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13 August 2010

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 22

August 2010 Summary: World trade is nearing full recovery thanks to strong developing country growth Yet, global economic recovery is losing speed as risk for deflation in developed economies has increased Despite debt relief, humanitarian situation in Haiti remains alarming The world economy has been in recovery for about a year. World trade is now?almost back to its 2008 pre-crisis level. But it has been the emerging market?economies and other developing economies that have set the pace of the recovery.?Trade flows to and from these countries already surpassed 2008 pre-crisis levels?in February and have increased further since, albeit at a slowing pace. Trade by?developed economies, in… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 22

09 August 2010

2010 Report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly

An 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/65/272)
عربي, 中文, English,?Français, Русский, Español 2010 Report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly

16 July 2010

UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 31

Fiscal stimulus is still needed for global recovery by?Oliver Paddison and Rob Vos Download the UN/DESA Policy Brief No. 31 UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 31

09 July 2010

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 21

July 2010 Summary: Global growth may decelerate in the second half of 2010, as the effects of both the upward inventory adjustment and fiscal stimuli fade G20 leaders agreed to ensure a full return to growth with quality jobs, to reform and strengthen financial systems, and to create strong, sustainable and balanced global growth China resumed more flexible exchange rate mechanism, while other East Asian Governments introduced measures to manage short-term capital inflows World financial markets experienced another month of turbulence in June. Concerns about the sustainability of sovereign debt?in some European economies continued to linger, and there were increasing uncertainties about… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 21

01 July 2010

UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 30

Coordinating capital account regulation by?Shari Spiegel, Manuel F. Montes and Rob Vos Download the UN/DESA Policy Brief No. 30 UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 30

01 July 2010

World Economic and Social Survey 2010

Retooling Global Development The World Economic and Social Survey 2010 highlights the systemic weakness unmasked by the recent global crises and proposes reforms in international arrangements to eliminate these deficiencies and gaps in global governance mechanisms. These weaknesses have unduly constricted national policy space and sustain the proliferation of conflicting international rules. The proposed reforms are aimed at ensuring consistency among national development efforts and global mechanisms in aid, trade and finance to pave the way towards more balanced and sustainable development. Sales No. E.10.II.C.1 ISBN 978-92-1-109161-8 Overview: عربي, 汉语, English, Français Download full… World Economic and Social Survey 2010

30 June 2010

Views and perspectives of the Committee for Development Policy on United Nations support for small island developing States, by Philippe Hein (CDP Background Paper No. 10)

The present paper was prepared by Philippe Hein, in collaboration with Norman Girvan and Frances Stewart, all of whom are members of the Committee for Development Policy, and with the assistance of Ana Luiza Cortez, Hiroshi Kawamura and Admasu Shiferaw of the Committee’s Secretariat. It reflects the discussions and the main conclusions reached by the expert group meeting of the Committee, which took place from 25 to 27 January 2010, as well as the discussions and recommendations of the Committee as agreed at its plenary meeting held from 22 to 26 March 2010. It reviews the existing support by the United Nations system to the small island developing States (SIDS). While acknowledging great… Download

23 June 2010

United Nations Global Policy Model 1

This section contains technical documents which describe the modelling and technical work of the division. This includes global and macroeconomic models like: the Global Forecasting Framework (GFF), used for globally consistent short-term projections at country level; the Global Policy Model (GPM), used for policy analysis and mid- to long-term economic scenarios at regional level; country-specific, dynamic-recursive CGE models, used for the evaluation of socio- economic developments and achievement of Millenium Development Goals under alternative policy scenarios. and empirical frameworks for the evaluation of: trade shocks and economic vulnerability, which estimates the impact of… United Nations Global Policy Model 1

23 June 2010

United Nations Global Policy Model 2

23 June 2010