In this climate, globalization has come under heavy criticism, including from leaders of developing countries that could strongly benefit from it. President Yoweri Museveni, who is widely credited for integrating Uganda into world markets, has said that globalization is “the same old order with new means of control, new means of oppression, new means of marginalization” by rich countries seeking to secure access to developing country markets.
与此同时，尽管经济复苏的曙光隐约初现，但全球实际工资的增速在继2008年大幅放缓之后，预期将在2009年进一步下滑。根据目前掌握的53个国家的数据，平均实际工资增幅的中值增速已从2007年的4.3%降至2008年的1.4%。世界银行发出警告说，在原有生活于全球贫困线（每天1.25美元）以下的14亿人（2005年估算值）这一基础之上，将另有8900万人于危机之后陷入同样的困境之中。