Sustainable Development Outlook 2019: Gathering Storms and Silver Linings

The Expert Group Meeting (EGM) is convened to inform the analyses of Part III of the upcoming Sustainable Development Outlook (SDO) 2019, which addresses climate change, natural disasters, conflicts and population displacement. The SDO 2019 will aim to promote greater understanding of the shifting landscape and key challenges confronting sustainable development challenges and facilitate inter-governmental deliberations on the Sustainable Development Goals at the High Level Political Forums (HLPF) in 2019.

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Global Economy in 2019: What Policymakers Need to Know

Dawn Holland, Chief of the Global Economic Monitoring Branch, participated in a panel discussion on Global Economy in 2019: What Policymakers Need to Know, organized by the Center for Global Development in Washington, D.C. The discussion was hosted by Mr. Masood Ahmed, President, Center for Global Development and panelists included Ayhan Kose, Director, Prospects Group, World Bank; Anne-Marie Gulde, Deputy Director, African Department, International Monetary Fund; Liliana Rojas-Suarez, Senior Fellow and Director of the Latin America Initiative, Center for Global Development; and Sudhir Shetty, Chief Economist, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank.

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CDP members start new three-year term

1 January 2019 marked the change of membership of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP). The 24 members of the CDP, nominated by the United Nations Secretary-General and appointed by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), will serve on the Committee for three years from 1 January 2019 until 31 December 2021. While 8 of the 24 CDP members have been reappointed, 16 members are serving on the Committee for the first time. The experts are nominated in their personal capacity and reflect a diverse range of expertise, geographical balance and gender balance.

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CDP member launches book

The CDP Secretariat co-hosted with OHRLLS a presentation of the book edited by newly appointed CDP member Debapriya Bhattacharya, Bangladesh's Graduation from the LDC group - Pitfalls and Promises.

The book addresses various issues related to the graduation of Bangladesh from the LDC category, which is currently being assessed by UNDESA (EAPD) and will be reviewed by the CDP in 2021. The Permanent Representatives of Bangladesh and Malawi (head of the LDC group) and Professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Vice-Chair of the CDP participated.

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Briefing on the LDC handbook

Date: 27 November 2018, 1:15 - 2:30 PM
Place: UNHQ New York, Conference Room 8

The Secretariat of the CDP will hold a briefing on the 3rd edition of the Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category. The Handbook provides comprehensive and up-to-date information on the least developed country (LDC) category, including a description of procedures and methodologies used in the identification of these countries and the international support measures available to them.

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