In 2002, the world economy began a sluggish recovery from the sharp global slowdown of the previous year, but the sustainability of the upturn was uncertain. Global growth, at 1.4 per cent, showed just marginal improvement ...

Global economic growth in 2004, at 4 per cent, was not only the highest for many years, but was also unusually widespread and well balanced. The broadening of the economic recovery was reflected in the fact that almost ...

In 2001, the world economy took an unexpectedly severe and widespread downturn. Following an unprecedented period of growth, the slowdown began in the developed economies, particularly North America, but quickly spread ...