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16 September 2007

UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 3

Tackling insecurity in old age: the challenge of universal pensions by Rob Vos, Richard Kozul-Wright, Ana Cortez, Alex Julca and Oliver Paddison ? Download the UN/DESA Policy Brief No. 3 UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 3

01 August 2007

World Economic Situation and Prospects 2007

The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2007 singles out the possibility of a more severe downturn in the United States' housing markets as the key risk for the global economy. A number of economies have witnessed substantial appreciation of house prices over the past decade, and the associated wealth effects have contributed to relatively strong economic growth rates. A reversal of the process may thus lead to significant negative fallout for world economic growth. The risks associated with the housing sector are serious also because of the inextricable linkage between the increase in house prices and global imbalances. The housing booms in countries running large external deficits are… World Economic Situation and Prospects 2007

20 June 2007

CDP Statements 2007

Statement by CDP member, Prof. Hans Opschoor, of the Report by the Committee for Development Policy on its ninth session to ECOSOC, Geneva, 23 July 2007 Statement by CDP chairman, Prof. Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, at the High Level Segment of the 2007 ECOSOC Substantive Session, Geneva, 4 July 2007 CDP Statements 2007

20 June 2007

Project LINK Meeting Document 2007

2007 Addis Ababa, 12-14 November Report on the Project LINK meeting Global Economic Outlook Beijing, 14-17 May Report on the Project LINK meeting Project LINK Meeting Provisional Agenda Global Economic Outlook Project LINK Meeting Document 2007

20 June 2007

Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2007

2007 Population Aging, Wealth, and Economic Growth: Demographic Dividends and Public Policy Ronald Lee and Andrew Mason Download Paper Projection of health care expenditure by disease:
a case study from Australia Theo Vos, John Goss, Stephen Begg and Nicholas Mann Download Paper Poverty among the Elderly in Latin America and the Caribbean Leonardo Gasparini, Javier Alejo, Francisco Haimovich, Sergio Olivieri
and Leopoldo Tornarolli Download Paper The Implications of Aging for the Structure and Stability
of Financial Markets Jane D'Arista Download Paper Population Ageing and Health Expenditure:
Sri Lanka 2001-2101 Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya and Associates Download Paper Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2007

17 April 2007

2007 CDP report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2007/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español ECOSOC decision (E/2007/212) on the Report of the Committee for Development Policy
English Letter (E/2007/12) dated 5 April 2007 from the Chairperson of the Committee for Development Policy addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council in response to ECOSOC decision 2007/212
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español ECOSOC resolution (E/RES/2007/34) on the Report of the Committee for Development Policy
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español ECOSOC resolution (E/RES/2007/35) on the Report of the Committee for Development Policy…

10 February 2007

The International Development Agenda and the Climate Change Challenge (CDP Policy Note 2007)

Focusing international cooperation on climate change solely on the establishment of emission targets is not adequate: the latter does not adequately address developmental challenges or help achieve internationally agreed goals. The international development agenda needs to specify the actions and approaches required for ensuring economic behaviour that is compatible with environmental constraints in a way that minimizes aggregate costs, protects the vulnerable and maximizes economic growth. The integration of climate-change and development goals will require a fundamental reorientation of the current developmental trajectory so that the carbon intensity of production is reduced while… Download

02 February 2007

Capacity Development: Social Accounting Matrices Data

A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) is a square matrix in which each account is represented by a row and a column. It provides a comprehensive picture of the economic transactions of an economy. Each cell shows the payment from the account of its column to the account of its row. Thus, the incomes of an account appear along its row and its expenditures along its column. For each account in the SAM, total revenue (row total) should be equal to total expenditure (column total). It should be noted that SAMs almost invariably are limited to flows; additional data or assumptions are needed to define stocks. Due to its accounting consistency and comprehensiveness in recording data, the SAM has…

10 January 2007

UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 2

Managing health care in an ageing world by?Rob Vos, Richard Kozul-Wright, Ana Cortez, Simon?Cunningham and Hiroshi Kawamura Download the UN/DESA Policy Brief No. 2 UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 2

07 January 2007

World Economic and Social Survey 2007

Development in an Ageing World The World Economic and Social Survey 2007 analyses the implications of ageing for social and economic development around the world. The ageing of the population offers both challenges and opportunities. Among the most pressing issues is the prospect of a smaller labour force having to support and increasingly larger older population. Paralleling increased longevity, changes in intergenerational relationships may affect the provision of care and income security for older persons particularly in developing countries where family transfers play a major role. Thus, societies must also ensure seeing to the particular needs of older populations in terms of the… World Economic and Social Survey 2007