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16 January 2012

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 39

January 2012 Summary: Faltering global economic growth in 2011 High unemployment is the Achilles Heel of the recovery Renewed volatility and heightened risk in financial markets in 2011 The pace of global economic growth slowed markedly in 2011. While official data covering the full year are not available for most?countries, world gross product is estimated to have increased by 2.8 per cent in 2011, compared with 4 per cent in 2010. The slowdown was most severe for developed countries, where the average growth rate was cut in half, sliding from 2.7 per cent in 2010 to 1.3?per cent in 2011. Developing country growth also decelerated by 1.5 percentage points to an average of a still robust… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 39

14 January 2012

World Economic Situation and Prospects 2012

The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2012 cautions that the world economy is on the brink of another major downturn. Global economic growth started to decelerate on a broad front in mid-2011 and is estimated to have averaged 2.8 per cent over the last year. This economic slowdown is expected to continue into 2012 and 2013. The United Nations baseline forecast for the growth of world gross product (WGP) is 2.6 per cent for 2012 and 3.2 per cent for 2013, which is below the pre-crisis pace of global growth. Sales No. E.12.II.C.2
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21 December 2011

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 38

December 2011 Summary: Grim prospects for world economy Premature fiscal austerity in developed countries is hampering recovery Developing countries remain vulnerable to downturns in the developed economies The world economy is teetering on the brink of another major downturn. Output growth already slowed considerably to an estimated 2.8 per cent in 2011. Based on relatively optimistic baseline assumptions, the United Nations foresees world gross product (WGP)?growth of 2.6 per cent for 2012 and 3.2 per cent for 2013. If the European sovereign debt crisis were to spin out of control and the?weaknesses in the United States economy interact to create a downward spiral, the world economy… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 38

18 November 2011

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 37

November 2011 Summary: EU leaders agree to scale up measures to solve the simmering debt crisis, but hurdles remain Unemployment in developed economies still high and lasting longer Is the G20 falling behind the curve? In late October, European leaders held a marathon negotiating session and finally agreed on a set of measures intended to solve?the?ever-simmering debt crisis. The measures include a 50 per cent write-down of Greek debt held by the private sector, based on a voluntary arrangement between the Greek Government and concerned parties. With this in place and, given the envisaged public sector?reforms, the Greek debt-to-GDP ratio is targeted to reach 120 per cent by 2020.… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 37

12 November 2011

Development Policy Seminars: Archive

2012 Development Policy Seminar Series "The World Economic and Social Survey: A reflective and selective energy discourse" presented by Prof. Mark Howells, Director of the Division of Energy Systems Analysis (KTH-dESA) at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. (10 December 2012) “Towards a sustainable social model: Implications for the post-2015 agenda” presented by Dr. Nazrul Islam, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Development Strategy and Policy Analysis Unit/DPAD/DESA (6 December 2012) “The Millennium Institute’s Threshold 21 Model” presented by John D. Shilling (30 November 2012) "Desirable financial sector in developing countries, especially LICs, to serve the real… Development Policy Seminars: Archive

04 November 2011

World Economic Situation and Prospects: Monthly Briefing, No. 94

04 November 2011

World Economic Situation and Prospects: Monthly Briefing, No. 98

11 October 2011

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 36

October 2011 Summary: Equity markets worldwide plunged Euro area dollar liquidity dries up in the midst of Europe?s sovereign debt crisis G20 finance ministers maintain focus on fiscal consolidation Stock markets worldwide ended September with the largest quarterly loss since the final three months of 2008, after the collapse of?Lehman Brothers bank. The recent fall has been driven by a combination of factors, including the fear of a double-dip recession in?developed economies, concerns about the contagion of the sovereign debt problems of a number of European countries, and unease?about lack of effective policy action in major economies to deal with these problems.?Equity prices in… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 36

29 September 2011

The MDG Gap Task Force Report 2011

The Global Partnership for Development: Time to Deliver Significant gaps remain in delivering on the commitments in the areas of aid, trade, debt relief, and access to new technologies and to affordable essential medicines. A number of crucial commitments that were supposed to have been reached by 2010, including increased aid volume, improved aid effectiveness, and the conclusion of the Doha Round of trade negotiations, have not been met. The MDG Gap Task Force Report 2011 monitors the progress made in achieving the targets of MDG 8, including continued attention to the impact of the global crisis on meeting the targets set under MDG 8 and embedding any new commitments resulting from the… The MDG Gap Task Force Report 2011

16 September 2011

The concept of structural economic vulnerability?and its relevance for the identification of the least developed countries and other purposes: nature, measurement and evolution, by Patrick Guillaumont (CDP Background Paper No. 12)

Structural economic vulnerability is a major obstacle for the development of LDCs. The paper discusses the conceptual, methodological and empirical issues related to the economic vulnerability index (EVI) developed and used by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) in the identification of LDCs. It also addresses the relation between physical and economic vulnerability to climate change as well as the role of the EVI in allocating official development aid and as tool for development research. Download