However, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development issued a report that said the European Union will see improving economic conditions in the coming months.

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This comprehensive analysis of Soviet economic prospects and how the West might best support putative efforts toward systemic reform in the USSR has been jointly conducted by the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the newly established European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

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Hosted by the Chinese Government, the Congress is organized by UNESCO with support from the International Labour Organization (ILO), the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), The World Health Organization and the European Training Foundation (ETF).

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