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CDP Statements 2010

CDP Statements 2010

Statement by Mr. Roland Mollerus of the CDP Secretariat at the UNCTAD pre-LDC IV event: building productive capacities in LDCs for inclusive and sustainable development, Geneva, 28 October 2010 Statement by Professor Adil Najam, at the High Level Segment of the General Segment of the 2010 ECOSOC Substantive Session, New York, 21 July 2010 Statement by Prof. Frances Stewart, at the High Level Segment of the 2010 ECOSOC Substantive Session, New York, 28 June 2010 Statement by Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, at the 12th Session of the CDP, New York, 22 March 2010 Statement by Ambassador Somduth Soborun, Vice-President of the ECOSOC at the 12th… CDP Statements 2010
Project LINK Meeting Document 2010

Project LINK Meeting Document 2010

2010 New York, 20-22 October Report on the Project LINK Meeting Global Economic Outlook, October Global Economic Outlook, June Project LINK Meeting Document 2010
CDP Presentations 2010

CDP Presentations 2010

Presentation by Ms. Ana Luiza Cortez, Secretary of the CDP, on the occasion of expert group meeting on Key Development Challenges Facing the LDCs, Geneva, 18 February 2010 CDP Presentations 2010
Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2010

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

2010 Development in an interdependent world:
old issues, new directions? John Toye Download Paper Economic integration, inequality and growth: Theory and comparative assessment Giovanni Andrea Cornia Download Paper Energy Intensity, Greenhouse Gas, and Global Warming Lance Taylor Download Paper From Washington Consensus to Inclusive Growth:
The Continuing Relevance of Pro-Poor Policy Alternatives Alfredo Saad Filho Download Paper International Tax Cooperation and International
Development Finance Valpy FitzGerald Download Paper Labour Markets Trends, Financial Globalization and the current crisis in Developing Countries Rolph van der Hoeven Download Paper Making… Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2010
Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 20

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 20

June 2010 Summary: The world economy is rebounding but the recovery remains uneven, weak and fragile? At the present speed of the recovery, unemployment rates will take five years to drop to pre-crisis levels The recovery is still mainly driven by government stimulus measures; concerns about widening ?fiscal deficits are pressuring for withdrawal of stimulus, risking taking steam out of the recovery As stressed in the recent?World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2010, the world economy continues to rebound from its deepest?crisis since World War II. After contracting by 2.0 per cent in 2009, the?world economy is forecast to grow at 3.0 per cent in 2010 and 3.2 per cent?in 2011… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 20
UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 29

UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 29

Till debt do us part: the urgency of?a sovereign debt workout mechanism by?Shari Spiegel, Manuel F. Montes and Rob Vos ? Download the UN/DESA Policy Brief No. 29 UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 29
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Views and perspectives on UN support for SIDS, by Philippe Hein (CDP Background Paper No. 10)

The present paper reviews the existing support by the United Nations system to the small island developing States (SIDS). While acknowledging great diversity among SIDS, the paper notes that these countries on average have maintained good levels of socio-economic indicators despite their fundamental development challenges. It also highlights a number of problems in adequately assessing United Nations support for SIDS and makes suggestions for their solution. Download
Strengthening International Support Measures for the Least Developed Countries

Strengthening International Support Measures for the Least Developed Countries (CDP Policy Note, 2010)

The present Policy Note takes stock of the nature of the financial, technical and institutional support and preferential trade-related treatments that have been provided to LDCs. It provides an assessment of how useful these existing support measures have been and identifies ways in which they can be made more effective and, where needed, complemented by additional interventions. It also calls for greater coherence between international strategy for LDCs and other existing development strategies, including those initiated by the IMF and the World Bank, to further facilitate development of LDCs. The Note was prepared to contribute to the debate leading up to the forthcoming Fourth UN… Download

Global Modeling Tools

The World Economy Forecasting Model (WEFM) WEFM is used for globally consistent short-term projections at country level. The Global Policy Model
The Global Policy Model (GPM) is a tool for investigation of policy scenarios for the world economy that has been developed for the Development Analysis and Policy Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA/DPAD). The model allows users to specify alternative assumptions about the future economic context and policy responses in different groups of countries and trace macro-economic outcomes over short, medium and long-term timescales. It is a model of the world economy design to simulate the macroeocnomic…
Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 19

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 19

May 2010 Summary: Economic recovery continues albeit unevenly. While growth is rapid in many emerging economies, it remains fragile in most advanced economies Euro zone countries and the IMF agreed on a three-year programme worth $146 billion to support?Greece amidst drastic fiscal austerity measures and risks of contagion to other European economies An additional stabilization scheme worth $930 billion was subsequently made available for the euro zone The Greek crisis has morphed from a fiscal crisis in a single?country to a regional crisis for the euro zone and has sent?shock waves through stock markets worldwide. Contagion in?debt markets led sovereign bond spreads to widen… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 19