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21 May 2014

World Economic Situation and Prospects 2014

The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2014 reports that the global economy is improving but remains vulnerable to new and old headwinds. Global economic growth is forecast to accelerate from a sluggish 2.1 per cent in 2013 to 3.0 per cent in 2014 and 3.3 per cent in 2015. The report warns of the risks associated with the upcoming unwinding of quantitative easing programs in major developed economies. Download Full report Sales No. E.14.II.C.2
ISBN: 978-92-1-109168-7 Executive Summary:
عربي, 汉语, English, Français, Русский, Español Table of Contents Chapter I Chapter II Chapter III Chapter IV Statistical Annex Buy copy from UN Publications World Economic Situation and Prospects 2014

19 May 2014

WESP Weekly Highlight No. 54

Change in world trade of goods and services World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 54

16 May 2014

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 66

May 2014 Summary: Financing conditions improve in euro area peripheral?countries and in emerging economies ?U.S. economy bounces back after a difficult first?quarter ?China?s first-quarter GDP growth the slowest in?two years Sovereign debt markets in the peripheral countries of the euro area?have rallied since the fourth quarter of 2013, with yields on 10-year?government bonds falling to pre-crisis levels and in some cases even?below. Yields on Spanish 10-year bonds, for example, fell?below 3.1 per cent, their lowest level since 2005. In part, the euro area?peripheral countries have benefited from the flight to relative quality?capital flows of emerging economies. In addition, the… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 66

13 May 2014

WESP Weekly Highlight No. 53

Income inequality and economic growth World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 53

10 May 2014

2014 Monitoring Reports

Equatorial Guinea Maldives Samoa Vanuatu 2014 Monitoring Reports

05 May 2014

WESP Weekly Highlight No. 52

Long-term unemployment in Europe World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 52

16 April 2014

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 65

April 2014 Summary: Global employment remains a challenge ?United States Federal Reserve faces challenges in?adjusting its monetary policy Financial markets in emerging economies stabilized The preliminary estimates for employment and unemployment,?prepared by the International Labour Organization (ILO), show?that labour markets have been affected by the slow recovery in?2013. Globally, employment grew by 1.4 per cent in 2013?similar to the 2012 expansion, but stubbornly slower than the growth?of pre-crisis years. As a result, the global jobs gap (measuring the?number of current jobs lost in comparison with the pre-crisis trend)?widened further to 62 million in 2013. Across regions,… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 65

01 April 2014

WESP Weekly Highlight No. 51

Labour market mismatches in the Middle East World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 51 WESP Weekly Highlight No. 51

30 March 2014

2014 CDP report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2014/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español CDP excerpts on the report by theme
The role of country groupings for development
Global governance and global rules for development in the post-2015 era
Monitoring the development progress of countries that are graduating and have graduated from the list of least developed countries ECOSOC resolution (E/RES/2014/9) on the Report of the Committee for Development Policy
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español GA resolution (A/RES/69/231) on the Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least developed Countries
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27 March 2014

WESP Weekly Highlight No. 50

South Africa: A sharp fall in the current-account deficit World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 50 WESP Weekly Highlight No. 50