The FSF can make a decisive contribution to assessing the costs and benefits in close cooperation with the private sector. The acceleration of world economic growth in the last few years is part of a longer-term trend.
The introduction of market mechanisms and the opening to international trade have driven the development of large countries: first Japan, South Korea and the Asian tigers; more recently, China and India. They have raised hundreds of millions of people, a significant share of mankind, from conditions of absolute poverty.