Zmiany w strukturze współczesnej gospodarki światowej
Structural changes in the contemporary world economy

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is the analysis of main trends of structural changes in the world production and also changes among respective regions share in the contemporary world economy. Additionally some changes in the nature of specialization in connection with those structural shifts were taken into account. The general conclusion is that the world economy is in the servicization phase of development, but it is not evident in all regions and during the last years there have been changes inverting previous long-term trends. Moreover, the region of advanced (developed) economies has noted the decrease in its share in the world economy and the world economic centre has shifted from the Atlantic to the Pacific area for many years. The structural changes in current economic development stage of the world economy are strictly connected with functional and spatial fragmentation of production process and then its reintegration through the international trade.

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