This report is the sixth in an annual series assessing development issues. It reviews recent trends in the international economy and their implications for the developing countries with a special focus on the management and institutional aspects of development. The early recovery in the world...

This paper puts forward the concept and analytic expression of the environmental pressure index (EPI) for discovering and warning an economic crisis. Empirical researches show, EPI can effectively indicate that the economic crisis occurs or will occur. It is worth noting, EPI can also be applied...