The Ambassador of Sweden to the United Nations will be presenting the study published in The Lancet on a new global goal for health today.

The Development Strategy and Policy Analysis Unit of DPAD will host a side event on Sustainable Development Challenges during the 7th Session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals on Thursday, 9 January, 1:15 pm at Conference Room A. DPAD staff Alex Julca and Marco Sanchez-Cantillo will be presenting on sustainable cities and sustainable development simulations, respectively.

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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Due to the inclement weather in the New York City area, today's Development Policy Seminar is postponed until January. DPAD apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause.

Today, Professor Angus Deaton, Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University, will be the guest speaker at the Development Policy Seminar from 3:00 to 4:30 pm at the DC2-23rd floor Conference Room.

UNESCAP and the Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) jointly organized the Asia-Pacific Regional Training Workshop on Graduation Strategies in cooperation with the Government of Cambodia taking place 4 to 6 December 2013 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The main objective of the workshop was to review the progress made and challenges encountered by Asia-Pacific LDCs towards the graduation thresholds, assess their prospects and suggest policy options for the way forward.

The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) held a briefing on "Alternative Development Strategies for the Post-2015 Era" on 25 November as part of the 5th Session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals.

Alternative Development Strategies in the Post-2015 Era was the theme of a lunch-time event organized by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) on 25 November 2013. The side event took place during the Fifth Session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals held from 25 to 27 November at UN Headquarters in New York.

Rehman Sobhan, Chairman of Centre for Policy Dialogue, a prominent think tank in Bangladesh, presented a seminar on "Designing Millennium Development Goals for a More Just World" in New York. Prof. Sobhan, who also served as a member of Bangladesh Planning Commission and the Economics Affairs Adviser (Minister) to the Caretaker Government in 1991, drew upon his extensive research into the issues of poverty and inequality and his policy experience.

On 16 October 2013 in Kampala, Uganda, DPAD led the presentation of the final of policy research papers prepared under its capacity development activities in Uganda. DPAD also participated in the launch of the country's MDG report and held meetings with high level policy officials on future collaboration in preparing the Second National Development Plan.

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DESA/DPAD, in collaboration with the Project LINK Research Center of the University of Toronto, held its annualExpert Group Meeting on the World Economy (Project LINK conference)from October 21 to 23 in New York.