02270cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF017616 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 50.00 USD 9781475597899 1020-508X BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Research Dept. World Economic Outlook, April 2017: Gaining Momentum? Arabic World Economic Outlook, April 2017 : Gaining Momentum?. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017. 1 online resource (258 pages) World Economic Outlook <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Global economic activity is picking up with a long-awaited cyclical recovery in investment, manufacturing, and trade, according to Chapter 1 of this World Economic Outlook. World growth is expected to rise from 3.1 percent in 2016 to 3.5 percent in 2017 and 3.6 percent in 2018. Stronger activity, expectations of more robust global demand, reduced deflationary pressures, and optimistic financial markets are all upside developments. But structural impediments to a stronger recovery and a balance of risks that remains tilted to the downside, especially over the medium term, remain important challenges. Chapter 2 examines how changes in external conditions may affect the pace of income convergence between advanced and emerging market and developing economies. Chapter 3 looks at the declining share of income that goes to labor, including the root causes and how the trend affects inequality. Overall, this report stresses the need for credible strategies in advanced economies and in those whose markets are emerging and developing to tackle a number of common challenges in an integrated global economy. Mode of access: Internet World Economic Outlook; World Economic Outlook ; No. 2017/001 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/books/081/23926-9781475597899-ar/23926-9781475597899-ar-book.xml IMF e-Library