Many developing countries ha we become more integrated with the global economy in the past two decades, and at the same time their growth rates have accelerated (examples would be Bangladesh, China, india, Mexico, Uganda and Vietnam). A natural question to ask is whether there is a link. In other words, could countries such as Bangladesh, China, india, and Vietnam have grown as rapidly as they have, if they had remained as closed to foreign trade and investment as they were in 1980?"(Dollar, 2002) Should national economies disengage from global economic integration? It so, would this lead to lower levels of GDP growth for low and middle income countries? In presenting your argument, please provide examples and clear economic reasons and logic for your