Now the small nation, whose financial sector had grown at a blistering pace to outweigh vastly its gross domestic product, is resting its hopes on Russia, along with funding from the International Monetary Fund and potential entry into the European Union.

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If current growth trends continue, this center will move in another three decades to a resting point between India and China just about where Singapore is, meaning its potential as the world's economic center may not even be fully realized.

WSJ: Wealth Over the Edge | WSJ.Money Spring 2013