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2017 Monitoring Reports

2017 Monitoring Reports

Angola First Annual Report on the Angola Graduation Process from LDC Category Equatorial Guinea Samoa Samoa’s smooth transition strategy report Vanuatu Vanuatu’s smooth transition strategy report 2017 Monitoring Reports
2017 Reports to the Economic and Social Council

2017 Reports to the Economic and Social Council

Committee for Development Policy,?Report on the nineteenth session?(20-24 March 2017) (E/2017/33)
عربي, 中文, English,?Français, Русский, Español World Economic and Social Survey 2017: Reflecting on seventy years of development policy analysis,?Overview (E/2017/50)
عربي, 中文, English,?Français, Русский, Español World economic situation and prospects as of mid-2017 (E/2017/65)
عربي, 中文, English,?Français, Русский, Español 2017 Reports to the Economic and Social Council
World Economic Situation And Prospects: May 2017 Briefing, No. 102

World Economic Situation And Prospects: May 2017 Briefing, No. 102

Slowdown in productivity growth posing a medium term challenge for developing countries Weaker-than-expected first quarter growth in the United States of America Plunge in cocoa prices delaying economic recovery in West Africa Global issues Recent slowdown in productivity growth highlights medium-term challenges for developing countries Recent indicators have shown a gradual strengthening of global economic activity since late 2016. In tandem with an improvement in aggregate demand, international trade and manufacturing output have rebounded, while commodity prices have risen from their lows seen in early 2016. Amid a general improvement in business sentiment, several large economies,… World Economic Situation And Prospects: May 2017 Briefing, No. 102
3. Employment Opportunities: Do Race and Ethnicity Matter?

3. Employment Opportunities: Do Race and Ethnicity Matter?

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From planning to policy: Half a century of the CDP, by Daniel Gay (CDP Background Paper No. 36)

The United Nations Committee for Development Policy (CDP) comprises 24 independent specialists from a variety of disciplines. It advises the UN Economic and Social Council on emerging economic, social and environmental issues relevant to sustainable development and international co-operation. The paper argues that since its launch in 1965 the CDP has at times struggled to make an impact, but that it has been most effective when it has been at its most creative and when it has broken with convention.
The CDP helped put into practice the target that developed countries should devote 0.7% of their gross national income to official development assistance. The Committee created the least… Download
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Applying the Growth Identification and Facilitation Framework to Nepal, By Dr. Jiajun Xu and Sarah Hager (CDP Background Paper No. 35)

This paper analyzes opportunities for growth in Nepal by applying the policy tool of New Structural Economics ? Growth Identification and Facilitation Framework (GIFF). Drawing on firm level surveys, stakeholder interviews, and existing datasets it aims to contribute to policy discussions in Nepal and to demonstrate the use of the GIFF for other least developed countries. The report argues that Nepal should seek to capture industrial transfer from China to establish a foothold in global value chains, create employment and catalyze structural transformation. The report identifies product-level advantages arising from preferential market access and sector-specific binding constraints, and… Download
Development Issues No. 11: The Slowdown in Productivity Growth: A View from International Trade

Development Issues No. 11: The Slowdown in Productivity Growth: A View from International Trade

Summary: Productivity growth has slowed down markedly since the global financial crisis. Many factors have been proposed as underlying forces behind this phenomenon, including a slower pace of technological progress and the role of weak demand and lower capital investment. However, one factor that has received relatively less attention is the slowdown in international trade. By exploiting the firm heterogeneity dimension, recent advances in the literature on international trade offer interesting insights to understand the relationship between the weaknesses in global trade and the deceleration in productivity growth. In particular, it shows how trade, investment and technology decisions at… Development Issues No. 11: The Slowdown in Productivity Growth: A View from International Trade

2017 CDP Report, ECOSOC and GA Resolutions

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2017/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español CDP excerpts on the report by theme Lessons learned in developing productive capacities from countries graduating and graduated from the LDC category Monitoring the development progress of countries that are graduating and have graduated from the list of LDCs Reasons and consequences of the non-application of the least developed country category by UN development system entities Total official support for sustainable development ECOSOC resolution (E/RES/2017/29) on the Report of the Committee for Development Policy
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Productive Capacity and Economic Growth in Ethiopia, by Admasu Shiferaw (CDP Background Paper No. 34)

This paper examines the process of building productive capacity in Ethiopia over the past two decades and the roles played by the state, government, the private sector, foreign firms and development partners. Productive capacity is defined broadly as the natural resource potential, accumulation of human capital and the institutions that facilitate inclusive and sustainable economic growth. This process also encompasses the nurturing modern entrepreneurial skills in the private sector and fostering innovation. The paper starts with an overview of Ethiopia's economic growth and the change in the domestic economic structure. The manufacturing sector is seen as the success of Ethiopia's Growth… Download
2017 CDP

CDP Plenary 2017

Date and location 20 - 24 March 2017 United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA Documents Agenda Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2017/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español Opening statements Statement by Ambassador Cristián Barros Melet (Chile), Vice-President of ECOSOC Statement by Assistant Secretary-General Lenni Montiel, UN DESA Presentations Non-application of the LDC category the UN Development System - Teresa Lenzi Update on the LDC graduation platform - Daniel Gay Lessons learned in developing productive capacity - Matthias Bruckner Comprehensive review of the LDC criteria - Namsuk Kim The new OECD framework on financing…