TY - BOOK ED - Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting ED - Commonwealth Secretariat TI - Meeting of Commonwealth finance ministers: background papers PY - 1987/// CY - London PB - Commonwealth Secretariat KW - COMMONWEALTH KW - DEBT KW - GROWTH KW - TRADE KW - ENVIRONMENT KW - FINANCIAL PLANNING N2 - Reviews current economic trends and prospects . Examines the slowing growth in industrial countries and the continuing failure to rectify macro-economic imbalances in the major countries considers the continuing disappointing growth performances of many developing countries. positive developments are also noted, including the control achieved over inflation, the progress in economic restructing in many countries, and the general evolution of multilateral co-operation points out some urgent priorities to strengthen world growth to relieve low-income debt ER -