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World Economic And Social Survey 2018: Frontier Technologies For Sustainable Development

World Economic And Social Survey 2018: Frontier Technologies For Sustainable Development

The World Economic and Social Survey 2018 reviews the advances in frontier technologies ? automation, robotics, electric vehicles, renewable energy technologies, biotechnologies and artificial intelligence ? and analyses their economic, social and environmental impact. These technologies possess immense potential for fostering growth, prosperity and environmental sustainability and accelerating the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. World Economic And Social Survey 2018: Frontier Technologies For Sustainable Development
UN/DESA Policy Brief #51: Reflecting on the World Economic and Social Survey's 70 years of development policy analysis

UN/DESA Policy Brief #51: Reflecting on the World Economic and Social Survey's 70 years of development policy analysis

In drawing the most relevant lessons for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the World Economic and Social Survey 2017 systematically reviews the seven decades of development discussions contained in the publication ? the oldest continuous publication of its kind. UN/DESA Policy Brief #51: Reflecting on the World Economic and Social Survey's 70 years of development policy analysis
World Economic and Social Survey 2017: Reflecting on 70 years of development policy analysis

World Economic and Social Survey 2017: Reflecting on 70 years of development policy analysis

Since 1947 the World Economic and Social Survey has promoted a broader understanding of development, emphasizing the importance of advancing the structural transformation of the economy, progress in social development and environmental sustainability World Economic and Social Survey 2017: Reflecting on 70 years of development policy analysis
Expert Group Meeting: The contribution of the World Economic and Social Survey (WESS) to development, theory and practice

Expert Group Meeting: The contribution of the World Economic and Social Survey (WESS) to development, theory and practice

On the 13th and 14th of October 2016, the Development Strategy and Policy Analysis (DSP) Unit will hold the First E Expert Group Meeting: The contribution of the World Economic and Social Survey (WESS) to development, theory and practice
World Economic and Social Survey 2016: Climate Change Resilience: An Opportunity for Reducing Inequalities

World Economic and Social Survey 2016: Climate Change Resilience: An Opportunity for Reducing Inequalities

In addressing the specific challenge of building resilience to climate change, the Survey focuses attention on the population groups and communities that are disproportionately affected by climate hazards. It argues that, in the absence of transformative policies which coherently address the economic, social and environmental dimensions of development, building climate resilience will remain elusive and poverty and inequalities will worsen. World Economic and Social Survey 2016: Climate Change Resilience: An Opportunity for Reducing Inequalities
World Economic and Social Survey 2016 Overview: Climate Change Resilience: An opportunity for reducing inequalities

World Economic and Social Survey 2016 Overview: Climate Change Resilience: An opportunity for reducing inequalities

The World Economic and Social Survey 2016 contributes to the debate on the implementation challenges of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In addressing the specific challenge of building resilience to climate change, the Survey focuses at World Economic and Social Survey 2016 Overview: Climate Change Resilience: An opportunity for reducing inequalities
World Economic and Social Survey 2014/2015: Learning from National Policies Supporting MDG Implementation

World Economic and Social Survey 2014/2015: Learning from National Policies Supporting MDG Implementation

The launching of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at the dawn of the present century ushered in one of the most important initiatives undertaken by the United Nations. Concerted efforts at the international, national and subnational levels to achieve the MDGs have brought about significant development progress over the past 15 years. Nevertheless, important development gaps remain. World Economic and Social Survey 2014/2015: Learning from National Policies Supporting MDG Implementation
Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2015

Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2015

Peace and Stability as Enablers for and Outcome of Development Pingfan Hong Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2015
Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2014

Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2014

The role of selected policy instruments in reducing income inequality Giovanni Andrea Cornia
World Economic and Social Survey 2014

World Economic and Social Survey 2014

Reducing Inequality for Sustainable Development
The 2014 World Economic and Social Survey notes that the inequality within countries has increased markedly in recent decades. The majority of the world's population lives in countr