Launch of the UN World Economic Situation and Prospects 2025
Press briefing live on UN WebTV
The report is under embargo until 9 January 2025, 12:30 pm EST
Despite falling inflation, improving labour market conditions, and stabilizing GDP growth worldwide, global growth is still below the pace seen before the pandemic and the world economy continues to face significant uncertainties. This continues to gravely impact progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially for many developing countries that are still suffering from the accumulated impacts of successive crises.
The UN World Economic Situation and Prospects 2025 will present the global and regional economic outlooks for the coming year, underscoring the importance of global cooperation and prudent policies to lift growth and place it on a stable and equitable pathway that can accelerate progress towards the SDGs. This year’s thematic chapter takes a deep dive into the subject of critical minerals for the energy transition that can ramp up climate action while presenting opportunities for many developing countries to create jobs, generate public revenues and reduce poverty and inequality. Such favourable outcomes are not inevitable, however, and need coherent national policies as well as international support to become possible.
WHAT Press briefing to launch the UN World Economic Situation and Prospects 2025
WHO Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
Shantanu Mukherjee, Director, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, UN DESA
Hamid Rashid, Chief, Global Economic Monitoring Branch, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, UN DESA
WHEN Thursday, 9 January 2025, 12:30 pm EST
WHERE UN Press Briefing Room, S-237 (Live on http://webtv.un.org)
The report will be available on 9 January, 12:30 pm EST on https://www.bit.ly/UN_WESP2025 and desapublications.un.org once the embargo has been lifted.
Media contacts:
Alex del Castello, UN Department of Global Communications, alexandra.delcastello@un.org
Helen Rosengren, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, rosengrenh@un.org
EXPERT INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES
Global Outlook
Mr. Shantanu Mukherjee, Director, Economic Analysis and Policy Division (English)
Mr. Hamid Rashid, Chief, Global Economic Monitoring Branch (English)
Mr. Grigor Agabekian, Economic Affairs Officer (Russian)
Mr. Ingo Pitterle, Senior Economic Affairs Officer (English, German)
Ms. Zhenqian Huang, Economic Affairs Officer (Chinese)
Mr. Sebastian Vergara, Economic Affairs Officer (Spanish)
Regional Outlooks
Africa
Ms. Katarzyna Rokosz, Associate Economic Affairs Officer (English, Polish)
Mr. Julian Slotman, Associate Economic Affairs Officer (English, Dutch)
Mr. Yasuhisa Yamamoto, Economic Affairs Officer (English)
North America
Mr. Hamid Rashid, Chief, Global Economic Monitoring Branch (English)
Mr. Ingo Pitterle, Senior Economic Affairs Officer (English, German)
East Asia
Ms. Zhenqian Huang, Economic Affairs Officer (English, Chinese)
South Asia
Ms. Danyira Perez, Associate Economic Affairs Officer (English, Spanish)
Western Asia
Ms. Berna Dogan, Economic Affairs Officer (English)
Europe, Economies in transition & Commonwealth of Independent States
Mr. Ingo Pitterle, Senior Economic Affairs Officer (English, German)
Mr. Grigor Agabekian, Economic Affairs Officer (English, Russian)
Latin America & the Caribbean
Mr. Sebastian Vergara, Economic Affairs Officer (English, Spanish)
