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01 May 2013

WESP Weekly Highlight No. 15

Japan: QQME and its initial impact World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 15 WESP Weekly Highlight No. 15

24 April 2013

WESP Weekly Highlight No. 14

Gambia's zigzagging agricultural growth World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 14 WESP Weekly Highlight No. 14

17 April 2013

WESP Weekly Highlight No. 13

Is there a monetary dilemma in Mexico? World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 13 WESP Weekly Highlight No. 13

16 April 2013

Science, technology and innovation for sustainable development, by Keun Lee and John Matthews (CDP Background Paper No. 16)

The paper argues that science, technology and innovation (STI) play a critical role in expediting transition to a sustainable mode of development. Latecomer nations suffer from several disadvantages as they attempt to catch-up with the technological leaders, but they can enjoy latecomer advantages, if appropriate strategies are formulated and executed. One of the key concepts is leapfrogging, whereby the latecomers absorb what the technological leaders have to offer and leap to a new environment-friendly techno-economic paradigm. To facilitate such leap, the current intellectual-property-rights regimes need to evolve to one that fosters technology diffusion and greater use of intellectual… Download

10 April 2013

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 53

April 2013 Summary: Renewed?concerns?about?banking?fragility?in?the?euro?area Capital?inflows?into?emerging?markets?gain?momentum The?Bank?of?Japan?discloses?its?new?monetary?stance?which?is?beyond?market?expectations United?States?housing market?strengthens?further Agreement was finally reached on a rescue programme for Cyprus. Cypriot?banks were hard hit by the write-down of their holdings of Greek sovereign debt resulting from the Greek bailout agreement. Cypriot bank assets?are over seven times the size of the country?s GDP, making a government?bailout impossible without external support. The bailout required about ?17 billion, to be generated through a combination of bank… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 53

10 April 2013

WESP Weekly Highlight No. 12

Different approaches to estimating capital outflow from the Russian Federation World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 12 WESP Weekly Highlight No. 12

03 April 2013

WESP Weekly Highlight No. 11

India's recent growth performance: a look at the expenditure side World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 11 WESP Weekly Highlight No. 11

01 April 2013

CDP Plenary 2013

Date and location 18 - 22 March 2013 United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA Documents Agenda Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2013/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español Opening statement Statement by H.E. Mr. Néstor Osorio, President of Economic and Social Council Papers Monitoring of Graduating Countries from the LDC Category: Samoa Side events Implementing the UN development agenda in the post-2015 era: the role of alternative transformative strategies Presentation by Jose Antonio Alonso Identifying and addressing the vulnerabilities of SIDS: additional measures needed? Presentation by Matthias Bruckner Presentation by…

26 March 2013

WESP Weekly Highlight No. 10

Elevated lending rates in some East African economies? World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 10 WESP Weekly Highlight No. 10

24 March 2013

2013 CDP report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2013/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español CDP excerpts on the report by theme Science, technology and innovation for sustainable development Strengthening international cooperation in the post-2015 era Effectively addressing the vulnerabilities and development needs of small island developing States ECOSOC resolution (E/RES/2013/20) on the Report of the Committee for Development Policy
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español GA resolution (A/RES/68/18) on the Graduation of countries from the LDC category
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español GA resolution (A/RES/67/290) on the Format…