[eng] Prospects for the world economy in 1999 and 2000 Division Economie internationale World growth is expected to strengthen in 2000 with the upturn in Asian emerging countries and some recovery in Russia and Eastern European countries. GDP growth was still buoyant in the US in 1999 and is...

[eng] Expected Growth Swings. Forecasts for 1999-2000 for the world economy Forecasts for 1999-2000 for the world economy Division Economie internationale The Asian turmoil seems to be over Spring 1999. Recovery is taking place in Asian NICs, whereas the Brazilian crisis leads Latin America to...

[eng] The American threat on the world-wide financial equilibrium Henri Sterdyniak Gael Dupont Alexis Dantec The French retirement system is mainly «pay-as-you-go » contributive one. It currently provides the elderly with satisfactory living standard, but in the future, it will have to face...

[eng] European Sociological Chronicle OFCE sociological group A set of three papers on European social change is presented here. The first one analyses the German reunification. On many aspects (standard of living, gender inequalities, opinions, etc.) the east-west homogenisation is a long,...