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The State of the World Economy - South Centre Statement to the UN High Level Thematic Debate on the State of the World Economy

Policy Brief, June 2012

The South Centre's Chief Economist, Dr. Yilmaz Akyüz, took part as a speaker at the UN General Assembly's two-day Thematic Debate on the State of the World Economy, held in New York on 17-18 May 2012. Below is the statement he presented to one of the four roundtables at the conference.

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