EMERGING MARKETS GROWTH FUND INC (Prospectus Summary) | EMERGING MARKETS GROWTH FUND INC

EMERGING MARKETS GROWTH FUND, INC.

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The investment objective of the Fund is to seek long-term capital growth.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (USD $)	EMERGING MARKETS GROWTH FUND INC SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchases	none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge	none
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Reinvested Dividends	none
Redemption Fee	none
Exchange Fee	none

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses		EMERGING MARKETS GROWTH FUND INC SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
Management Fees		0.61%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		none
Other Expenses		0.07%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses		0.06%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	[1]	0.74%

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund
with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods
indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The
example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that
the Fund's operating expenses remain the same.

Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example (USD $)	Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year	Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years	Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years	Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years
EMERGING MARKETS GROWTH FUND INC SHARES OF COMMON STOCK	76	237	411	918

Although this Example assumes an investment of $10,000, your initial investment
in the Fund must be at least $100,000.

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells
securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate
may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund
shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in
annual Fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance.
During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was
39.30% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund invests primarily in common stock and other equity securities of
issuers in developing countries. Developing countries are also known as
"emerging markets." In determining whether an issuer is in a developing country,
the Fund will consider whether the country is generally considered to be a
developing country by the international financial community, where the issuer is
domiciled, the location of the issuer's principal place of business and/or
whether the issuer has substantial assets, or derives significant revenues or
profits from developing countries. Equity securities are securities that exhibit
ownership characteristics, including common and preferred stock, securities
convertible into common and preferred stock and depository receipts representing
ownership in common and preferred stock. These securities are discussed more
fully in the section entitled "Investment Objective, Strategies and Risks."

The investment adviser uses a system of multiple portfolio managers in managing
the Fund's assets. Under this approach, the portfolio of the Fund is divided
into segments managed by individual managers who decide how their respective
segments will be invested.

The Fund relies on the professional judgment of its investment adviser to make
decisions about the Fund's portfolio investments. The basic investment
philosophy of the investment adviser is to seek to invest in attractively valued
companies that, in its opinion, represent good, long-term investment
opportunities. The investment adviser believes that an important way to
accomplish this is through fundamental analysis, which may include meeting with
company executives and employees, suppliers, customers and competitors. Securities
may be sold when the investment adviser believes that they no longer represent
relatively attractive investment opportunities.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

This section describes the principal risks associated with the Fund's principal
investment strategies. You may lose money by investing in the Fund. The
likelihood of loss may be greater if you invest for a shorter period of time.
Investors in the Fund should have a long-term perspective and be able to
tolerate potentially sharp declines in value.

Market conditions - The prices of, and the income generated by, the common
stocks and other securities held by the Fund may decline due to market
conditions and other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of
securities held by the Fund.

Investing in growth-oriented stocks - Growth-oriented stocks may involve larger
price swings and greater potential for loss than other types of investments.
These risks may be even greater in the case of smaller capitalization stocks.

Investing outside the United States - Securities of issuers domiciled outside
the United States, or with significant operations outside the United States, may
lose value because of political, social, economic or market developments in the
countries or regions in which the issuer operates. These securities may also
lose value due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates against the U.S.
dollar and/or currencies of other countries. Securities markets in certain
countries may be more volatile and/or less liquid than those in the United
States. Investments outside the United States may also be subject to different
settlement and accounting practices and different regulatory, legal and
reporting standards, and may be more difficult to value, than those in the
United States. The risks of investing outside the United States may be
heightened in connection with investments in developing countries.

Investing in developing countries - Investing in countries with developing
economies and/or markets may involve risks in addition to and greater than those
generally associated with investing in developed countries. For instance,
developing countries may have less developed legal and accounting systems than
those in developed countries. The governments of these countries may be more
unstable and more likely to impose capital controls, nationalize a company or
industry, place restrictions on foreign ownership and on withdrawing sale
proceeds of securities from the country, and/or impose punitive taxes that could
adversely affect the prices of securities. In addition, the economies of these
countries may be dependent on relatively few industries that are more
susceptible to local and global changes. Securities markets in these countries
can also be relatively small and have substantially lower trading volumes. As a
result, securities issued in these countries may be more volatile and less
liquid, and may be more difficult to value, than securities issued in countries
with more developed economies and/or markets. Additionally, there may be
increased settlement risks for transactions in local securities.

Management - The investment adviser to the Fund actively manages the Fund's
investments. Consequently, the Fund is subject to the risk that the methods and
analyses employed by the investment adviser in this process may not produce the
desired results. This could cause the Fund to lose value or its investment
results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.

Your investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or
guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
governmental agency, entity or person.

INVESTMENT RESULTS

The bar chart below shows how the Fund's investment results have varied from
year to year, and the table below shows how the Fund's average annual total
returns for various periods compare with the MSCI Emerging Markets Index
(stacked), a broad measure of market performance. This information provides
some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. Past results (before
and after taxes) are not predictive of future results.

The bar chart below shows how the Fund's investment results have varied from
year to year, and the table below shows how the Fund's average annual total
returns for various periods compare with the MSCI Emerging Markets Index
(stacked), a broad measure of market performance.

CALENDAR YEAR TOTAL RETURNS

Highest/Lowest quarterly results during this time period were:

Highest:  33.33% (quarter ended June 30, 2009)    
                                                  
Lowest:  -25.28% (quarter ended December 31, 2008)
                                                   
The Fund's total return for the six months ended June 30, 2012, was 0.41%.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (For the periods ended December 31, 2011)

Average Annual Total Returns EMERGING MARKETS GROWTH FUND INC	Label	1 Year	5 Years	10 Years
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK	Return Before Taxes	(21.53%)	2.66%	13.51%
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK After Taxes on Distributions	Return After Taxes on Distributions	(21.91%)	0.43%	11.29%
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK After Taxes on Distributions and Sales	Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares	(13.03%)	1.96%	11.82%
MSCI Emerging Markets Index	MSCI Emerging Markets Index (stacked) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)	(19.49%)	2.55%	13.94%

After-tax returns applicable to U.S. taxable investors are calculated using the
highest historical individual federal income tax rates and do not reflect the
impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on specific tax
situations and likely will differ from the results shown above.

[1] The total annual fund operating expenses included in the fee table do not correlate to the ratio of expenses to average net assets included in the Financial Highlights section. The Financial Highlights reflect only the operating expenses of the Fund (management fees and other expenses, as identified in the Subtotal above) and do not include fees and expenses related to the Acquired Funds.