South Africa: weaker growth due to a contraction in manufacturing
World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 21
WESP Weekly Highlight No. 21
June 2013
Summary:
Financial?markets?upbeat;?real?economies?sluggish
Subdued?global?growth?in?2013?and?moderate?pick-up?expected?for?2014
Unemployment?remains?a?key?policy?challenge
Short-term?risks?have?diminished?but?not?disappeared;?new?medium-term?risks?emerge
Despite improved global financial conditions and signs of reduced short-term?risks, the world?economy continues to expand at a subdued pace. After markedly slower growth over the past?two years, global economic activity is expected to?slowly gain momentum in the second?half of 2013, but growth?will still remain?below potential.?
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An integrated strategy for sustainable cities
by?Alex Julca and Willem van der Geest?
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Limited impact of monetary policy on domestic credit in Eastern Europe
World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 20
WESP Weekly Highlight No. 20
Algeria?s oil exports and implications for its fiscal position
World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 19
WESP Weekly Highlight No. 19
May 2013
Summary:?
Commodity?prices?decline?as?global?trade?remains?weak
The?ECB?cuts?interest?rates,?returning?to?conventional?monetary?policy
Economic?momentum?weakens?in?East?Asia;?another?interest?rate?cut?in India
The global economy continued to expand at a subdued pace in the first?quarter of 2013. The euro area is still in a recession and the recovery has?been feeble in most other developed countries. In addition, many emerging economies, including Brazil, China, India and the Russian Federation,?are growing below pre-crisis levels and exhibiting major difficulties. The?weak global demand is affecting the performance of trade and the evolution of world market prices for primary…
Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 54
International support to the sustainable development of SIDS has been on the international policy agenda for a long time, whereas challenges are intensifying. Stabilizing global economic and financial markets and international measures to reduce climate changes are indispensable to reduce vulnerabilities of SIDS, as is scaling-up of existing support measures at the national level in areas such as climate change adaptation. This paper also performs cluster and other statistical analyses of SIDS vulnerabilities to explore new approaches to SIDS support. The heterogeneity among SIDS is substantial even if only sub-groups of SIDS are considered. Therefore, a differentiated approach has merits,…
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A slowdown in US labour productivity growth: cyclical or secular?
World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 17
WESP Weekly Highlight No. 17
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