World Economic and Social Survey 1961

World Economic Survey 1961 focuses on industrialization and economic development, following the request by the Committee for Industrial Development for a review of industrialization in underdeveloped countries during the 1950s. The Survey also examines recent trends in the world economy, analysing the recent situation in the industrially advanced private enterprise economies. Special attention is paid to the recovery in North America and to the slackening of economic growth in western Europe and Japan.

Economic Developments in the Middle East 1959-1961

This study reviews current economic developments in the Middle East from 1959 to 1961. It starts out with a regional summary, with a view to bringing together and highlighting the important economic developments in the area in the period under discussion, and to pointing out the similarities and dissimilarities in individual countries. This is followed by a review of developments in the fields of agriculture, industry and mining, petroleum, and foreign trade and payments. The discussion in each chapter is developed so as to put the Middle East in perspective, without losing the identity of individual countries.

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• WES 196I,
• Middle East 1959-1961