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11 October 2019

Sustainable Development Outlook 2019: Gathering storms and silver linings BP1

An overview of SDG challenges Sustainable Development Goals facing strong headwinds The Sustainable Deve?lop?ment Goals (SDGs) have registered some progress since their adoption in 2015. Thanks to concerted efforts of many Governments and development partners, child mortality continues to fall. Hepatitis is on the retreat, while new chronic hepatitis B virus infections is nearly zero. Access to electricity has increased globally and the proportion of urban population living in slums is declining. Notwithstanding this progress, gathering storms of weakening global economic growth, rising income inequality, unabated global warming and climate change, and escalating conflict are impeding SDG… Sustainable Development Outlook 2019: Gathering storms and silver linings BP1

11 October 2019

Sustainable Development Outlook 2019: Gathering storms and silver linings BP2

11 October 2019

Sustainable Development Outlook 2019: Gathering storms and silver linings BP3

01 October 2019

World Economic Situation And Prospects: October 2019 Briefing, No. 131

The global commodity price shock of 2014-2016 has caused setbacks in the fight against poverty Poverty eradication in Africa by 2030 is increasingly becoming out of reach The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is exacerbating the poverty situation English: PDF (168 kb) Global issue: The legacy of?the global commodity price shock: Long-term output losses and poverty setbacks The recently released Sustainable Development Goals Report 2019(1) paints a mixed picture of global progress on extreme poverty eradication. On the one hand, global poverty rates, measured as the proportion of people living below the $1.90 a day international poverty line, have continued to decline.(2) In 2018, an estimated… World Economic Situation And Prospects: October 2019 Briefing, No. 131

30 September 2019

2019 Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly

Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries (A/74/264)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español Development cooperation with middle-income countries (A/74/269)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español

26 September 2019

Frontier Technology Quarterly: Frontier technologies for addressing plastic pollution

The severity of plastic pollution is now well-recognized, and countries and communities are looking for innovative solutions for addressing this menace of the modern age. This issue of the Frontier Technology Quarterly shows that new technologies such as nanotechnology, genetic modification and advanced chemical processes can help curb plastic pollution by developing natural substitutes and producing more biodegradable plastics. However, appropriate policies are needed to maximize the potential of new technologies for winning the fight against plastic pollution. Interventions at the production stage will have to be complemented by interventions at other stages of the plastics life cycle,… Frontier Technology Quarterly: Frontier technologies for addressing plastic pollution

05 September 2019

Improved assistance measures for graduated and graduating least developed countries for the achievement of agenda 2030

CDP Policy Review No. 9 By Ana L. Cortez LDC graduation has become an increasingly important issue in the international development agenda. Meeting graduation eligibility is a major goal of the Istanbul Plan of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the decade 2011-2020 (IPoA). But as countries? concerns about graduation persist, the potential for additional tension has widened, particularly now that an increasing number of LDCs approach graduation. Countries? reservations are centred on the potential negative impact that the withdrawal of LDC-specific measures can cause to their development and to the achievement of sustainable development goals as LDC-specific support is withdrawn… Improved assistance measures for graduated and graduating least developed countries for the achievement of agenda 2030

01 September 2019

World Economic Situation And Prospects: September 2019 Briefing, No. 130

Prolonged trade tensions exacerbating the cyclical slowdown in the global economy Global automobile production contracts amid higher tariffs and policy uncertainty Further easing of macroeconomic policies as external headwinds to growth rise English: PDF (168 kb) Global issue: Trade conflict a threat to global growth Trade tensions between China and the United States re-escalated in August, following the announcement by the United States that it will impose tariffs on a further $300 billion of Chinese imports. In retaliation, China introduced additional tariffs on $75 billion of imports from the United States. These developments triggered sharp movements in global equity markets, a… World Economic Situation And Prospects: September 2019 Briefing, No. 130

30 August 2019

For the least developed countries, revitalising multilateralism is life or death

Op-Ed by Daniel Gay and Kevin Gallagher Few would deny that the international system governing the environment and economy is under pressure. Globalisation itself is wobbling, to the chagrin of governments in rich and emerging economies. What's less talked about is the effect on the world's 47 least developed countries (LDCs), home to a billion people, a quarter of whom live in extreme poverty. The financial system has long been rusty. Criticism was again this year leveled at the selection process for the heads of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Developing-country voices called for an open and transparent process based on a pool of candidates drawn from all countries, rather… For the least developed countries, revitalising multilateralism is life or death

26 August 2019

No. 4: The inadequacy of mechanisms to help channel capital and know-how to SMEs

What is holding back the implementation of the 2030 Agenda? Insights from the CDP
by Kori Udovicki One factor holding back the implementation of the SDGs is the absence of better mechanisms to help channel globally available capital and know-how to support the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). It is well-known that SMEs are an important generator of employment and innovation, and significant efforts are invested in helping them overcome their limitations. However, as historically development has come through the conquest of technologies with ever-larger increasing returns to scale, SMEs have generally been only able to complement, rather than independently contribute… No. 4: The inadequacy of mechanisms to help channel capital and know-how to SMEs