World Economic Survey 1991 examines the historical, political and economic developments that made 1990 an extraordinary year of shocks and contrasts for the world economy. These developments resulted in the slowest rate of growth of world output since 1982. Per capita income declined in large parts of the world. The forecast for 1991 is zero growth overall, with large-scale declines in the output of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union and recession already visible in the developed market economies.
Chapter 1. The state of the world economy -- Chapter 2. Trends in global output and policies -- Chapter 3. International trade -- Chapter 4. International finance and net resource transfers -- Chapter 5. Energy -- Chapter 6. Implications of the transformations in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union for economic relations among East, West and South -- Chapter 7. International policy for reducing developing country debt, 1990-1991 -- Chapter 8. Some economic aspects of military expenditure in the light of the end of the cold war -- Chapter 9. Special issues -- Annex. Statistical tables.

xi, 239 p. : graphs, tables.

At head of title: Department of International Economic and Social Affairs.

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