the World Bank is expecting that the rise in real GDP in developing countries will reach 7.1% this year against only 2.2% in rich countries (GDP measured at market prices and in US$ constant for 2000). In total, global growth will stabilise around 3.3% after standing at 3.6%, in 2007. Economists are counting on the dynamic nature of the Asian countries, whose imports are helping reduce the trade deficit in the US. GDP in the East Asian and...