According to the WESP 2020, sluggish global growth threatens sustainable development
1 in 5 countries will see per capita incomes stagnate or decline this year, notably in Africa, Latin America and parts of Western Asia
Across the world, many policies continue to encourage the use of fossil fuels
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Global issues: World Economic Situation and Prospects 2020 warns that weaker growth threatens to set back sustainable development
The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2020, launched at UN Headquarters in New York on 16 January, notes that the global economy slowed to a decade-low last year, largely as a result of prolonged trade disputes and high policy…
World Economic Situation And Prospects: February 2020 Briefing, No. 134
World Economic Survey 1979-1980 observes that the present world economic situation is characterized by a slow pace of economic advance in most countries, which is expected to weaken further in the coming months, particularly in developed market economies. This is accompanied by high rates of price inflation (which are pervading all economies) and substantial changes in the pattern of current-account balances, occasioned principally by the doubling of the price of oil between the end of 1978 and the early months of 1980.
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Energy transition and the global economy
The global economy has suffered a significant slowdown amid prolonged trade disputes and wide-ranging policy uncertainties. While a slight uptick in economic activity is forecast for 2020, the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2020 warns that economic risks remain strongly tilted to the downside, aggravated by deepening political polarization and increasing scepticism over the benefits of multilateralism. These risks could inflict severe and long-lasting damage on development prospects. They also threaten to encourage a further rise in inward-looking policies, at a point when global cooperation is paramount.
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World Economic Situation and Prospects 2020
La ONU se?ala que las perspectivas de crecimiento econ?mico para 2020 dependen de la reducci?n de los conflictos comerciales y la incertidumbre
Uno de cada cinco pa?ses sufrir? un estancamiento o disminuci?n de los ingresos per c?pita este a?o
Debido al impacto de prolongados conflictos comerciales, la econom?a global ha experimentado su crecimiento m?s bajo en una d?cada, lo que supuso una reducci?n del 2,3 % en 2019. El mundo, no obstante, podr?a apreciar un repunte en la actividad econ?mica en 2020 si se contienen los riesgos, seg?n recoge el informe Situaci?n y Perspectivas de la Econom?a Mundial (WESP) 2020 de las Naciones Unidas publicado hoy.
Este informe expone que es posible…
Situaci?n y Perspectivas de la Econom?a Mundial 2020: Resumen ejecutivo
D?apr?s l?ONU, les perspectives de croissance ?conomique pour l?ann?e 2020 d?pendent de la r?sorption des diff?rends commerciaux et des incertitudes.
Cette ann?e, les revenus par habitant devraient stagner ou baisser dans 1 pays sur 5
Min?e par des diff?rends commerciaux prolong?s, l??conomie mondiale a enregistr? sa croissance la plus faible en une d?cennie, baissant ? 2,3 pour cent en 2019. Cependant, d?apr?s le rapport ? Situation et perspectives de l'?conomie mondiale ? des Nations Unies pour l?ann?e 2020 publi? aujourd?hui, si les risques sont ma?tris?s, l?activit? ?conomique mondiale pourrait repartir l?g?rement ? la hausse en 2020.
D'apr?s ce rapport, si une croissance de 2,5 pour…
Situation et perspectives de l??conomie mondiale 2020: R?sum? analytique
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