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ODA flows must increase to support SDG-related investment Regional integration in Africa and Asia is crucial for sustainable development China?s direct investment in Latin America slows
Trade tensions and policy uncertainty are damaging global growth prospects
Several countries continue to experience setbacks in their fight against poverty
Carbon pricing a key element in combating climate change
Global growth outlook has weakened, amid unresolved trade tensions and elevated international policy uncertainty, according to the World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2019. Across both developed and developing countries, growth projections for 2019 have been downgraded.?
Diane Elson argues that policies should be subject to the question: is this policy likely push some one behind, and if so, will this loss be mitigated or must it be prevented from happening in the first place?
Genetic technologies?the ability to manipulate and transform the properties of cells, seeds, microbes, insects, plants, animals and even humans?are pushing the frontiers of science and offers us new hope for disease control and cure. Genetic technologies are changing the way we produce food, improving crop yield and preventing catastrophic losses from droughts, floods and pests.
Experience has shown that it is not possible to empower people and to reduce household income inequality without addressing how incomes are generated in the production process and how this affects the so-called factor income inequality (the distribution of national income between rents from land, capital income and labour income).
Rolph van der Hoeven discusses inequality and how incomes are generated.
Many developed and developing economies take an easier monetary policy stance
VAT increase in the Russian Federation temporarily adds to inflation
Argentina imposes price controls to curb inflation
Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2019/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español CDP excerpts on the report by theme Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality
2019 Monitoring reports for Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Vanuatu