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The World Economic and Social Survey (WESS) provides objective analysis of pressing long-term social and economic development issues, and discusses the positive and negative impact of corresponding policies.
This publication is continued by World Social Report.
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World Economic Survey 1976
Current Trends in the World Economy
World Economic Survey 1976 reviews the main developments in the world economy in 1976 and the outlook for 1977. It summarizes the latest available data on world production and world trade and briefly examines the state of economic balance—internal as revealed by changes in inflation and unemployment; and external as revealed by changes in reserves debt and exchange rates. As part of its overview of the world economy the Survey also examines the most recent evidence of economic performance and problems in the developing countries.
World Economic Survey 1975
Fluctuations and Development in the World Economy
World Economic Survey 1975 takes a closer look at the fluctuations and development in the world economy in the first half of the 1970s. The 1971-1975 period was one of great instability in which short-term problems and emergencies tended to pre-empt the attention of policymakers. The Survey also looks ahead to the second half of the decade and the efforts needed to restore more stable growth and improve the national and international division of labour and distribution.
World Economic Survey 1974
Part Two: Current Economic Developments
Part two of World Economic Survey 1974 analyses the salient features of world production and trade in 1974 compared with the earlier years of the Second United Nations Development Decade. It also deals in detail with the course of production and world trade with problems of internal economic balance including the acceleration of inflation in 1974 and the emergence of recessionary forces in the developed market economies. Finally it examines the prospects for the world economy in 1975.
World Economic Survey 1973
Part one: Population and Development. This report is the twenty-fifth in a series of comprehensive reviews of world economic conditions published by the United Nations. On the occasion of the World Population Year (1974) part one of World Economic Survey 1973 examines the recent interrelationships between demographic change and the process of socio-economic development. Part two: Current Economic Developments presents and overview of world production and trade and analyses the three main features of the global economic scene in 1973—the rise in commodity prices the world food situation and the world energy situation. It also examines the recent economic developments affecting the supply and use of resources and the state of internal and external balance in the world.
World Economic Survey 1972
Current Economic Development
World Economic Survey 1972 complements the documents prepared in connection with the biennial appraisal of progress under the International Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Decade. According to the Survey an upsurge in production which got under way in the second half of 1971 has continued into the early months of 1973 and is projected to continue at least for this year. Despite the breakdown of the international monetary system in August 1971 and the uncertainty that has prevailed ever since international trade expanded with great vigour in 1972 and seems likely to continue on an upward trend in 1973. In a number of places energy shortages have emerged and in the face of the continuing high rate of increase in demand there is now growing concern about an energy crisis. Meanwhile both unemployment and price inflation rates remain above tolerable limits. The latter is generally recognized as a major structural problem among the developing countries.
World Economic Survey 1971
Current Economic Developments
World Economic Survey 1971 examines some salient features of economic developments in 1970 taking into consideration the more detailed biennial report on the world economy that is to be issued in connection with the review and appraisal of the Second United Nations Development Decade. According to the Survey 1971 witnessed a sluggish performance of the world economy in terms of both production and trade. The rate of growth of aggregate production of goods and services remained at about 4 per cent in 1971 not much more than that of the previous year. Although this rate fell short of the First United Nations Development Decade’s annual average of 5.3 per cent a worldwide recession at times considered a possibility was averted.
World Economic Survey 1969–1970
The Developing Countries in the 1960s: The Problem of Appraising Progress
World Economic Survey 1969–1970 addresses the methodological problems that are involved in measuring progress in the developing countries. The Survey reviews the available data and suggests ways in which they might be used to throw light on the economic and social performance in the 1960s of the countries—both developing and economically more advanced—that will be implementing the International Development Strategy in the 1970s.
World Economic Survey 1968
Part one: Some Issues of Development Policy in the Coming Decade discusses problems and policies relating to the prospective growth of population employment and educational requirements. It also examines policies for the acceleration of agricultural and industrial growth in the coming decade analysing the increase in domestic and external resources required for this acceleration and considering the implication for policies of both developing and developed countries. Part two: Current Economic Developments reviews the recent trend in the world economy analysing the developments in 1968 and offering an outlook for 1969 as it appeared in the middle of the year.
World Economic Survey 1967
Part one: The Problems and Policies of Economic Development: An Appraisal of Recent Experience examines the principal features of economic progress of developing countries during the period 1955 to 1965. As part of the preparatory work for a second United Nations Development Decade this review seeks to draw pertinent lessons from the recent experience relating to problems and policies of economic development. Part two: Current Economic Developments highlights the main features of the world economic situation. The Survey covers the growth of output in 1967 and early 1968 and examines several topics of current concern in the field of international monetary and trade policy including inter alia the devaluation of the pound sterling reform of the international monetary system implications of the Kennedy round and trends in regional integration. It further discusses changes in the methods of planning and management in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Eastern Europe.
World Economic Survey 1966
Part one: Implementation of Development Plans: Problems and Experience offers a series of papers dealing with problems and experience in the implementation of development plans. The subject of plan implementation has figured prominently in recent discussions in international forums. The Survey reviews certain aspects of the experience of the centrally planned economies that may be relevant to the problems of plan implementation in developing countries. Part two: Current Economic Developments covers the economic events of 1966 and early 1967 summarizing the principal developments in the world economies including trade and production in all major regions as well as institutional changes in the centrally planned countries. Furthermore the Survey analyses the specific difficulties currently faced by developing countries.
