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FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2025
UNCTAD revises global economic growth up by 4.7%

Economy

TBS Report
23 March, 2021, 05:55 pm
Last modified: 23 March, 2021, 06:01 pm

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UNCTAD revises global economic growth up by 4.7%

‘While all regions are expected to see a turnaround this year, potential downside health and economic risks could still produce slippages ‘

TBS Report
23 March, 2021, 05:55 pm
Last modified: 23 March, 2021, 06:01 pm
Representational Image. Photo: Collected
Representational Image. Photo: Collected

The global economy is expected to grow by 4.7% this year faster than predicted 4.3% in September, thanks in part to a stronger recovery in the United States where progress in distributing vaccines and a fresh fiscal stimulus of $1.9 trillion are expected to boost consumer spending, says UNCTAD in its new analysis. 

But this will still leave the global economy over $10 trillion short of where it could have been by the end of 2021 if it had stayed on the pre-pandemic trend and with persistent worries about the reality behind the rhetoric of a more resilient future, it added.

The analysis titled "Out of the frying pan... Into the fire" was published on 18 March as an update to UNCTAD Trade and Development report.

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The report highlights that the brunt of the hit to the global economy is being felt in developing countries with limited fiscal space, tightening balance of payment constraints and inadequate international support.

While all regions are expected to see a turnaround this year, potential downside health and economic risks could still produce slippages, according to the analysis.

In countries where poverty levels are already high and large parts of the labour force are working in informal jobs, the immediate impact of even a small downturn in economic activity would be devastating.

The World Bank estimates that a quarter of a billion more people will slide into poverty (on a $3.20 daily benchmark) as a result of the pandemic.

The report notes that it will take more than one year for output and employment to return to their pre-Covid-19 levels in most countries and that the pandemic will have lasting economic and health consequences that will require continued government support.

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