World Economic Outlook, May 2001: Fiscal Policy and Macroeconomic Stability

The World Economic Outlook, published twice a year in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic, presents IMF staff economists' analyses of global economic developments during the near and medium term. Chapters give an overview of the world economy, consider issues affecting industrial countries, developing countries, and economies in transition to market, and address topics of pressing current interest. Annexes, boxes, charts, and an extensive statistical appendix augment the text.