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This paper provides an overview of the conceptual and empirical issues involved in the overarching goal of "leaving no one behind" (LNOB). It proposes ways to operationalize LNOB, discusses whether to take a country-focused or person-focused approach, examines various (multidimensional) ways to measure those who are left behind, argues for grounding LNOB on intrinsic and instrumental reasons, suggests ways to identify those at risk of being left behind, and discusses difficult trade-offs with other SDGs for an agenda focused on LNOB.
One of the pillars of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the pledge to ?leave no one behind?. This paper argues that we must recognise that many people throughout the world are not just being left behind. They are being pushed even further behind, and their levels of well-being are falling, often in ways from which it is impossible to fully recover.
Committee for Development Policy,?Report on the twentieth session? (12-16 March 2018) (E/2018/33)
Global growth expected to reach 3.2 per cent in 2018 and 2019
Key downside risks to the global economy include rising trade tensions, elevated debt and uncertainty over monetary policy adjustments in the developed countries
Recent strengthening of economic growth carries environmental costs
The UN Resolution heralding the Sustainable Development Goals pledges to leave no one behind, and moreover "to reach the furthest behind first". This priority echoes the priority to the worst-off that is being discussed in philosophy, economics and related disciplines, but also the pleas of many actors who represent or fight for the most disadvantaged populations. This paper argues that serious theories do support such a priority and that the best policies implementing this priority do not necessarily involve the most intuitive anti-poverty targeted measures.
Short-term prospects for the world economy have continued to improve, according to the World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2018. World gross product is expected to expand by 3.2 per cent in both 2018 and 2019, marking an upward revision from forecasts released in December 2017.
The paper focuses on two crucial issues that hinder the fiscal sovereignty of developing countries: the reduced level of international tax cooperation, and the lack of appropriate procedures for sovereign debt crisis resolution. The low level of international tax cooperation enables a race to the bottom in tax rates among countries, tax avoidance through profit-shifting activities by companies and tax evasion by individuals and companies, based on the existence of non-cooperative jurisdictions.
Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2018/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français,Русский, Español CDP excerpts on the report by theme Leaving no one behind
The 20th session was held from 12-16 March at UN Headquarters in New York
Notamment l?automatisation, la robotique, les technologies d?exploitation des ?nergies renouvelables, les v?hicules ?lectriques, la biotechnologie et l?intelligence artificielle, et contient une analyse de leurs r?percussions sur les plans ?conomique, social et environnemental offrent d?immenses possibilit?s pour la r?alisation du Programme de d?veloppement durable ? l?horizon 2030, en ce qu?elles favorisent la croissance, la prosp?rit? et la viabilit? de l?environnement.