Welcome to the United NationsRehman Sobhan, Chairman of Centre for Policy Dialogue, a prominent think tank in Bangladesh, presented a seminar on "Designing Millennium Development Goals for a More Just World" in New York.
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Presentation of the CDP report to ECOSOC's 2025 Management Segment and adoption of the ECOSOC resolution on the report
On 8-9 August 2013 in San José, DESA/DPAD staff conducted a hands-on refresher on modelling methodologies for members of the Forecasting Unit of the Ministry of Planning, marking the successful com
- Sharp appreciation of the U.S. dollar
- Western European economy continues to struggle
- Ebola takes severe tolls in West Africa
Staffmembers from across DESA and other UN offices and agencies convened their first expert group meeting on 16 October in New York, to discuss the sketches of the five chapters that will comprise
From 9 to 10 December 2014 the Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) conducted a workshop on graduation from the LDC category in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.
On 16 March 2016 the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) organized a panel discussion on expanding productive capacity for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals as a side event to the 18th
ECOSOC resolution (E/2016/L.19) on Report of the Committee for Development Policy on its eighteenth session has
On 24th January 2017, the DPAD/DSP unit organized a Development Policy Seminar on the topic of “Built to Connect - How buildings and infrastructure form the foundation for sustainable communities”.
Emissions from tourism and trade are growing faster than those from road transport, if current trends persist they could double or even triple by 2050.
Professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Vice-Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), participated in the ECOSOC Integration Segment on May 1.
The CDP Secretariat participated at the Consultative Meeting on Accelerating Progress Toward Graduation from the LDC Category” organized by UN-OHRLLS from 28 to 29 June, delivering a presentation o
The Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) participated in the Workshop for the 2019 Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) at the High-Level Political Forum, organized by the Office