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The role of selected policy instruments in reducing income inequality
Giovanni Andrea Cornia
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Land Ownership Patterns and Income inequality in Southern Africa
Sam Moyo
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Sustainability and Inequality
Frances Stewart
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On 7 July 2014 Professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Vice-Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's findings on "Global governance and global rules for the post-2015 era" as part of the CDPs report on its 16th session at the High-Level Segment of the 2014 ECOSOC session.
The 2014 High-level segment of ECOSOC was held from 7 to 11 July 2014, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and addressed the Council’s overall annual theme “Achieving the Millennium Development Goals and charting the way for an ambitious post-2015 development agenda including the Sustainable Development Goals”. It brought together high-level representatives of UN Member States,…
On 10 July 2014 Committee for Development Policy (CDP) member Professor Jose Antonio Alonso participated at ECOSOC's High-level Meeting of the Development Cooperation Forum as panelist at the theme of “The critical role of ODA in development cooperation post-2015”.
The 2014 High-level Meeting of the Development Cooperation Forum was held from 11 to 12 July 2014, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and addressed the overall theme of “Bringing the future of development cooperation to post-2015”. It brought together high-level representatives of UN Member States, civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations, academia and the private sector, and the UN system.…
Statement by Prof. José Antonio Ocampo, the Chairperson of the CDP, at the High Level Segment of 2015 ECOSOC session, 7 July 2015Statement by Prof José Antonio Ocampo at Coordination and Management Meeting of the 2015 session of the ECOSOC, 10 June 2015Statement by Ambassador Khiari, at the 17th Session of the CDP, New YorkStatement by Assistant Secretary-General, Lenni Montiel, at the 17th Session of the CDP, New York
Peace and Stability as Enablers for and Outcome of Development
Pingfan Hong
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Transforming MDG Growth Patterns for SGDs
Pingfan Hong
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Date: 23 - 27 March 2015
Place: UNHQ, New York, USA
Documents
Agenda
Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2015/33, Supplement No. 13)
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Opening statements
Statement by Lenny Montiel, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development
Statement by H.E. Ambassador Mohamed Khlaed Khiari, Vice President of United Nations Economic and Social Council
Papers
Imapct assessment: Angola
Imapct assessment: Kiribati
Monitoring of Graduating Countries from the LDC Category: Equatorial Guinea
Monitoring of Graduating Countries from the LDC Category: Vanuatu
Monitoring of Graduated Countries from the LDC Category: Maldives
Monitoring…
Professor Jose Antonio Ocampo, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's Report on it's 17th Session to the ECOSOC Coordination and Management Meeting (CMM) held on 10 June 2015.
The CDP’s deliberations on LDC-related issues, including the triennial review of least developed countries (LDCs) category, monitoring the development progress of graduating and graduated countries, and the further refinement of the human assets index were presented to Council members. The Committee’s considerations and recommendations on an accountability framework for the post-2015 UN development agenda and the strengthening the Istanbul Programme of Action were also…
CDP Background Paper No. 28
By José Antonio Alonso
Many intergovernmental processes, including the Istanbul Programme of Action, the post-2015 Development Agenda and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, call for a significant increase in ODA toward LDCs. However, even if the commitments were fulfilled, their effectiveness could be minimal if no significant changes are made in the way in which donors allocate and provide ODA. LDCs are among countries with higher levels of aid-dependency, proliferation of donors and aid fragmentation. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role that ODA can play in the development process of LDCs and the way in which aid should be allocated among countries.
On 7 July 2015 Professor Jose Antonia Ocampo, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's findings on "Expanding productive capacity of least developed countries (LDCs) for achieving the sustainable developement goals" as part of the CDPs report on its 17th session at the High-Level Segment of the 2015 ECOSOC session.
The 2015 High-level segment of ECOSOC was held from 6 to 10 July 2015, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and addressed the Council’s overall annual theme “Strengthening integration, implementation and review – the HLPF after 2015”. It brought together high-level representatives of UN Member States, civil society actors,…
The 2015 Country Snapshots compiles the key statistical data used by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) at the 2015 triennial review of the least developed country category.
Least developed countries (LDCs) are defined as low-income countries suffering from structural impediments to sustainable development. To identify LDCs, the CDP uses three criteria: gross national income (GNI) per capita; human assets index (HAI) and economic vulnerability index (EVI). HAI and EVI are indices composed of four and eight indicators, respectively. The three criteria together with these indicators are presented in one-page profiles for each of the 48 countries classified as LDCs in 2015, thus…