Welcome to the United NationsOn 23 July 2012 at the General Segment of the Substantive Meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), a dedicated panel discussion was organized to introduce the reflections of the Committ
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Presentation of the CDP report to ECOSOC's 2025 Management Segment and adoption of the ECOSOC resolution on the report
In an open forum on Sustainable Development Challenges held today, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Shamshad Akhtar, emphasized the need for immediate collective action to addr
Dr. Ha-Joon Chang, Faculty of Economics at University of Cambridge, was the featured speaker at the Development Policy Seminar held at the UN Headquarters today.
The Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) and UNESCAP jointly organized in cooperation with the Government of Bangladesh a Regional Meeting on Financing Graduation Gaps in Asia-
Perhaps no other word has been repeated more frequently than “integrated” to describe the 2030 Agenda and i
On 16 November, DSP/DPAD organized a side event at the COP22 in Marrakesh entitled Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development Policies: building national capacity to address the economic, social a
Costa Rica is one of the countries where UN-DESA has built capacities on the use of modelling tools to inform sustainable development policies. Pilar Garrido, Deputy-Minister of Planning and Economic Policy of Costa Rica highlighted that “investing in modelling and linking it with policy is actually one of the most important elements for implementing the SDGs. It is a long-term relationship, it is investing in our countries capabilities to build sustainable, coherent and evidence based policies. I think this effort needs to be sustained overtime.”
Fourteen countries have successfully graduated from the LDC category, or have made noteworthy progress towards graduation, their lessons are relevant to the international community.
The Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) participated in the Meeting of National Focal Points of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) on the Implementation of the Istanbul Programm