The worst over in global economy says Babacan

ANKARA — Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan praised emerging economies such as India, Brazil and Indonesia for taking "the right steps in the right directions" to reach economic recovery.

Speaking at a ministerial council meeting of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development on Tuesday, Babacan emphasized that the worst of the turbulent times following the global economic crisis of 2007-2008 had passed. Babacan said, "There is a recovery especially in developed economies.

Many countries were hopeless. But at last recovery has started to take place."

He added that the level of sustainability of growth in the emerging economies was unclear, and he expected average growth for the next decade to be considerably lower than the previous one. "However, we see the average growth of emerging economies is still higher than developed countries.