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15 December 1949

World Economic And Social Survey Archive: 1947-1949

1949?1950 World Economic Report 1949?1950 World Economic Report 1949-50 analyses major developments in domestic economic conditions and international economic relations during 1949 and the first half of 1950, with some preliminary comments on tendencies since mid-1950. The Report also presents a discussion of two special problems: the factors underlying the persistent dollar deficits in a large part of the world prior to 1949 and the relationship between the currency devaluation of 1949 and subsequent developments in international trade. WER 1949-1950, Africa 1949?1950, Middle East 1949?1950 1948 World Economic Report 1948 World Economic Report 1948 assembles a considerable volume of post… World Economic And Social Survey Archive: 1947-1949

12 December 1949

World Economic and Social Survey 1949-50

World Economic Report 1949-50 analyses major developments in domestic economic conditions and international economic relations during 1949 and the first half of 1950, with some preliminary comments on tendencies since mid-1950. The Report also presents a discussion of two special problems: the factors underlying the persistent dollar deficits in a large part of the world prior to 1949 and the relationship between the currency devaluation of 1949 and subsequent developments in international trade. Download full report World Economic and Social Survey 1949-50

12 December 1948

World Economic and Social Survey 1948

World Economic Report 1948 assembles a considerable volume of post-war economic data relating to all regions of the world not hitherto available within the compass of a single study. The Report aims to provide a comprehensive survey of the world economic situation in 1948, and to indicate major economic problems and prospects as at the end of the year. In addition, present economic conditions in various areas of the world are compared with those which prevailed before the war. Particular attention is drawn to certain significant economic trends during 1948 and the early months of 1949 which appear to call for national and international action. Major Economic Changes in 1948 Part one of… World Economic and Social Survey 1948

12 December 1947

World Economic and Social Survey 1947

The World Economic and Social Survey (WESS) was first issued in 1994, evolving in response to a 1947 mandate by the General Assembly which requested the Secretary-General to submit annual reports on current world economic conditions and trends to the Economic and Social Council. Its precursors were Economic Report: Salient Features of the World Economic Situation from 1945 to 1947; World Economic Report (1948-1954); and World Economic Survey (1955-1993). In 1999, a second, thematic part was introduced into the Survey, focusing on specific medium- to long-term development challenges. Since 2005, the Survey has devoted itself entirely to specific themes of topical interest related to… World Economic and Social Survey 1947

pages used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2014

The role of selected policy instruments in reducing income inequality Giovanni Andrea Cornia Download Paper Land Ownership Patterns and Income inequality in Southern Africa Sam Moyo Download Paper Sustainability and Inequality Frances Stewart Download Paper

pages used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2008

2008 Assessing the success of microinsurance programmes in meeting the insurance needs of the poor Paul Mosley Download Paper Financial Instability and Countercyclical Policy Yilmaz Aky

pages used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2013

2013 Policy Brief No.40: Integrated Strategy for Sustainable Cities June 2013 Download Paper Policy Brief No.41: Increasing public spending in agricultural R&D to ensure food security in developing countries June 2013 Download Paper Policy Brief No.42: Challenges of financing human and sustainable development July 2013 Download Paper Policy and research issues on finance and growth for Sub-Saharan Africa Stephany Griffith-Jones and Ewa Karwowski with Nshalati Hlungwane Download Paper Towards a sustainable social model: Implications for the post-2015 agenda Nazrul Islam Download Paper Human Development in an environmentally constrained world in the post-2015…

pages used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2007

2007 Population Aging, Wealth, and Economic Growth: Demographic Dividends and Public Policy Ronald Lee and Andrew Mason Download Paper Projection of health care expenditure by disease:
a case study from Australia Theo Vos, John Goss, Stephen Begg and Nicholas Mann Download Paper Poverty among the Elderly in Latin America and the Caribbean Leonardo Gasparini, Javier Alejo, Francisco Haimovich, Sergio Olivieri
and Leopoldo Tornarolli Download Paper The Implications of Aging for the Structure and Stability
of Financial Markets…

pages used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2012

2012 Absorbing Innovative Financial Flows: Looking at Asia Rehman Sobhan Download Paper Adopting a Currency Transaction Tax When Avoidance is a Possibility: Which Currencies Would Take the Lead and What Rate Could they Charge? David Stubbs Download Paper Aid Securitization: Beyond IFFIm Suhas Ketkar Download Paper Can remittances support development finance
in developing countries? Alex Julca Download Paper Global Health Initiatives and Aid Effectiveness
in the Health Sector…

pages used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2006

2006 Developing and Transition Economies in the Late 20th Century: Diverging Growth Rates, Economic Structures,
and Sources of Demand Codrina Rada and Lance Taylor Download Paper Governance, Economic Growth and Development
since the 1960s Mushtaq H. Khan Download Paper Real Income Stagnation of Countries,1960-2001 Sanjay G. Reddy and Camelia Minoiu Download Paper Turning Swords to Ploughshares & Little Acorns to Tall Trees: the Conflict-Growth Nexus & the Poverty of Nations S, Mansoob Murshed Download Paper…