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.
This Policy Note compiles perspectives from the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) and its members on different dimensions of a globally just transition to low-carbon and environmentally sustainable economies. It includes the central messages of…