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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48343)	4/21/2005 3:50:36 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Those who see glass half empty quote rapture index a convoluted self styled delusional set of prophetic warnings as evidence of a world leading towards disasters; Rapture Index is at 152; according to these gloom seekers above Rapture Index above 145: means fasten your seat belts. raptureready.com Actually world has seen a lot more in 90’s we are in a phase of economic tranquility and look back at 90's with envy, in midst of it it looked so gloomy,the following article highlights the contagions and present economic stability, those who see glass half full.. A Global Answer to Global Problems Paul Martin The G-20 has helped the world's economic leaders go from simply managing crises to making long-term improvements in the international economy. Now a new leaders' forum—call it the L-20—could do something similar for political problems. ''Today, the 1990s are remembered as an era of unprecedented growth and creativity. But at the time -- as I know from my experience then as Canada's finance minister -- that growth did not seem nearly so certain. So what changed? How did we get from there to here, from a series of major economic crises to a period of relative economic calm? Crises have their uses. They can crystallize a moment and bring into sharp relief the mistakes that have been made and what must be done to correct them. Over the last 50 years, the international community has been remarkably successful at learning these lessons and putting in place international measures that have resolved crises and brought greater prosperity, security, health, and social well-being to the world than our grandparents could have imagined. The economic crises of the 1990s required solutions for problems specific to each of the countries involved. As governments worked through them, however, a more general problem arose that raised serious questions about the overall approach to global economic issues. Put simply, the right countries were not sitting down around the same table at the same time. Without a proper leadership forum, finance ministers from the group of highly industrialized countries (G-7) took the lead throughout the 1990s in formulating responses to the various crises. But this group was too restricted, and unable to help set the direction for sound financial management that emerging economic powerhouses of the developing world should follow. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) played a central role in mounting rescue operations but was not well suited to the kind of frank -- and frankly political -- talk that was needed to establish a consensus on sound policies across the North-South divide. Lawrence Summers, then U.S. treasury secretary, was acutely aware of the problem and made various efforts during his time in office to gather the right countries together. But he had only limited success, and when I suggested we try to establish something more permanent, he was immediately receptive to the idea.'' foreignaffairs.org