text: B. D€velopment progresa anal problers . 283 - 315 130 C. sone leasons of experience 315 - 320 150 statisttcal annex to section vI ...... 15254 - 138 57-66 67-85 87 - r2025 25 29 38COI|IENTS (contlnueil) VII. TIIE CRISIS IN AFRICA A. otrervles of thc current situ.tion B. Developoent gaPE ... C. Devalopnent prospecta VIII. UILITARY EXPENDIIURES, DISAXUAI'BM AI.ID DEVE''PIIEM ....... A. Global oilltEry exp.naliturear oversll oagnituales snal recent trends B. Bcononic and gocial consequences of the aros racc and diaarmaoent c. ProapectsA/r0/5L9 Engllsh Pege 3 ParsqrrphE Paqe 321 - 358 169 322 - 34? 169 3d3 - 354 176 355 - 358 180 369 - 4lt 186 372 - 375 186 379 - 398 r89 399 - 4ll 195A/40/5L9 Engli sh Page 4 I. IMRODUCTION t. The overall socio-economic perEpeative of the world economy to the year 2000is a periodic assessment of lonq-term development trends and an updating of the rdorld economic outlook through the remainder of the century. It is lntended to serve as a guantitative framework for exanining long-tern economic policy and renewing implementation of the pollcy meaBures contained in the lnternational Devel.opment Strategy for the Thlrd United Nationa Development Decade (ceneral Assembly resolution 35/56 of 5 December 1980, annex). 2. Analytical work relating to long-tern trends in economic development wasinltiated by the General Assembly ln its reaolution 3508 (XXX) of 15 December Ig?5. The first comprehensive teport (A/37 /211 and Corr.l. 2 and 4 and Add.l), prepared in !.4ay 1982r r.ra s suboitted to the Assembly at ltsthirty-seventh session. In accordance nith Assembly resolutlon 37/249 of 21 December 1982, the report rras revlsed and updated in May 1984 for the process of review and appraisal of the International Development Strategy. The Assembly also
analysis: The text appears to be a report on economic development, specifically focusing on the crisis in Africa and the global outlook for the year 2000. The language used is technical and jargon-heavy, indicating a focus on economic policy and development strategies. The text also mentions international development strategies and the United Nations, suggesting a global scope.