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Reports of the Secretary-General

2015 Seventieth Session Report of the Secretary-General: Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries (A/70/152) Report of the Secretary-General: Development cooperation with middle-income countries (A/70/227) 2014

Participatory Development and Governance: Africa’s Special Needs

CDP Policy Note Africa needs to take control over its own development strategy through a participatory and coordinated approach that involves a more effective mobilization and use of domestic financial and non-financial resources, the development of innovative and dynamic partnerships, and improved governance at both the national and multilateral levels.

pages used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2006

2006 Developing and Transition Economies in the Late 20th Century: Diverging Growth Rates, Economic Structures,
and Sources of Demand Codrina Rada and Lance Taylor Download Paper Governance, Economic Growth and Development

pages used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2007

2007 Population Aging, Wealth, and Economic Growth: Demographic Dividends and Public Policy Ronald Lee and Andrew Mason Download Paper Projection of health care expenditure by disease:

pages used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2008

2008 Assessing the success of microinsurance programmes in meeting the insurance needs of the poor Paul Mosley Download Paper Financial Instability and Countercyclical Policy Yilmaz Aky

pages used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2009

2009 Adapting to climate change in developing countries: institutional and policy responses for urbanizing societies E. Lisa F. Schipper Download Paper Adaptation to Climate Change:

pages used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2010

2010 Development in an interdependent world:

United Nations Global Policy Model

This section contains technical documents which describe the modelling and technical work of the division. This includes global and macroeconomic models like:

The concept of structural economic vulnerability and its relevance for the identification of the least developed countries and other purposes: nature, measurement and evolution

CDP Background Paper No. 12 By Patrick Guillaumont Structural economic vulnerability is a major obstacle for the development of LDCs. The paper discusses the conceptual, methodological and empirical issues related to the economic vulnerability index (EVI) developed and used by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) in the identification of LDCs.

pages used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2011

2011 Agricultural innovation for food security and environmental sustainability in the context of the recent economic crisis: Why a gender perspective? Diana Alarc