recession

Bank of Spain

Asian Development Bank is headquartered in Mandaluyong City, Philippines.

Bangladesh

Bangladesh economy is not effected by the global recession. Bangladesh's economic growth and exports remain quite strong.^[1]

The great asset bubble:

Ireland in the first quarter of 2008 reported a contraction in GDP of 1.5 percent, its first economic contraction since it began reporting by quarter and first recorded contraction since 1983.^[1] However, Ireland's Central Statistics Office reported growth in GNP of about 0.8 percent, Ireland's government considers GNP a better measure of the economy.

The Grand Serail, the government headquarters in downtown Beirut