The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said in a report that the world’s gross domestic product is projected to decline by 4.5 percent this year - less than the 6 percent plunge it had predicted in June.
The OECD joins a growing list of international organisations warning of the potentially damaging effects of Britain voting to leave the EU in a June 23 referendum, including the International Monetary Fund and G20.
The country's deputy foreign minister, Luis Miguel Hincapie, said in the harsh letter yesterday addressed to the OECD's Angel Gurria that, in the wake of the so-called Panama Papers revelations, he had made "allegations and insinuations whose falsity is easily demonstrated."
Environmentalists say the pact reached today is an important step forward and sends a strong political message ahead of upcoming climate change talks in Paris.
Spain's reluctance to ask for a bailout was justified, said Angel Gurria, the secretary general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), as there were signals that any calls for help by Madrid may be rejected.
The rising gap between rich and poor in nearly every country, rich or poor, went largely ignored during the decades of globalization-fuelled boom.
International Monetary Fund member countries sought to bridge sharp differences over the global economy, acknowledging that rising inflation in emerging markets poses a risk to rich countries too.
Jason Feer, Vice President and Singapore Bureau Chief of Argus Media told CNBC-TV18 that if the contagion spreads to the neighbouring countries surrounding Libya, these additional disruptions could see crude oil prices heading even higher.