CDP Secretariat presented which types of international support measures are available to LDCs

The Development Research Branch, in partnership with Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, hosted a unique Development Policy Seminar featuring the inaugural Ivy three-minute thesis competition in New York. Dubbed as IVY3MT2019, the event provided a platform to 14 PhD candidates from Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania and Yale University to present their PhD dissertation ideas and key messages in 3 minutes, using only one slide.

2019 CDP report in all six official languages

On 23 April Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Vice-Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), was invited as speaker at the high-level interactive discussion “Building Trust and the Importance of Multilateralism: Making the UN Relevant to All People”. The event, organized by the International Peace Institute (IPI) together with the Office of the President of the General Assembly, took place in advance of the UN General Assembly high-level event to commemorate the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace on April 24th.

CDP members and CDP Secretariat participate in the EGM in preparation of the 2019 HLPF of ECOSOC

CDP member shared the central ideas about empowerment, inclusiveness and equality conveyed in the report of the CDP to ECOSOC

Briefing on the outcome of the 21st session of the CDP

“Can multilateralism survive?” is the theme of an open session organized by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP). The event, taking place during the 21st session of the CDP Plenary from 11-15 March 2019 features four CDP members, Winnie Byanyima, Ha-Joon Chang, Kevin Gallagher and Mariana Mazzucato, who will present their thoughts on the future of development policy in a changing multilateral context. A discussion will follow the presentations by the speakers.

Amid signs of weakening global growth and tightening liquidity conditions, unprecedented debt burdens pose a significant risk to financial stability. The recent upsurge in leveraged loans – a particularly risky form of finance – is also worrying, given its resemblance to the pre-crisis subprime mortgage market. In the current uncertain environment, a shock to investor confidence could trigger fire sales and a downward spiral in asset prices, leading to an increase in credit defaults and bankruptcies.

In a briefing to Member States, the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2019 was presented to the ECOSOC by United Nations Chief Economist and Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development Elliott Harris, and Matthias Kempf, Senior Economist in the Global Economic Monitoring Branch.