Current Trends and Policies in the World Economy
After the most protracted global economic recession since the 1930s, the prospects for sustained and broad-based growth are still not satisfactory. This unresolved issue is the focus of World Economic Survey 1984. A major development in 1983 was the recovery in North America. The recovery of the developed market economies as a whole is expected to become more widespread this year, but further strengthening beyond 1984 is uncertain.
Supplement to World Economic Survey 1984
The Supplement to World Economic Survey 1984 comprises three studies: exchange rate volatility in an interdependent world economy; some changes in trade among developing…
World Economic and Social Survey 1984
Current Trends and Policies in the World Economy
According to World Economic Survey 1983, the world economy remained in the grip of recession during 1982 and is only now beginning, in a few places, to show some signs of recovery. The unexpectedly severe contraction in demand that ensued from the anti-inflationary policies set in train by major industrial countries in 1979 and 1980 had brought about a sharp curtailment in the growth of world production and trade in 1981, and the deflationary impact of such policies was aggravated in 1982. In the developing countries as a group, output failed to increase for the first time in the post-war period.
Supplement to World Economic Survey 1983
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World Economic and Social Survey 1983
Current Trends and Policies in the World Economy
World Economic Survey 1981-1982 observes that economic expansion decelerated markedly throughout the world in 1981. The slowdown affected all major regions and groups of countries, independently of their level of development or economic structure. The deceleration was particularly intense in the developing countries, most of which experienced a significant fall in per capita income. The major factor behind the poor performance of the world economy was the recession in the Western industrial countries, where low growth caused a rise in unemployment, downward pressure on wages, and weakening primary commodity prices.
World Economic and Social Survey 1982
The Supplement to World Economic Survey 1981-1982 comprises two studies: Some Notes on Recent Change in Commercial Policy of Developed Market Economies" and "Medium-term Growth and Trade in the Light of the Socio-economic Development Plans of Eastern Europe and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for 1981-1985".
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WES 1981-1982,
Supplement to WES 1981-1982
World Economic and Social Survey 1981
World Economic Survey 1980-1981 discusses the deterioration in the performance of the world economy in 1980, which was accompanied by a marked slowdown in the expansion of world trade, worsened imbalances in current accounts and an acceleration in the pace of inflation. Although some recovery in growth rates is anticipated beginning in late 1981, the pace is not expected to be vigorous. The poorer medium-term trend that has been in evidence since the mid-1970s is thus likely to continue.
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World Economic and Social Survey 1980
World Economic Survey 1979-1980 observes that the present world economic situation is characterized by a slow pace of economic advance in most countries, which is expected to weaken further in the coming months, particularly in developed market economies. This is accompanied by high rates of price inflation (which are pervading all economies) and substantial changes in the pattern of current-account balances, occasioned principally by the doubling of the price of oil between the end of 1978 and the early months of 1980.
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World Economic and Social Survey 1979-80
1979?1980
World Economic Survey 1979?1980
World Economic Survey 1979-1980 observes that the present world economic situation is characterized by a slow pace of economic advance in most countries, which is expected to weaken further in the coming months, particularly in developed market economies. This is accompanied by high rates of price inflation (which are pervading all economies) and substantial changes in the pattern of current-account balances, occasioned principally by the doubling of the price of oil between the end of 1978 and the early months of 1980.
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1978
World Economic Survey 1978
According to World Economic Survey 1978, the pace of world economic activity…
World Economic And Social Survey Archive: 1970-1979
According to World Economic Survey 1978, the pace of world economic activity weakened in 1978. In developing countries, in particular, the trends towards lower rates of growth in output observed since 1975 were accentuated. The developed market economies continued to grapple with problems of insufficient recovery in productive investment. In the centrally planned economies, growth was restrained by external imbalances and international bottlenecks, especially in the energy and transport sectors.
Supplement to World Economic Survey 1978
The Supplement to World Economic Survey 1978 contains a study on "The Expansion of Exports from Developing Countries and Policies of Structural Adjustment…
World Economic and Social Survey 1978
World Economic Survey 1977 highlights a widespread uncertainty and unease about prospects for the world economy in 1978 and even over a longer time span. Although domestic income and output in 1977 and early 1978 have been continuing to increase in most countries, the pace has been moderating recently and shows no signs of quickening in the immediate future. For most countries?developing as well as developed?prospects are seen to depend quite heavily on events external to their domestic economy.
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World Economic and Social Survey 1977
World Economic Survey 1976 reviews the main developments in the world economy in 1976 and the outlook for 1977. It summarizes the latest available data on world production and world trade and briefly examines the state of economic balance?internal, as revealed by changes in inflation and unemployment; and external, as revealed by changes in reserves, debt and exchange rates. As part of its overview of the world economy, the Survey also examines the most recent evidence of economic performance and problems in the developing countries.
Supplement to World Economic Survey 1976
While World Economic Survey 1976 presents a synoptic view of the world economy, with an emphasis on global aggregates…
World Economic and Social Survey 1976
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