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16 April 2014

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 65

April 2014 Summary: Global employment remains a challenge ?United States Federal Reserve faces challenges in?adjusting its monetary policy Financial markets in emerging economies stabilized The preliminary estimates for employment and unemployment,?prepared by the International Labour Organization (ILO), show?that labour markets have been affected by the slow recovery in?2013. Globally, employment grew by 1.4 per cent in 2013?similar to the 2012 expansion, but stubbornly slower than the growth?of pre-crisis years. As a result, the global jobs gap (measuring the?number of current jobs lost in comparison with the pre-crisis trend)?widened further to 62 million in 2013. Across regions,… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 65

01 April 2014

CDP Plenary 2014

Date and location 24 - 28 March 2014 United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA Documents Agenda Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2014/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español Opening statement Statement by H.E. Mr. Oh Joon, Vice President of United Nations Economic and Social Council Papers Monitoring of Graduated Countries from the LDC Category: Maldives Monitoring of Graduated Countries from the LDC Category: Samoa Side event on Global governance for sustainable development in the post-2015 era Live webcasts by panelists: Prof. Diane Elson Prof. Sakiko Fukuda-Parr Prof. Jose Antonio Ocampo Presentation by Prof. Diane Elson Link…

01 April 2014

WESP Weekly Highlight No. 51

Labour market mismatches in the Middle East World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 51 WESP Weekly Highlight No. 51

30 March 2014

2014 CDP report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2014/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español CDP excerpts on the report by theme The role of country groupings for development Global governance and global rules for development in 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/2014/9) on the Report of the Committee for Development Policy
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español GA resolution (A/RES/69/231) on the Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least developed Countries
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27 March 2014

WESP Weekly Highlight No. 50

South Africa: A sharp fall in the current-account deficit World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 50 WESP Weekly Highlight No. 50

19 March 2014

WESP Weekly Highlight No. 49

The Philippines: a case of jobless growth World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 49 WESP Weekly Highlight No. 49

16 March 2014

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 64

March 2014 Summary: World economy is struggling to gain momentum ?Emerging economies face policy dilemma in trying to?stabilize currencies G20 meeting makes call for new measures to lift growth and create jobs The global economy seems to have hit a speed bump in recent?months amid colder than expected weather in the United States of?America, a softening manufacturing sector in China and financial?turbulence in many emerging economies. High-frequency data on?industrial activity and trade suggest that the recovery of the world?economy is struggling to gain momentum. According to data from?the CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, global?trade activity lost strength towards… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 64

11 March 2014