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This short paper briefly describes the methodology of this new index and presents some empirical results. It also presents an extension that covers both export and import concentration.

Despite persistent monetary tightening by major central banks, labour market conditions in most developed economies remained robust in 2023. Low unemployment and high economic activity are accompanied with continuing, albeit moderating, labour shortages.

A massive gap in investment and the adoption of low-carbon technologies between the developed and developing countries persist, threatening the urgent need to accelerate the energy transition as well as the achievement of the SDGs.

Solomon Islands is now scheduled to graduate on 13 December 2027

Higher domestic food prices are a major driver of food insecurity, especially for poor households whose incomes are stagnant or declining. Countries that already faced protracted food crises before the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have been the most affected by the recent food price increases.

CDP Chair presented the central messages of the CDP's report to the High-Level Segment of ECOSOC

How can the VNRs be strengthened in content and process to better support an accelerated SDG implementation?

Microchips are central to modern industries, ranging from consumer goods, industrial production to national defence. While chip supply shortages, notable during the pandemic, have now largely eased, this has been uneven across user sectors.

On 7 June 2023, Professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee’s Report on its 25th Session at ECOSOC's 2023 Management Segment.

Report on the outcome of the 25th session of the CDP Plenary

Jose Antonio Ocampo participated in a panel on policy choices in the context of cascading crises and the need to invest in sustainable development

CDP Chair discusses the move to "beyond GDP" from a right to development perspective