2010 NO.28

The World Bank released its Global Economic Prospects 2010 in June, saying global economic recovery is advancing with developing countries leading it. But high-income countries' debt is clouding this outlook. Is the recovery sustainable, especially in the midst of the EU debt crisis? And to what extent are developing countries contributing to the world recovery? In an interview with Beijing Review reporters Yu Shujun and Hu Yue, Hans Timmer, Director of the Development Prospects Group of the World Bank, shared his views on these issues. Edited excepts follow: