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11 October 2019

Sustainable Development Outlook 2019: Gathering storms and silver linings BP2

The Sustainable Deve?lop?ment Goals (SDGs) have registered some progress since their adoption in 2015. However, gathering storms of weakening global economic growth, rising income inequality, unabated global warming and climate change, and escalating conflict are impeding SDG implementation. The tailwinds of rapid technological advances, on the other hand, offer best hope for accelerating SDG progress. Sustainable Development Outlook 2019: Gathering storms and silver linings BP2

11 October 2019

Sustainable Development Outlook 2019: Gathering storms and silver linings BP3

01 October 2019

World Economic Situation And Prospects: October 2019 Briefing, No. 131

The global commodity price shock of 2014-2016 has caused setbacks in the fight against poverty; poverty eradication in Africa by 2030 is increasingly becoming out of reach; the humanitarian crisis in Yemen is exacerbating the poverty situation World Economic Situation And Prospects: October 2019 Briefing, No. 131

30 September 2019

2019 Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly

Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries (A/74/264)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español Development cooperation with middle-income countries (A/74/269)

26 September 2019

Frontier Technology Quarterly: Frontier technologies for addressing plastic pollution

The severity of plastic pollution is now well-recognized, and countries and communities are looking for innovative solutions for addressing this menace of the modern age. Frontier Technology Quarterly: Frontier technologies for addressing plastic pollution

05 September 2019

Improved assistance measures for graduated and graduating least developed countries for the achievement of agenda 2030, by Ana L. Cortez (CDP Policy Review No. 9)

As countries' concerns about graduation persist, the potential for additional tension has widened, particularly now that an increasing number of LDCs approach graduation Download

01 September 2019

World Economic Situation And Prospects: September 2019 Briefing, No. 130

Prolonged trade tensions exacerbating the cyclical slowdown in the global economy Global automobile production contracts amid higher tariffs and policy uncertainty Further easing of macroeconomic policies as external headwinds to growth rise World Economic Situation And Prospects: September 2019 Briefing, No. 130

30 August 2019

For the least developed countries, revitalising multilateralism is life or death

Op-Ed by Daniel Gay and Kevin Gallagher Few would deny that the international system governing the environment and economy is under pressure. Globalisation itself is wobbling, to the chagrin of governments in rich and emerging economies. What's less For the least developed countries, revitalising multilateralism is life or death

26 August 2019

No. 4 - The inadequacy of mechanisms to help channel capital and know-how to SMEs

Kori Udovicki highlights the insufficiency of mechanisms to channel capital and know-how to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Download

07 August 2019

Project LINK Meeting Documents 2019

Glen Cove NY, 17-19 June Global Economic Outlook, June