World Economic Survey 1965
Part one: The Financing for Development deals with an issue that has been a matter of long-standing concern in various United Nations bodies namely the financing of economic development. The Survey discusses the problem of increasing the volume of savings available to the developing countries examining trends and sources of savings in the period 1953-1955 to 1962-1964. Finally the Survey offers a perspective on economic development financing. Part two: Current Economic Developments discusses the economic events of 1965 and early 1966 summarizing the principal developments in the world economies including the major developments in the industrially advanced market economies that led to the adoption of disinflationary policy in some and deterioration in the external balance in others. The Survey also highlights the current developments in the centrally planned countries and reviews the new five-year plans of economic development.
World Economic Survey 1964
Part one: Development Plans: Appraisal of Targets and Progress in Developing Countries reviews the experience gained and the techniques used by different countries in planning for economic development. It focuses attention on development plans in the developing countries. The Survey provides an overall view of the main characteristics of these plans; by tracing the interrelationships between the targets established in the plans it brings out a number of important differences as well as certain similarities in the strategies proposed by various countries. According to Part two: Current Economic Developments the main challenges facing developed market economies are the use of incomes policies for internal stabilization and the difficulties facing the international monetary system in the light of the payments imbalances of the reserve currency countries. Meanwhile a number of developing countries are struggling with the problem of agricultural lag and food supply and difficulties in maintaining internal balance. The Survey further highlights changes under way in the internal economic management of the centrally planned economies and the challenges of economic integration among the countries of the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance.
World Economic Survey 1963
Part one: Trade and Development: Trends Needs and Policies presents the second series of papers prepared for discussion at the second session (May–June 1963) of the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to be convened in 1964. These papers addressed the broad issue of trade as an instrument for economic development of the developing countries. Part two: Current Economic Developments highlights the fairly vigorous pace of world economic growth in 1963 and early 1964 which has been more widespread among countries and more uniform among the major regions than in previous years. The primary producing countries as a whole benefited from the strengthening of world commodity markets and from better terms of trade. Part two contains an annex that summarizes the changes in the world primary commodity situation during the period 1962/63-1963/64.
World Economic Survey 1962
Part one: The Developing Countries in World Trade presents the first series of papers prepared for discussion at the second session (May-June 1963) of the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to be convened in 1964. These papers addressed the broad issue of trade as an instrument for economic development of the developing countries. Part two: Current Economic Developments the advances in production during 1962 were more moderate than in earlier years in many parts of the world and frequently disappointed expectations. The rising trend in output however was well maintained in the early months of 1963 and the immediate outlook continued to be generally favourable. For the underdeveloped countries the recovery from recession in North America combined with some restocking in western Europe favoured their export trade in 1962.
World Economic Survey 1961
World Economic Survey 1961 focuses on industrialization and economic development following the request by the Committee for Industrial Development for a review of industrialization in underdeveloped countries during the 1950s. The Survey also examines recent trends in the world economy analysing the recent situation in the industrially advanced private enterprise economies. Special attention is paid to the recovery in North America and to the slackening of economic growth in western Europe and Japan.
World Economic Survey 1960
Part one of World Economic Survey 1960 discusses the role of saving for economic growth in the world economies as well as its sources and trends. Part two of the Survey covers the economic events of 1960 and early 1961 summarizing the principal developments in the world economies including trade and production in all major regions as well as institutional changes in the centrally planned economies.
World Economic Survey 1959
World Economic Survey 1959 reviews the year which witnessed new peaks in world production and incomes following the recovery from the 1957/1958 recession in the United States and the cessation of growth in 1958 in western Europe. The Survey also analyses the investment trends and policies in the 1950s and provides an economic outlook for 1960.
World Economic Survey 1958
In part one of World Economic Survey 1958 attention is focused on international commodity issues and policies in the post-war period. The Survey analyses trends and fluctuations in world trade of primary commodities national and international commodity policies and issues of primary commodities in the centrally planned economies. Part two of the Survey examines the recent events in the world economy paying special attention to the recovery from recessionary trends and provides an economic outlook for 1959.
World Economic Survey 1957
World Economic Survey 1957 examines the problem of inflation analysing its nature as well as recent governmental anti-inflationary policies with particular emphasis on the role of monetary policies. Both demand and cost elements as well as the significance of monetary factors are reviewed. The Survey also highlights recent events in the world economy paying special attention to the factors underlying the recessionary trends that emerged in 1957 and provides an economic outlook for 1958.
World Economic Survey 1956
World Economic Survey 1956 is devoted to a study of balance of payments problems during the post-war period. It reviews the worldwide balance-of-payments experience since the war the changes in the network of international balances and the pattern of international settlements. Furthermore the post-war forces shaping the balance of payments of the primary producing countries are studied. The Survey also analyses recent events in the world economy giving special attention to the factors underlying economic expansion in 1956 and the role of policy in promoting stability and growth. Finally it provides an economic outlook for 1957.