pt. 1. Debt, payments imbalances and the growth of the world economy: ch. 1. Current trends and outlook -- ch. 2. Unpredictable movements of economic indicators : some aspects of recent experience -- ch. 3. Trade imbalances and policies in the developed market-economy countries -- ch. 4. Debt and development -- pt. 2. Services in the world economy: ch. 1. The growth of services in developed market-economy countries -- ch. 2. Trade in services in the world economy -- ch. 3. The strategic role of services -- ch. 4. Services in the economies of the socialist countries of Eastern Europe -- ch. 5. Services in the developing countries -- ch. 6. Service strategies for development.