Yet within the club of economies that doubled in size were no less than eight from ____, the region traditionally written off as a hopeless economic backwater. Indeed, that region took 17 of the top 40 spots in the decade's global GDP growth rankings; its GDP is 66 percent larger than it was in 2000.
The emphasis is mine...when one region has 17 of the fastest growing 40 economies in the world, that's worth emphasizing.
