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2024 Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly

Towards a New International Economic Order (A/79/320)
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A globally just transition: Perspectives from the Committee for Development Policy (CDP Policy Note 2024)

This Policy Note compiles perspectives from the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) and its members on different dimensions of a globally just transition to low-carbon and environmentally sustainable economies.
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World Economic Situation and Prospects 2024

The world economy continues to face multiple crises, jeopardizing progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Although global economic growth outperformed expectations in 2023 with several large economies showing remarkable resilience, simmering geo-political tensions and the growing intensity and frequency of extreme weather events have increased underlying risks and vulnerabilities. Furthermore, tight financial conditions also pose increasing risks to global trade and industrial production.
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UN DESA Policy Brief No. 155: Accelerating middle-income countries? progress towards sustainable development

UN DESA Policy Brief No. 155: Accelerating middle-income countries? progress towards sustainable development

Many MICs require international support to address current and long-term challenges. Eligibility criteria that rely only on income per capita limit available support ? including access to concessional finance ? without accounting for MICs? multidimensional development needs.
UN DESA Policy Brief No. 155: Accelerating middle-income countries? progress towards sustainable development
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Measuring export concentration for identifying least developed countries, by Matthias Bruckner (CDP Background Paper No. 59)

This short paper briefly describes the methodology of this new index and presents some empirical results. It also presents an extension that covers both export and import concentration.
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World Economic Situation and Prospects: November 2023 Briefing, No. 177

World Economic Situation and Prospects: November 2023 Briefing, No. 177

Industrial and innovation policies are gaining additional traction, becoming crucial aspects of many governments? toolkits to support innovation, build resilience, and accelerate the green energy transition. There are, however, enormous disparities across economies in their capacity to implement industrial policies, particularly those to support science, technology and innovation.
World Economic Situation and Prospects: November 2023 Briefing, No. 177
World Economic Situation and Prospects: October 2023 Briefing, No. 176

World Economic Situation and Prospects: October 2023 Briefing, No. 176

Despite persistent monetary tightening by major central banks, labour market conditions in most developed economies remained robust in 2023. Low unemployment and high economic activity are accompanied with continuing, albeit moderating, labour shortages.
World Economic Situation and Prospects: October 2023 Briefing, No. 176
2023 Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly

2023 Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly

Development cooperation with middle-income countries (A/78/224)
中文, English, Français, Русский, Español Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries (A/78/506)
UN DESA Policy Brief Special Issue: Financing the Sustainable Development Goals through mission-oriented development banks

UN DESA Policy Brief Special Issue: Financing the Sustainable Development Goals through mission-oriented development banks

There is an urgent need for channeling long-term risk-tolerant finance towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The paper argues that National Development Banks (NDBs) and Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) can play a crucial role in mobilizing the needed capital.
UN DESA Policy Brief Special Issue: Financing the Sustainable Development Goals through mission-oriented development banks
World Economic Situation and Prospects: September 2023 Briefing, No. 175

World Economic Situation and Prospects: September 2023 Briefing, No. 175

A massive gap in investment and the adoption of low-carbon technologies between the developed and developing countries persist, threatening the urgent need to accelerate the energy transition as well as the achievement of the SDGs.
World Economic Situation and Prospects: September 2023 Briefing, No. 175