Among the many issues touched upon were inequality and the economics of innovation and technology change; fostering broader private sector engagement in sustainable investment; and aligning educational priorities with the changing nature of work.

Fourteen countries have successfully graduated from the LDC category, or have made noteworthy progress towards graduation, their lessons are relevant to the international community.

Will the blockchain technology that underlies cryptocurrencies fundamentally transform the interactions across industries? On February 1, our Development Strategy and Policy Analysis Unit will be hosting a Development Policy Seminar on the Frontier Issue of “Understanding Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Crypto Economy”.

An Expert Group Meeting on Emerging Technologies and Sustainable Development was held in New York on December 14 and 15 to discuss the background, objectives and outline of the World Economic and Social Survey 2018.  

The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2018 was launched today in New York by Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, and Dawn Holland, Chief of the Global Economic Monitoring Unit in the Development Policy and Analysis Division of UN/DESA.

Meeting to assess the potential impacts of graduation on the graduating countries

The CDP Secretariat participated as panelist at DESA’s special event “Building Capacity for the 2030 Agenda – UN DESA’s contribution”, arranged on the sidelines of the work of the GA’s Second Committee on 27 November 2017 by the Capacity Development Office (CDO). The event featured panelists from the department’s different divisions describing the support provided to over 75 countries in different areas of capacity development along with the tools used, tailored to individual countries’ needs, to realize the 2030 Agenda and its 17 SDGs.

DPAD joins panel discussion on the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals. The event was held at St. John’s University, organized by the Economics & Finance Society and The Peter J. Tobin College of Business.

Growing private consumption, increased investment and strong government expenditure have improved the conditions for growth.

The Secretariat of the CDP met checkwith officials from various Ministries (Finance, Planning, Foreign Affairs), the Bureau of Statistics and the Prime Minister’s Office, as well as with representatives from the private sector (Chamber of Commerce and the garments association) and the Centre for Policy Dialogue.