Welcome to the United Nations
-
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Economic Analysis
Publications
Displaying 21 - 30 of 45
Science and technology are essential to humanity’s collective response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet the extent to which policymaking is shaped by scientific evidence and by technological possibilities varies across governments and societies, and can often be limited. At the same time, collaborations across science and technology communities have grown in response to the current crisis, holding promise for enhanced cooperation in the future as well.
How can we improve the way in which science and technology are harnessed to resolve global challenges such as the current pandemic? This policy brief presents a set of recommendations towards this end, drawing upon the emerging response to the…
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 30 June 2008 Professor Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), presented the Committee's findings on "The need for a development-supportive international financial architecture to compensate developing countries for external shocks" of the CDPs report on its 10th session at the High-Level Policy Dialog.
The High-Level Policy Dialogue with the Heads of International Financial and Trade Institutions (World Bank, IMF, UNCTAD and WTO), under the auspices of ECOSOC, focused on major developments in the world economy and international economic cooperation, in the broader context of the follow-up to the 2005 World Summit.
Statement
Statement by Professor…
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…
On 5 July 2011 Professor Frances Stewart, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's findings on "Quality education for all: meeting human resources needs in developing countries" as part of the CDPs report on its 13th session at the High-Level Segment of the 2011 ECOSOC session.
The 2011 High-level segment of ECOSOC was held from 4 to 8 July 2011, at the United Nations Office in Geneva and addressed the Council’s overall annual theme "Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to education". It brought together high-level representatives of UN Member States, civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations,…
Professor Jose Antonio Ocampo, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's Report on it's 16th Session to the ECOSOC Coordination and Management Meeting (CMM) held on 13 June 2014.
The CDP’s deliberations on LDC-related issues, including, monitoring the development progress of graduating and graduated countries were presented to Council members. The Committee’s considerations and recommendations from strengthening global governance and global rules for the achievement of internationally agreed goals to the role of country classifications for
development were also presented.
CMMs are part of ECOSOC’s coordinating role and are held throughout the year.…
On 1 July 2008 Professor Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's findings of the CDPs report on its 10th session at the High-Level Segment of the 2008 ECOSOC session.
The 2008 High-level segment of ECOSOC was held from 30 June to 7 July 2008, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and addressed the Council’s overall annual theme “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to sustainable development”. 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.…
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,…
On 28 April 2011 Professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, on behalf of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), presented the Committee's findings on "Quality education for all: meeting human resources needs in developing countries" as part of the CDPs report on its 13th session to the Global Preparatory Meeting for the 2011 Annual Ministerial Review (AMR) theme.
he 2011 High-level segment of ECOSOC was held from 4 to 8 July 2011, at the United Nations Office in Geneva and addressed the Council’s overall annual theme "Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to education". It brought together high-level representatives of UN Member States, civil society actors,…
CDP Background Paper No. 47
By Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and Thea Smaavik Hegstad
One of the most important elements of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs is the strong commitment to inclusive development, and ‘leaving no one behind’ has emerged as a central theme of the agenda. How did this consensus come about? And what does this term mean and how is it being interpreted? This matters because the influence of SDGs on policy and action of governments and stakeholders in development operates through discourse. So the language used in formulating the UN Agenda is a terrain of active contestation. This paper aims to explain the politics that led to this term as a core theme. It argues that LNOB was…