United Nations Radio

The "Global Outlook" chapter of the UN World Economic Situation and Prospects 2009 was recently released in Doha, Qatar, in the midst of the three-day International Conference on Financing for Development. UN economists are recommending massive economic stimulus packages that are coherent and mutually reinforcing on a global basis, and linked with sustainable development imperatives. According to the baseline scenario of the report, world output growth will reach a meager 1 per cent in 2009, compared to 2.5 per cent in 2008 and global growth rates of between 3.5 and 4 per cent in the preceding four years.
Stephanie Coutrix reports


Interview of Pingfan Hong, Chief of the Global Economic Monitoring Unit in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, available below