Current Trends and Policies in the World Economy
World Economic Survey 1993 highlights the persistent weakness in the developed market economies and a further steep fall in output and living standards in the economies in transition as the dominant features of the world economy in 1992. Despite strong growth in a number of developing countries, accounting for half of the world's population, there was negligible growth in the world economy overall. In 1993, for the third year in a row, the growth of world output will fall below world population growth.
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World Economic and Social Survey 1993
Current Trends and Policies in the World Economy
World Economic Survey 1992 examines the effects of the historically and politically important events that took place in the world economy in 1991. Beyond these, the global economic landscape was marked by inaction and disappointments. The developed market economies slumped, but caution prevailed and no decisive steps were taken to stimulate growth. The developing countries maintained the modest rate of economic growth seen in recent years.
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World Economic and Social Survey 1992
Current Trends and Policies in the World Economy
World Economic Survey 1991 examines the historical, political and economic developments that made 1990 an extraordinary year of shocks and contrasts for the world economy. These developments resulted in the slowest rate of growth of world output since 1982. Per capita income declined in large parts of the world. The forecast for 1991 is zero growth overall, with large-scale declines in the output of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union and recession already visible in the developed market economies.
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World Economic and Social Survey 1991
Current Trends and Policies in the World Economy
World Economic Survey 1990 analyses the effects of the great political and economic changes in 1989. It provides an overview of the major issues, a review of the changes that have taken place in the international economy in the 1980s, and an agenda for national and international action. The Survey also contains an assessment of the causes and consequences of desertification in developing countries. A special section is dedicated to the socio-economic attainment of women in recent years.
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World Economic and Social Survey 1990
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World Economic Survey 1989?Current Trends and Policies in the World Economy
According to World Economic Survey 1989, global economic growth in 1988 confounded expectations. Not only was the expansion of world output larger than expected, but international trade and investments grew vigorously. However, this expansion failed to spread to many developing countries, particularly those in Africa and Latin America, which continued to stagnate or to grow very slowly. Three special issues are discussed in the final portion of the Survey: the socio-economic attainment of women; the early identification, analysis and monitoring of world economic developments; and selected demographic indicators…
World Economic and Social Survey Archive: 1980-1989
Current Trends and Policies in the World Economy
According to World Economic Survey 1989, global economic growth in 1988 confounded expectations. Not only was the expansion of world output larger than expected, but international trade and investments grew vigorously. However, this expansion failed to spread to many developing countries, particularly those in Africa and Latin America, which continued to stagnate or to grow very slowly. Three special issues are discussed in the final portion of the Survey: the socio-economic attainment of women; the early identification, analysis and monitoring of world economic developments; and selected demographic indicators.
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World Economic and Social Survey 1989
Current Trends and Policies in the World Economy
World Economic Survey 1988 highlights the dramatic financial shocks and instability in primary commodity markets, including oil, in 1987, which seem to have had only minor repercussions on the growth of output. The Survey includes a comprehensive analysis of the effects of the indebtedness and persistent fiscal and external imbalances of developed countries on the global environment and, in particular, on the development process of developing countries.
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World Economic and Social Survey 1988
Current Trends and Policies in the World Economy
According to World Economic Survey 1987, the modest expansion that characterized the world economy during most of the first half of the 1980s persisted in 1986. Inflation has decelerated considerably and industrial countries are entering their fifth year of expansion, though at a slow pace. Indeed, the world economy appears to be set in a slow growth path, which is likely to delay the great adjustments required at the national and international levels.
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World Economic and Social Survey 1987
Current Trends and Policies in the World Economy
In addition to the discussion of current trends and policies in the world economy, World Economic Survey 1986 contains three special chapters (V, VI and VII): chapter V covers the increasingly clear interactions between systemic issues in trade, money and finance; chapter VI covers the effects of adjustment policies on capital formation in developing countries, centrally planned economies and some major developed market economies; and chapter VII covers the major development challenge posed by the economic crisis in sub-Saharan Africa.
Supplement to World Economic Survey 1985-1986
The Supplement to World Economic Survey 1985-1986 comprises…
World Economic and Social Survey 1986
Current Trends and Policies in the World Economy
The crucial role of international trade in reinforcing global demand was evident in 1984, as the growth of world output gradually regained the pace of the late 1970s. Yet the geographical spread of the recovery remained limited, and economic growth in half of the developing countries was still so low that income per capita either continued to fall or stagnated. This uneven recovery, its sources and the policies conditioning its transmission, as well its short-term prospects, are the focus of World Economic Survey 1985.
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World Economic and Social Survey 1985
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