India among fastest-growing economies of the future
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India will be among the fastest-growing countries in the world in the next two years, according to a World Bank report. It says in its Global Economic Prospects report that India will witness positive growth in 2013 and 2014.
Let's have a look at the countries that will post good growth numbers in the next two years.
NOTE: Many of the countries in the report are 'frontier markets', starting from low absolute levels of GDP to begin with.
Source: Business Insider
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Image: Two women walk through a building that resembles a Roman Coliseum at the Florentia Village in Wuqing, Tianjin, China.
Photographs: David Gray/Reuters
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Iraq
Estimated 2012 GDP: +11.1 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +13.1 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +11.0 per cent
Total GDP increase: +25.4 per cent
Global rank: 1
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Image: A view of the tourist village of Habaniya, near Fallujah.
Photographs: Mohanned Faisal/Reuters
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Sierra Leone
Estimated 2012 GDP: +44.5 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +11.1 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.6 per cent
Total GDP increase: +19.5 per cent
Global rank: 2
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Image: An aerial view shows Lumley Beach in the Sierra Leonean capital Freetown.
Photographs: Simon Akam/Reuters
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China
Estimated 2012 GDP: +8.2 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +8.6 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +8.4 per cent
Total GDP increase: +17.72 per cent
Global rank: 3
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Image: A woman walks by a Louis Vuitton luxury boutique at the IFC Mall in Shanghai.
Photographs: Carlos Barria/Reuters
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Laos
Estimated 2012 GDP: +8.2 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.6 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.4 per cent
Total GDP increase: +15.6 per cent
Global rank: 4
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Image: Vehicles stop at the the entrance to the Kings Romans casino, part of the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone run by Chinese company Jin Mu Mian, in Laos.
Photographs: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters
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Mozambique
Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.7 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.2 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.8 per cent
Total GDP increase: +15.6 per cent
Global rank: 5
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Image: Local fishermen walk to a fishing boat on the Indian Ocean shore line in Vilanculo, Mozambique.
Photographs: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
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Rwanda
Estimated 2012 GDP: +7.2 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.5 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.2 per cent
Total GDP increase: +15.5 per cent
Global rank: 6
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Image: Traffic flows in at the main roundabout in Rwanda's capital Kigali.
Photographs: Frank Nyakairu/Reuters
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Ethiopia
Estimated 2012 GDP: +7.7 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.2 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.8 per cent
Total GDP increase: +15.2 per cent
Global rank: 7
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Image: Tourists guarded by local policemen visit sulphur and mineral salt formations created by the upwelling springs of Dallol volcano, Ethiopia.
Photographs: Michel Toulouse/Reuters
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Uganda
Estimated 2012 GDP: +4.0 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.0 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.3 per cent
Total GDP increase: +14.8 per cent
Global rank: 8
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Image: A cleaner polishes the central atrium of the Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala, Uganda.
Photographs: Euan Denholm/Reuters
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Angola
Estimated 2012 GDP: +8.1 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.4 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.8 per cent
Total GDP increase: +14.7 per cent
Global rank: 9
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Image: Dusk settles over the Angolan capital, Luanda.
Photographs: Mike Hutchings/Reuters
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Haiti
Estimated 2012 GDP: +7.3 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.1 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.9 per cent
Total GDP increase: +14.5 per cent
Global rank: 10
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Image: Revellers take part in the annual national carnival in Santo Domingo.
Photographs: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
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India
Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.7 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.8 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.0 per cent
Total GDP increase: +14.5 per cent
Global rank: 11
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Image: A woman looks at the products on display in a showroom in Mumbai.
Photographs: Arko Datta/Reuters
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Nigeria
Estimated 2012 GDP: +7.0 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.2 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.6 per cent
Total GDP increase: +14.3 per cent
Global rank: 12
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Image: A view of Tinapa Business resort project in Calabar, Delta region, Nigeria.
Photographs: Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters
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Democratic Republic of Congo
Estimated 2012 GDP: +7.2 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.0 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.5 per cent
Total GDP increase: +14.0 per cent
Global rank: 13
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Image: Mountain gorillas feed on the slopes of Mount Mikeno in the Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Photographs: Peter Andrews/Reuters
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Ghana
Estimated 2012 GDP: +7.2 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +7.0 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.5 per cent
Total GDP increase: +14.0 per cent
Global rank: 14
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Image: A statue of Ghana's first president Kwame Nkrumah is seen at his memorial park in Accra.
