World Economic and Social Survey 2003

Part I. State of the World Economy

Part one of the World Economic and Social Survey 2003 discusses the state of the world economy in 2003 and the outlook for 2004. It includes a review of developments in international trade and finance and an overview of the situation in the world's economies as of mid-2003 and their prospects for 2004.

Part II. Economic Policy and Poverty

The goal of reducing poverty by half by the year 2015 has prompted policymakers to increase the attention given to policies and measures directly targeted at achieving this goal. At the same time, it is also necessary to examine policies and measures related to other goals that are expected to have a bearing on, but are not specifically directed at, poverty reduction. Part two of the World Economic and Social Survey 2003 examines a number of areas in which policies are expected to have a beneficial effect on poverty over the medium or longer term, even if poverty reduction is not their primary short-term goal. These include monetary and fiscal policies (chapter V), trade policies (chapter VI), agricultural reforms (chapter VII) and policies arising from the move from a planned to a market economy (chapter VIII).

Sales No. E.03.II.C.1
ISBN 92-1-109-143-8

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