وقد جاء هذا نتيجة عدد من العوامل، بما في ذلك ما اتخذته الحكومات من إجراءات تتعلق بالسياسات، بشكل جماعي وإفرادي، لتحرير التجارة وأسواق المال، والتخصيص ورفع القيود عن الأنشطة الاقتصادية.
A major development in the world economy in the 1990s was rapid globalization, particularly in the form of increased international flows of goods, services and finance, due to a number of factors, including policy actions by Governments, both collectively and individually, to liberalize trade and capital markets, and the privatization and deregulation of economic activities.