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On 2 June 2014 the Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) briefed delegates on the outcome of the 16th session of the CDP Plenary on the refinement the LDC criteria.

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• Presentation
• Link to the CDP report to ECOSOC

Bolivian Minister thanks and praises DPAD for its capacity building

The Minister of Planning & Development (MPD) of Bolivia, Ms. Viviana Caro Hinojosa (pictured), has expressed her gratitude for DPAD’s capacity development activities as these are helping to “support the ministers in policy decision-making by measuring the economic and social impacts of external shocks and policies using the modelling tools developed by UN-DESA”.

19 May 2014

Prepared by John Winkel

On 15 April, 2014, Dr. Albert Musisi, of the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, presented a paper titled "Uganda Public Sector Borrowing Requirements, Financing Options and the Implications for Economic Performance", highlighting Uganda's need for significant additional investment capital in the next 6 years to finance the country's investment plans. Dr. Musisi's presented his work at the National Development Policy forum, held at the office of the president of Uganda, where experts discussed financing options to meet the country's infrastructure plans.

The Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy of the Republic of Costa Rica, Mr. Roberto J. Gallardo, has expressed his gratitude for DPAD’s capacity development activities that have benefited colleagues at the Ministry and other government agencies.

Global governance for sustainable development in the post-2015 era was the theme of a panel discussion on 26 March 2014. The discussion was a side event organized by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) taking place during its 16th Plenary session.

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Live webcasts by panelists:
Prof. Diane Elson
Prof. Sakiko Fukuda-Parr
Prof. Jose Antonio Ocampo

On 12 February 2014, Sanjay Reddy, Associate Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research, made an inaugural presentation of a new database on material living standards within and across countries for the past 50 years, developed through joint research with Arjun Jayadev of Boston University and Rahul Lahoti, an independent scholar on inequality, poverty and gender.

Professor Angus Deaton, guest speaker at the Development Policy Seminar in New York.

On 30 October 2013 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, DPAD led the final workshop and activities under its capacity development project in the country. During the workshop participants presented a final summary of the project's accomplishments in Honduras and the work produced by experts from the Central Bank of Honduras trained in the framework of the project.