国际货币基金组织有关低收入发展中国家（Low Income Developing Countries）的最新研究报告指出，在过去两年内，脆弱性不断上升。目前，有百分之四十的低收入发展中国家极易受到增长冲击的影响，这一比例创下了全球金融危机以来的历史新高。严重依赖商品出口（如石油和矿产等）的国家在2015年的经济增长速度明显放缓，据预计，这一趋势很有可能将延续至2016年。此外，低收入发展中国家还需要大量的外部资金支持其国内的项目，以便其在中期内更好的适应气候变化；否则，其宏伟的发展目标很可能就会成为空中楼阁。
The Carnegie Asia Program in Washington and Beijing studies disruptive security, governance, and technological risks that threaten peace and growth in the Asia Pacific region.
The Carnegie International Economics Program monitors and analyzes short- and long-term trends in the global economy, including macroeconomic developments, trade, commodities, and capital flows, drawing out their policy implications. The current focus of the program is the global financial crisis and its related policy issues. The program also examines the ramifications of the rising weight of developing countries in the global economy among other areas of research.