Expert Group Meeting on the World Economic and Social Survey 2015

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 the 2015 World Economic and Social Survey (WESS). DPAD Director, Pingfan Hong, noted that the WESS 2015 theme MDG Lessons for Post-2015 is a "good opportunity, as well as a daunting challenge, for the team to provide Member States and the general public with a timely and useful study on lessons for achieving the Millennium Development Goals that will pave the way for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals". The Survey is scheduled for publication in July 2015.