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Project LINK Meeting Document 2015

Project LINK Meeting Document 2015

New York, 21?23 October Report on the Project LINK Meeting Global Economic Outlook, October Draft Programme & Agenda Global Economic Outlook, June
World Economic Situation and Prospects Monthly Briefing No. 78

World Economic Situation and Prospects Monthly Briefing No. 78

Download the World Economic Situation and Prospects Monthly Briefing No. 78 May 2015 Summary U.S. dollar softens against a wide range of currencies East Asian exports weaker than expected during the first quarter Labour market in Brazil starts to deteriorate, after several years of falling unemployment rates Global issues U.S. dollar exchange rate softens against many currencies After about one year of continuous strong appreciation, the U.S. dollar has experienced a noticeable depreciation since mid-March 2015. Over the span of the seven weeks until the end of April, it depreciated by about 3 per cent.1 Out of a basket of 48 currencies, the U.S. dollar depreciated against 34 currencies… World Economic Situation and Prospects Monthly Briefing No. 78
CDP Presentations 2015

CDP Presentations 2015

Presentations at the workshop on trade and LDCs organized by the CDP Secretariat, Geneva, 3-6 November, 2015 Productive capacity SESSION ONE: Graduation from LDC Status, the Development of Productive Capacities and Structural Transformation SESSION TWO: The Role of International Trade in Structural Transformation PART THREE: National Policies to Develop Productive Capacities and Promote Tradeables PART FOUR Making International Support Measures Work for Developing Productive Capacities and Graduation from LDC Status Developing and implementing ePing Introduction Training part 1, part 2 Implementing ePing in Uganda part 1, part 2 Implementing ePing in Australia Implementing ePing in…
World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2015

World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2015

The mid-year update of theWorld Economic Situation and Prospects forecasts growth of world gross product to accelerate slightly from 2.6 per cent in 2014 to 2.8 per cent in 2015?a downward revision by 0.3 percentage points from the forecast presented in the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2015 in January. In 2016, global growth is forecast to improve to 3.1 per cent. The report was launched today in New York by Pingfan Hong, Director of the Development Policy and Analysis Division (DPAD), UN/DESA; and Ingo Pitterle, Economic Affairs Officer, DPAD/DESA.
2015 Monitoring Reports

2015 Monitoring Reports

Equatorial Guinea Maldives Samoa Vanuatu 2015 Monitoring Reports
2015 Reports to the Economic and Social Council

2015 Reports to the Economic and Social Council

Committee for Development Policy,?Report on the seventeenth session?(23-27 March 2015) (E/2015/33)
عربي, 中文, English,?Français, Русский, Español World Economic and Social Survey 2014/2015: MDG Lessons for Post-2015,?Overview (E/2015/50)
عربي, 中文, English,?Français, Русский, Español World economic situation and prospects as of mid-2015 (E/2015/73)
عربي, 中文, English,?Français, Русский, Español 2015 Reports to the Economic and Social Council
Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2015

Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2015

Peace and Stability as Enablers for and Outcome of Development Pingfan Hong Download Paper Transforming MDG Growth Patterns for SGDs Pingfan Hong Download Paper Download Presentation Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2015
Global financial regulation: have post-crisis initiatives made a difference?

Global financial regulation: have post-crisis initiatives made a difference?

In a Development Policy Seminar held in New York yesterday, Nicolas V?ron, Senior Fellow at Bruegel in Brussels and Visiting Fellow from the Peterson Institute for International Economics, argued that the effectiveness of post-crisis reforms in financial regulation in making global finance more stable is not so far proven. In his presentation, he showed that unintended consequences of the reforms are appearing gradually, even as their initial implementation is still unfinished. In his view, the G20 has established neither an adequate institutional infrastructure nor a consistent policy vision for a globally integrated financial system. This shortcoming justifies increasing concerns about… Global financial regulation: have post-crisis initiatives made a difference?
2015 CDP report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions

2015 CDP report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2015/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español CDP excerpts on the report by theme
The role of ODA in the new financing for development landscape
Accountability for the post-2015 era
Monitoring the development progress of countries that are graduating and have graduated from the list of least developed countries ECOSOC resolution (E/RES/2015/11) on the Report of the Committee for Development Policy
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español GA resolution (A/RES/70/78) on the Extension of the preparatory period preceding the graduation of the Republic of Vanuatu from the least developed… 2015 CDP report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions
CDP Statements 2015 1

CDP Statements 2015 1

Statement by Prof. Jos? Antonio Ocampo, the Chairperson of the CDP, at the High Level Segment of 2015 ECOSOC session, 7 July 2015 Statement by Prof Jos? Antonio Ocampo at Coordination and Management Meeting of the 2015 session of the ECOSOC, 10 June 2015 Statement by Ambassador Khiari, at the 17th Session of the CDP, New York Statement by Assistant Secretary-General, Lenni Montiel, at the 17th Session of the CDP, New York CDP Statements 2015 1