World Economic Outlook
Chapter 44
- World Economic Outlook Description of publication
- World Economic Outlook TOC
- World Economic Outlook Sample page
- Global Competitiveness Report Recommended supplement
From this chapter:
The World Economic Outlook is a meaty little book of 200 or so pages with colorful presentations and published twice a year in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic. It presents IMF staff economists' analyses of global economic developments during the near and medium term. Chapters give an overview of the world economy; consider issues affecting industrial countries, developing countries, and economies in transition; and address topics of current interest. For example, in the October 1997 edition, Chapter 3 covered "The EMU and the World Economy." The projections and analyses contained in the World Economic Outlook are an integral element of the IMF's ongoing surveillance of economic developments and policies in its member countries and of the global economic system. The IMF has published the World Economic Outlook annually from 1980 through 1983 and biannually since 1984. The Publications Catalog is available as a database and can be searched by title, author, subject, series, language, or keyword.