Emerging Markets Subject Guide  

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This purpose of this guide is to serve as a resource for those beginning research on emerging markets/developing economies. The first step in this process is defining "emerging markets", an ambiguous and ever shifting term:

• The Wikipedia entry for Emerging Markets contains a history of the use of the term as well as links to other sites.
   
• Googling definition: emerging markets also turns up several explanations, including  Define Emerging Markets, a commentary appearing in the 1/29/2008 issue of Forbes.
   
• Other definitions can be found in the IMF World Economic Outlook.