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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…
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,…
This year marks the 20-year milestone of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, a landmark agreement in which Governments committed to “building a society for all ages”. The Madrid Plan of Action contains a broad range of objectives, including that of reducing poverty among older persons.
Poverty is a particular risk for older persons. Most people work less or stop working altogether at some point in old age, either for health reasons, family responsibilities, because they must or want to retire at the statutory retirement age, or because discrimination undermines their employment opportunities. While many older persons remain productive, many of their contributions to their…
n 23 July 2009 Professor Willene Johnson, on behalf of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's findings of the CDPs report on its 10th session at the General segment of the substantive 2008 ECOSOC session.
The 2008 General segment of ECOSOC was held from 18 to 25 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.…
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…
On 21 July 2010 Professor Adil Najam, on behalf of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's findings of the CDPs report on its 12th session at the High-Level Segment of the 2010 ECOSOC session.
The 2010 High-level segment of ECOSOC was held from 19 to 23 July 2010, 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 gender equality and empowerment of women” . 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…
The World Economic and Social Survey 2017 reviews the relevant discussions on the global economy and development presented in WESS over the past seventy years. The objective is to bring the insights and the historical experience of development policy analysis to inform the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This policy brief aims at presenting the evolution of the World Economic and Social Survey (WESS) in its 70 years of the page, including its contribution to the analysis of global economic trends and development policy recommendations.
The first development-focused report
The WESS has been the earliest and continuous post-World War II development-focused…
Threats to indigenous peoples’ livelihoods and traditional knowledge
Climate change is the greatest challenge facing humanity today. Its effects, however, are disproportionately distributed, in particular affecting vulnerable and socially marginalized population groups. Indigenous peoples are among the first to face the direct impacts of global warming on the ecosystems or landscapes they inhabit, owing also to their dependence upon, and close relationship with the environment and its resources. Examples of the negative impacts include diseases associated with increasing temperatures such as, vector-borne and water-borne diseases; drought and desertification leading to forest fires and the…
On 2 July 2013 Professor Jose Antonio Ocampo, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's findings on "Science, technology and innovation for sustainable development" as part of the CDPs report on its 15th session at the Annual Ministerial Review of the High-Level Segment of the 2013 ECOSOC session.
The 2013 High-level segment of ECOSOC was held from 1 to 4 July 2013, at the United Nations Office in Geneva and addressed the Council’s overall annual theme “Science, technology and innovation and the potential of culture, for promoting sustainable development and achieving the Millennium Development Goals”. It brought together high-level representatives…
On 4 July 2007 Professor Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), presented the Committee's findings on "Strengthening efforts to eradicate poverty and hunger, including through the global partnership for development" of the CDPs report on its 9th 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 Ffrench-Davis…