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16 September 2014

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 70

September 2014 Summary: Russian Federation and European Union economies affected by reciprocal economic sanctions U.S. labour market situation presents challenge to setting monetary policy Brazil falls into recession, while India expands faster than expected The unfolding geopolitical crisis caused by the situation in Ukraine?has led to an imposition of reciprocal economic sanctions and disruptions in the established trade flows between the Russian Federation and many leading Organization for Economic Cooperation?and Development (OECD) countries. Those countries have introduced a series of increasingly tough sanctions (moving from the?relatively mild ?stage one? in early 2014 to ?stage… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 70

16 September 2014

LDC and other country groupings: How useful are current approaches to classify countries in a more heterogeneous developing world?

CDP Background Paper No. 21 By Jos? Antonio Alonso, Ana Luiza Cortez and Stephan Klasen The proliferation of country groupings indicates the need to assess the effectiveness of the current system for development cooperation and to explore better ways to manage the international system, as heterogeneity among developing countries increases. Great caution should be exercised in devising new country categories. Donors can use sound criteria for aid allocation without creating new groupings. If new categories are created at all, issue-based classifications should be preferred to comprehensive categories; support should be issue-specific. Among the existing comprehensive classifications, the LDC… LDC and other country groupings: How useful are current approaches to classify countries in a more heterogeneous developing world?

15 September 2014

The likelihood of 24 least developed countries graduating from the LDC category by 2020: an achievable goal?

CDP Background Paper No. 20 By Hiroshi Kawamura This paper examines the prospects of achieving a main goal of the Istanbul Programme of Action?at least half of the LDCs to meet the graduation criteria by 2020. Based on two different sets of graduation criteria established by the CDP and current trends in socio-economic indicators of LDCs, the paper concludes that the goal is unlikely to be met even under an optimistic scenario. There are considerable uncertainties about the possible outcome, partly owing to the way in which the graduation criteria are established and partly owing to the difficulty of predicting future course of socio-economic development of LDCs. The likelihood of 24 least developed countries graduating from the LDC category by 2020: an achievable goal?

14 September 2014

Global trade rules for supporting development in the post-2015 era

CDP Background Paper No. 19 by Ana Luiza Cortez and Mehmet Arda Multilateral trade rules have maintained stable and predictable trade flows. Developing countries increased their participation in world markets but marked asymmetries persist; not all countries are benefitting from trade. Successive trade rounds and numerous regional trade and bilateral investment agreements led to significant loss of policy space and fragmentation. Special and differential treatment has not provided necessary flexibility for implementation of development policies while the principle of less than full reciprocity is eroded. Stronger multilateralism, effective overseeing and enforcing role by WTO and greater… Global trade rules for supporting development in the post-2015 era

16 August 2014

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 69

August 2014 Summary: Global equity markets face potential policy shocks ?BRICS announce the creation of the?New Development Bank ?Argentina defaults on its sovereign debt Extremely loose monetary policies adopted by major monetary?authorities in developed economies over the past few years have?helped equity markets in both developed and developing economies?to bounce back from the low of 2009. During the sixth annual summit of the BRICS countries (Brazil,?Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa), the creation?of the New Development Bank (NDB) was officially announced.?The BRICS countries, which together represent approximately 40?per cent of the world population and one fifth… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 69

07 August 2014

Report of the Secretary-General: Status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto - 2014 Report

07 August 2014

Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2014

The role of selected policy instruments in reducing income inequality Giovanni Andrea Cornia Download Paper Land Ownership Patterns and Income inequality in Southern Africa Sam Moyo Download Paper Sustainability and Inequality Frances Stewart Download Paper

31 July 2014

2014 Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly

Accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goals: options for sustained and inclusive growth and issues for advancing the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015 (A/69/201)
عربي, 中文, English,?Français, Русский, Español Updated?overview of the major international economic and policy?challenges for equitable and inclusive sustained economic?growth and sustainable development, and of the role of the?United Nations in addressing these issues in the light of the?New International Economic Order (A/69/203)
عربي, 中文, English,?Français, Русский, Español 2014 Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly

25 July 2014

Report of the Secretary-General: Realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities: a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond” - 2014 Report

16 July 2014

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 68

July 2014 Summary: World trade continues sluggish recovery ?Oil prices soar amid political instability in Iraq Disappointing first quarter for developed economies Despite expectations for a return to previous growth rates this year,?world trade has grown relatively slowly for the first months of 2014.?Prior to the crisis, world trade grew at about double the growth?rate of world gross product (WGP), but in the past two years trade?growth has slowed to just barely matching the growth of WGP.?The hope was that a rise in economic activity in developed countries, which still account for a major portion of world trade and are?important trading partners for many developing countries, would?… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 68