Global Economic Prospects, June 2017 : A Fragile Recovery.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Global Outlook: A Fragile Recovery -- Summary -- Major economies: Recent developments and outlook -- Global trends -- Emerging market and developing economies: Recent developments and outlook -- Risks to the outlook -- Policy challenges -- References -- Box 1.1 Low-income countries: Recent developments and outlook -- Box 1.2 Regional perspectives: Recent developments and outlook -- Special Focus 1 Debt Dynamics in Emerging Market and Developing Economies: Time to Act? -- Introduction -- Evolution of fiscal positions -- Fiscal positions in episodes of financial stress -- Conclusion -- References -- Special Focus 2 Arm's-Length Trade: A Source of Post-Crisis Trade Weakness -- Introduction -- Characteristics of intra-firm and arm's-length trade -- Evolution of intra-firm and arm's-length trade since the crisis -- Factors contributing to the sharp post-crisis slowdown in arm's-length trade -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Regional Outlooks -- East Asia and Pacific -- Recent developments -- Outlook -- Risks -- Europe and Central Asia -- Recent developments -- Outlook -- Box 2.2.1 Reversal in 2016 of diverging growth paths -- Risks -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- Recent developments -- Outlook -- Box 2.3.1 Continued growth divergence within Latin America and the Caribbean -- Risks -- Middle East and North Africa -- Recent developments -- Outlook -- Risks -- South Asia -- Recent developments -- Outlook -- Risks -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Recent developments -- Outlook -- Box 2.6.1 Deteriorating public finances in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Risks -- References -- Statistical Appendix -- Selected Topics -- Figures -- 1.1 Global prospects -- 1.2 Global risks and policy challenges -- 1.3 Advanced economies -- 1.4 United States -- 1.5 Euro Area.

1.6 Japan -- 1.7 China -- 1.8 Global trade -- 1.9 Financial markets -- 1.10 Commodity markets -- 1.11 EMDE activity -- 1.12 EMDE growth outlook -- 1.13 Role of the largest EMDEs in the global outlook -- 1.14 Global risks -- 1.15 Risks of protectionism -- 1.16 Financial market risks -- 1.17 Risks linked to weak productivity and investment growth -- 1.18 Monetary policy challenges in advanced economies -- 1.19 Fiscal policy challenges in advanced economies -- 1.20 Structural policy challenges in advanced economies -- 1.21 EMDE monetary policy -- 1.22 EMDE fiscal policy -- 1.23 EMDE structural domestic policy challenges -- 1.24 EMDE structural trade policy challenges -- 1.25 Poverty and trade -- SF1.1 Evolution of fiscal space in EMDEs -- SF1.2 Debt relief under the HIPC and MDRI initiatives -- SF1.3 Evolution of sustainability gaps -- SF1.4 Evolution of fiscal space in EMDE regions -- SF1.5 Debt dynamics around financial stress events and in 2016 -- SF1.6 Debt dynamics in EMDE oil exporters around oil price plunges -- SF1.7 Vulnerabilities and buffers in EMDEs -- SF2.1 Trade growth -- SF2.2 Role of the United States in trade and foreign direct investment -- SF2.3 Characteristics of U.S. intra-firm and arm's-length trade -- SF2.4 Regional decomposition of U.S. intra-firm and arm's-length trade -- SF2.5 Sectoral decomposition of U.S. intra-firm and arm's-length trade -- SF2.6 Pre- and post-crisis growth in U.S. trade -- 2.1.1 EAP: Recent developments -- 2.1.2 China -- 2.1.3 EAP: Outlook and risks -- 2.2.1 ECA: Recent developments -- 2.2.2 ECA: Outlook and risks -- 2.3.1 LAC: Recent developments -- 2.3.2 LAC: Outlook and risks -- 2.4.1 MENA: Recent developments -- 2.4.2 MENA: Outlook and risks -- 2.5.1 SAR: Recent developments -- 2.5.2 SAR: Outlook and risks -- 2.6.1 SSA: Recent developments.

2.6.2 SSA: Outlook and risks -- Tables -- 1.1 Real GDP -- 1.2 List of emerging market and developing economies -- 2.1.1 East Asia and Pacific forecast summary -- 2.1.2 East Asia and Pacific country forecasts -- 2.2.1 Europe and Central Asia forecast summary -- 2.2.2 Europe and Central Asia country forecasts -- 2.3.1 Latin America and the Caribbean forecast summary -- 2.3.2 Latin America and the Caribbean country forecasts -- 2.4.1 Middle East and North Africa forecast summary -- 2.4.2 Middle East and North Africa economy forecasts -- 2.5.1 South Asia forecast summary -- 2.5.2 South Asia country forecasts -- 2.6.1 Sub-Saharan Africa forecast summary -- 2.6.2 Sub-Saharan Africa country forecasts.

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