World Development Report 1988

No AccessWorld Development Report1 Feb 2013World Development Report 1988Opportunities and Risks in Managing the World Economy; Public Finance in Development; World Development IndicatorsAuthors/Editors: World BankWorld Bankhttps://doi.org/10.1596/0-1952-0650-9AboutView ChaptersPDF (28.3 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:This is the eleventh report in the annual series assessing major development issues. Part I reviews recent trends in the world economy and their implications for the future prospects of developing countries. Part II examines the role of public finance in development. This report includes the World Development Indicators, which provide selected social and economic indicators for more than 100 countries. Despite continued economic growth through 1987 and into 1988, two problems have characterized recent trends: unsustainable economic imbalances within and among industrial countries,…