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2015
Seventieth Session
Report of the Secretary-General: Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries (A/70/152)
Report of the Secretary-General: Development cooperation with middle-income countries (A/70/227)
2014
Sixty-Ninth Session
Report of the Secretary-General: Accelerating Progress towards the Millenniun Development Goals: options for sustained and inclusive growth and issues for advancing the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015 (A/69/201)
Report of the Secretary-General: Updated overview of the major international economic and
policy challenges for equitable and inclusive sustained
economic…
CDP Policy Note
Africa needs to take control over its own development strategy through a participatory and coordinated approach that involves a more effective mobilization and use of domestic financial and non-financial resources, the development of innovative and dynamic partnerships, and improved governance at both the national and multilateral levels. Better governance requires enhanced transparency, sound management of resources and a stable economic and regulatory environment.Recommendations on how to enhance the effectiveness of the UN system and multilateral institutions to support participatory development in Africa are discussed. These include the need to address…
2006
Developing and Transition Economies in the Late 20th Century: Diverging Growth Rates, Economic Structures,
and Sources of Demand Codrina Rada and Lance Taylor Download Paper Governance, Economic Growth and Development
since the 1960s Mushtaq H. Khan Download Paper Real Income Stagnation of Countries,1960-2001 Sanjay G. Reddy and Camelia Minoiu Download Paper Turning Swords to Ploughshares & Little Acorns to Tall Trees: the Conflict-Growth Nexus & the Poverty of Nations S, Mansoob Murshed Download Paper…
and Sources of Demand Codrina Rada and Lance Taylor Download Paper Governance, Economic Growth and Development
since the 1960s Mushtaq H. Khan Download Paper Real Income Stagnation of Countries,1960-2001 Sanjay G. Reddy and Camelia Minoiu Download Paper Turning Swords to Ploughshares & Little Acorns to Tall Trees: the Conflict-Growth Nexus & the Poverty of Nations S, Mansoob Murshed Download Paper…
2007
Population Aging, Wealth, and Economic Growth: Demographic Dividends and Public Policy
Ronald Lee and Andrew Mason
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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…
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…
On 4 July 2007 Professor Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), presented the Committee's findings on "Strengthening efforts to eradicate poverty and hunger, including through the global partnership for development" of the CDPs report on its 9th session at the High-Level Policy Dialog.
The High-Level Policy Dialogue with the Heads of International Financial and Trade Institutions (World Bank, IMF, UNCTAD and WTO), under the auspices of ECOSOC, focused on major developments in the world economy and international economic cooperation, in the broader context of the follow-up to the 2005 World Summit.
Statement
Statement by Professor Ffrench-Davis…
2008
Assessing the success of microinsurance programmes in meeting the insurance needs of the poor
Paul Mosley
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Financial Instability and Countercyclical Policy
Yilmaz Aky
Date: 17 - 20 March 2008
Place: UNHQ, New York, USA
Documents
Agenda
Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2008/33, Supplement No. 13)
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Opening statements
Statement by Mr. Sha Zukang, Under Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
Briefing by the CDP on its contribution to the Annual Ministerial Review on Sustainable Development
Presentation
n 23 July 2009 Professor Willene Johnson, on behalf of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's findings of the CDPs report on its 10th session at the General segment of the substantive 2008 ECOSOC session.
The 2008 General segment of ECOSOC was held from 18 to 25 July 2008, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and addressed the Council’s overall annual theme “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to sustainable development”. It brought together high-level representatives of UN Member States, civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations, academia and the private sector, and the UN system.…
On 1 July 2008 Professor Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's findings of the CDPs report on its 10th session at the High-Level Segment of the 2008 ECOSOC session.
The 2008 High-level segment of ECOSOC was held from 30 June to 7 July 2008, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and addressed the Council’s overall annual theme “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to sustainable development”. It brought together high-level representatives of UN Member States, civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations, academia and the private sector, and the UN system.…
On 30 June 2008 Professor Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), presented the Committee's findings on "The need for a development-supportive international financial architecture to compensate developing countries for external shocks" of the CDPs report on its 10th session at the High-Level Policy Dialog.
The High-Level Policy Dialogue with the Heads of International Financial and Trade Institutions (World Bank, IMF, UNCTAD and WTO), under the auspices of ECOSOC, focused on major developments in the world economy and international economic cooperation, in the broader context of the follow-up to the 2005 World Summit.
Statement
Statement by Professor…