Photographs: Sahra Abdi/Reuters
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Tanzania
Estimated 2012 GDP: +8.0 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.4 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.0 per cent
Total GDP increase: +13.9 per cent
Global rank: 15
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Image: Houses are seen at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania's Hie district.
Photographs: Katrina Manson/Reuters
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Kazakhstan
Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.0 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +5.8 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +7.5 per cent
Total GDP increase: +13.7 per cent
Global rank: 16
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Image: A view of the capital Astana.
Photographs: Valery Kaliev/Reuters
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Uzbekistan
Estimated 2012 GDP: +8.0 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.5 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.7 per cent
Total GDP increase: +13.6 per cent
Global rank: 17
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Image: A view of the Kalyan ensemble in Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
Photographs: Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters
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Cambodia
Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.5 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.8 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.3 per cent
Total GDP increase: +13.5 per cent
Global rank: 18
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Image: Dancers perform in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Photographs: Tim Chong/Reuters
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Bangladesh
Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.4 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.4 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.5 per cent
Total GDP increase: +13.3 per cent
Global rank: 19
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Image: Waves approach the shore along the southern district of Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh.
Photographs: Mustafizur Rahman/Reuters
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Niger
Estimated 2012 GDP: +9.5 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.8 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.1 per cent
Total GDP increase: +13.3 per cent
Global rank: 20
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Image: A Tuareg woman crosses the street in front of a mud building in the Old Quarter of the desert city of Agadez.
Photographs: Tientan Ling/Reuters
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Indonesia
Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.0 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.5 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.3 per cent
Total GDP increase: +13.2 per cent
Global rank: 21
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Image: Women walk past a shop selling luxury shoes and bags at a shopping mall in Jakarta.
Photographs: Enny Nuraheni/Reuters
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Vietnam
Estimated 2012 GDP: +5.7 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.3 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.5 per cent
Total GDP increase: +13.2 per cent
Global rank: 22
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Image: A man performs with a crocodile at a zoo in Hanoi.
Photographs: Tuan DC/Reuters
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Cape Verde
Estimated 2012 GDP: +5.8 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.2 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.4 per cent
Total GDP increase: +13.0 per cent
Global rank: 23
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Image: Children play in the water at sunset in the port of Sal Rei in Cape Verde.
Photographs: David Lewis/Reuters
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Guinea
Estimated 2012 GDP: +5.0 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.0 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.5 per cent
Total GDP increase: +12.9 per cent
Global rank: 24
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Image: A boy plays on the beach in Guinea.
Photographs: Amr Dalsh/Reuters
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Zambia
Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.9 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.3 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.0 per cent
Total GDP increase: +12.9 per cent
Global rank: 25
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Image: A tourist sips her drink while watching elephants graze at a hotel in Livingstone, on the Zambian side of the Victoria Falls.
Photographs: Howard Burditt/Reuters
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Panama
Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.1 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.3 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +5.9 per cent
Total GDP increase: +12.6 per cent
Global rank: 26
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Image: Tourist take pictures of Panama City.
Photographs: Mariana Bazo/Reuters
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Tajikistan
Estimated 2012 GDP: +5.8 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +5.9 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +6.0 per cent
Total GDP increase: +12.3 per cent
Global rank: 27
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Image: A policeman walks past the monument of Tajik state founder Ismoil Somoni in Dushanbe.
Photographs: Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters
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Republic of Congo
Estimated 2012 GDP: +6.0 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.1 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +5.8 per cent
Total GDP increase: +12.3 per cent
Global rank: 28
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Image: Boys throw fishing net in Congo River on outskirts of the capital Kinshasa.
Photographs: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
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Botswana
Estimated 2012 GDP: +5.5 per cent
Estimated 2013 GDP: +6.5 per cent
Estimated 2014 GDP: +5.3 per cent
Total GDP increase: +12.1 per cent
Global rank: 29
Image: Foreign tourists in safari riverboats observe elephants along the Chobe river bank near Botswana's border.
Photographs: Peter Apps/Reuters
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