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Committee for Development Policy,?Report on the fourteenth session?(12-16 March 2012) (E/2012/33)
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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have served as a shared framework for global action and cooperation on development since 2000. As the world approaches 2015, the overall target date for achieving the MDGs, thinking has begun on how to advance UN Task Team
April 2012
Summary: Developed country central banks continue monetary easing
China records significant trade deficit in January and February
Hungary may become first country to face EU financial sanc Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 42
The 14th session was held from 12-16 March at UN Headquarters in New York
Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2012/33, Supplement No. 13)
March 2012
Summary: Rising oil price complicates global recovery
Agreement made for second rescue package to Greece
Growth slowed in India and Brazil in 2011 During most of Feb Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 41
CDP Background Paper No. 14
By the Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy This report makes some preliminary suggestions for actions to be taken by the international development community and the graduating countries t Download
February 2012
Summary: ECB supporting private banks amidst fears of a credit crunch
EU leaders agree on a new fiscal compact enhancing fiscal discipline
Foreign reserves in Egypt hit dangerous low Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 40
This paper reviews conflict as one of potential factors that could be incorporated in the identification of least developed countries (LDCs). It is not clear whether conflict can be considered as a structurally predetermined handicap as those identified in LDC criteria. More importantly, even if countries may be caught in a conflict trap, adding conflict indicators to the LDC criteria does not provide additional insights to enhance our understanding of the category. And adding conflict indicators is unlikely to introduce changes in country classification. Many of the factors associated with conflict are already incorporated in the indicators used to identify LDCs, and, therefore, the… Download