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14 September 2014

Global trade rules for supporting development in the post-2015 era, by Ana Luiza Cortez and Mehmet Arda (CDP Background Paper No. 19)

Multilateral trade rules have maintained stable and predictable trade flows. Developing countries increased their participation in world markets but marked asymmetries persist; not all countries are benefitting from trade. Successive trade rounds and numerous regional trade and bilateral investment agreements led to significant loss of policy space and fragmentation. Special and differential treatment has not provided necessary flexibility for implementation of development policies while the principle of less than full reciprocity is eroded. Stronger multilateralism, effective overseeing and enforcing role by WTO and greater focus by developing countries in negotiating flexible rules (… Download

16 August 2014

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 69

August 2014 Summary: Global equity markets face potential policy shocks ?BRICS announce the creation of the?New Development Bank ?Argentina defaults on its sovereign debt Extremely loose monetary policies adopted by major monetary?authorities in developed economies over the past few years have?helped equity markets in both developed and developing economies?to bounce back from the low of 2009. During the sixth annual summit of the BRICS countries (Brazil,?Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa), the creation?of the New Development Bank (NDB) was officially announced.?The BRICS countries, which together represent approximately 40?per cent of the world population and one fifth… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 69

07 August 2014

Report of the Secretary-General: Status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto - 2014 Report

07 August 2014

Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2014

The role of selected policy instruments in reducing income inequality Giovanni Andrea Cornia Download Paper Land Ownership Patterns and Income inequality in Southern Africa Sam Moyo Download Paper Sustainability and Inequality Frances Stewart Download Paper

31 July 2014

2014 Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly

Accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goals: options for sustained and inclusive growth and issues for advancing the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015 (A/69/201)
عربي, 中文, English,?Français, Русский, Español Updated?overview of the major international economic and policy?challenges for equitable and inclusive sustained economic?growth and sustainable development, and of the role of the?United Nations in addressing these issues in the light of the?New International Economic Order (A/69/203)
عربي, 中文, English,?Français, Русский, Español 2014 Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly

25 July 2014

Report of the Secretary-General: Realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities: a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond” - 2014 Report

16 July 2014

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 68

July 2014 Summary: World trade continues sluggish recovery ?Oil prices soar amid political instability in Iraq Disappointing first quarter for developed economies Despite expectations for a return to previous growth rates this year,?world trade has grown relatively slowly for the first months of 2014.?Prior to the crisis, world trade grew at about double the growth?rate of world gross product (WGP), but in the past two years trade?growth has slowed to just barely matching the growth of WGP.?The hope was that a rise in economic activity in developed countries, which still account for a major portion of world trade and are?important trading partners for many developing countries, would?… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 68

16 July 2014

Trade benefits for least developed countries: the Bangladesh case, by Mustafizur Rahman (CDP Background Paper No. 18)

Global evidence suggests that trade-related performance is becoming increasingly important for the socio-economic development of many developing countries. The paper finds that trade preferences accorded to Bangladesh as an LDC have played a crucial role in recent accelerated development of her economy and her significant achievements in trade and social sectors. The paper highlights the concerns that emanate from the trade preferences and proposes ways to make these more effective and beneficial for the LDCs. It concludes that Bangladesh will need to build the needed supply-side capacities and undertake necessary reforms to realize the potential opportunities provided by preferential… Download

22 June 2014

Project LINK Meeting Document 2014

New York, 20?22 October Report on the Project LINK Meeting Global Economic Outlook, October Presentation Global and Country Forecasts for Project LINK Meeting Global Economic Outlook, June

20 June 2014

CDP Statements 2014

Statement by Prof. Jose Antonio Alonso at the 2014 High-level Meeting of the Development Cooperation Forum (DCF). New York, 10 July 2014 Statement by Prof Sakiko Fukuda-Parr at the ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review, 8 July 2014 Statement by Prof Jose Antonio Ocampo at Coordination and Management Meeting of the 2014 session of the ECOSOC, 18 June 2014 Statement by Ambassador Oh, at the 16th Session of the CDP, New York CDP Statements 2014