The World Bank released its Global Economic Prospects 2010 inJune, saying global economic recovery is advancing with developingcountries leading it. But high-income countries" debt is clouding thisoutlook. Is the recovery sustainable, especially in the midst of the EUdebt crisis? And to what extent are developing countries contributingto the world recovery? In an interview with Beijing Review reportersYu Shujun and Hu Yue, Hans Timmer, Director of the DevelopmentProspects Group of the World Bank, shared his views on these issues.Edited excepts follow: