Global Economic Monitoring Branch

The Global Economic Monitoring Branch (GEMB) monitors and analyses global economic trends and prospects and their implications for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Using its World Economic Forecasting Model, GEMB produces globally-consistent economic forecasts for a large number of developed, emerging and developing economies. GEMB leads the production and dissemination of the World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) – the definitive report of the United Nations system on the state of the global economy – in partnership with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the five United Nations Regional Commissions and the United Nations World Tourism Organization. GEMB also provides policy advice and capacity development support to developing countries on macroeconomic modelling and policy options, emphasizing the need for stronger linkages between short-term macroeconomic and long-term development policies.

Ingo Pitterle, Officer-in-charge, Global Economic Monitoring Branch, Ingo Pitterle is a senior economist in the Economic Analysis and Policy Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and a lead author of the United Nations’ annual flagship publication World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP). His expertise spans international macroeconomics, growth and fiscal policy. In addition to his research and policy work, Mr. Pitterle has served as an instructor of Political Economy Analysis courses designed for United Nations staff in field missions. Before joining UN DESA, Mr. Pitterle worked at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA) in Beirut, Lebanon.  As a national of Germany, Mr. Pitterle holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Eberhard-Karls University in Tübingen, Germany.