The priorities of the Association have been outlined in an Action Plan for 2012. The main features of the Action Plan can be found in the Members' Only section. 

By 2018 China will overtake the United States in terms of gross domestic product at purchasing power parity. A new economic order will come to pass in 2020 led by China and followed by the U.S., India, Japan, Russia, Germany, Brazil, UK, France, Mexico, South Korea, Indonesia, Italy, Canada and Spain.

With demand from the developed world tepid at best, trade between emerging markets themselves will accelerate with an emphasis on the new and leisured classes in such markets as Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia,  Mexico, Russia, Turkey.

By and large, emerging market consumers, companies and governments are starting with low levels of debt, there is 'no debt overhang' and no need for the pain of austerity and deleveraging the developed world is suffering. In other words, most emerging market economies still have to a way to run.

Libya is a nation in the process of a major transition. As it recovers from the devastation of the past year it will have a real need for foreign investors to contribute to both its reconstruction effort as well as major industries, such as its oil and gas sector. Libya is set to become a new global player in the world of business and commerce. The new Libyan Government aims to incorporate its recently released assets into a national recovery plan, diversifying the country's economy in a way that will allow it to prosper in a variety of forms.