The chapter suggested that the developing world recovered more robustly from the financial crisis of 2007–2009 than the industrial world. Using the World Outlook Economic databases (can be accessed directly on www.imf.org) select the following groups of countries: the advanced economies (AE), the emerging market (EM), and the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)—as a representative of the developing countries and the following subjects: GDP growth, inflation, exports, current account, FDI, for the year 2006 to 2010. Comment on the results with respect to the impact of the financial crisis on international relationship and national economies.