Global Economic Monitoring Branch (GEMB)

At the beginning of 2000, the world economy was in better shape than the previous year, when the aftermath of the financial crises in Asia and the Russian Federation and the uncertainties relating to Brazil clouded the outlook. It is estimated that g

Athens, 1-5 November 1999 Report on the Project

The world economy is now growing at its slowest rate since early in the decade. The recession in Japan, the East Asian crisis and the Russian crisis ??along with contagion throughout the financial markets ??combined in 1998 to halve the growth rate o

Rio de Janeiro, 14-18 September Globa

DESA/DPAD, in collaboration with the Project LINK Research Center of the University of Toronto, held its annualExpert Group Meeting on the World Economy (Project LINK conference)from October 21 to

Four years after the eruption of the global financial crisis, the world economy is still in a precarious situation.