We lead the production and dissemination of the World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) – the United Nations flagship publication on the state of the world economy. We also produce monthly ...

Pakistan has been struggling with economic crisis for a long time, while China's economy is also struggling on many fronts.

The credit crunch is leading to what looks like becoming a deep and widespread recession around the world. The World Today took a look at five different areas and how they might be affected.

China's economy — the 2nd-largest in the world ... defaulted on a $206 million bond payment. Investors around the world still don't know when — or whether — the Chinese government ...

The coronavirus pandemic is a crisis that touches everyone. Countries around the world have imposed lockdowns ... are struggling to cope with the economic fallout caused by the spread of Covid ...

A combination of climate shocks and the pandemic disrupted food and energy production and distribution, driving up costs for people around the world. For many member countries, Russia’s invasion of ...

Tharman Shanmugaratnam warned of mass joblessness in the years ahead and called for worker education and training to be ...

Around 1.2 billion people ... people are approaching this situation. Another 1.6 billion people, or almost one quarter of the world's population, face economic water shortage (where countries ...

In “World Economic Situation and Prospects 2025,” U.N. economists wrote that their positive prediction was driven by the strong although slowing growth forecast for China and the United States ...

Whilst the United States economy is taking a hit due to the recent situation around the world, there is positive news to be found. Latino small business owners are thriving in the United States at ...