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Launch of WESP 2014: The Global Economic Outlook

The Global Economic Outlook, chapter 1 of the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2014, was launched today in a press briefing by the Assistant-Secretary-General for Economic Development, Shamshad Akhtar, and Acting Director of the Development Policy and Analysis Division of UN/DESA, Pingfan Hong.

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Sabina Alkire on eradicating multidimensional poverty

Ahead of the Second World Summit for Social Development 2025, in this video, Committee for Development Policy (CDP) member Sabina Alkire of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) ) talks about how some countries have made…
Female worker at the Wanxiang Qianchao Co. factory. Founded in 1969, it is one of the largest manufacturers of automotive parts in China. Hangzhou. China. Credit: Crozet M. / ILO

World Economic Situation and Prospects: October 2025 Briefing, No. 195

Rising investment in digital transformation Unprecedented developments in digital technologies and innovation over recent decades continue to reshape economies, societies, and livelihoods. The digital transformation is driven by the convergence and…
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Beyond GDP: what Multidimensional Measures of Poverty and Well-being add to Dashboards and Composite Indices, by Sabina Alkire, Maya Evans and James Foster (CDP Background Paper No. 60)

Momentum is gathering on the implementation of commitments made by the international community to build a measurement framework that respects and accurately reflects the ambitions of sustainable development, going beyond Gross Domestic Product (GDP…