World Economic and Social Survey 1986

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 four studies: international monetary reform and the socialist countries; the changing institutional character of international financial markets in the 1980s; countertrade in developing countries; and problems and polices of countries affected by desertification and drought.

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• WES 1986,
• Supplement to WES 1985-1986