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UN Task Team

UN Task Team

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
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Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 42

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 42

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
2012 Plenary

CDP Plenary 2012

The 14th session was held from 12-16 March at UN Headquarters in New York

2012 CDP report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2012/33, Supplement No. 13)
Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 41

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 41

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
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Strengthening smooth transition from the least developed country category, by the CDP Secretariat (CDP Background Paper No. 14)

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
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Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 40

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 40

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
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Conflict and the identification of the Least Developed Countries: theoretical and statistical considerations, by Ana Luiza Cortez and Namsuk Kim (CDP Background Paper No. 13)

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…
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UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 36

UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 36

Can a protracted slowdown?be avoided?
by Oliver Paddison and Rob Vos
UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 36
Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 39

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 39

January 2012
Summary: Faltering global economic growth in 2011
High unemployment is the Achilles Heel of the recovery
Renewed volatility and heightened risk in financial markets in 2011 The
Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 39