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23 April 2012

UN Task Team

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have served as a shared framework for global action and cooperation on development since 2000. As the world approaches 2015, the overall target date for achieving the MDGs, thinking has begun on how to advance the global development agenda beyond 2015. To support this effort, the UN Secretary-General has taken several initiatives. He has established the UN System Task Team on the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda, launched a High-level Panel of Eminent Persons and appointed his own Special Advisor on Post-2015 Development Planning. These processes are complemented by a set of eleven global thematic consultations and national consultations in over 60… UN Task Team

19 April 2012

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 42

April 2012 Summary: Developed country central banks continue monetary easing China records significant trade deficit in January and February Hungary may become first country to face EU financial sanctions In the United States, the Federal Reserve Bank embarked on a new scheme of quantitative easing (QE) aimed at lengthening the?maturity of its securities holdings. The Fed is planning to purchase $400 billion in Treasury bills with maturities of 6 to 30 years?and to sell an equal amount of short-term holdings by the end of June. In the euro area, as its statutes do not allow the ECB to act?as a lender of last resort for financing of sovereign debts, the ECB has launched two Longer-Term… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 42

19 March 2012

CDP Plenary 2012

Date and location 12 - 16 March 2012 United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA Documents Agenda Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2012/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español Opening statements Statement by H.E. Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba, Vice-President of Economic and Social Council Statement by Mr. Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs Papers Monitoring of Graduating Countries from the LDC Category: Equatorial Guinea Monitoring of Graduating Countries from the LDC Category: Samoa Monitoring of Graduated Countries from the LDC Category: Cape Verde Monitoring of Graduated…

18 March 2012

2012 CDP report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2012/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español CDP excerpts on the report by theme Monitoring the development progress of countries that are graduating and have graduated from the list of least developed countries ECOSOC resolution (E/RES/2012/32) on the Report of the Committee for Development Policy
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español GA resolution (A/RES/67/136) on the Inclusion of South Sudan in the list of least developed countries
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español GA resolution (A/RES/67/221) on the Smooth transition for countries graduating from the list of least developed…

16 March 2012

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 41

March 2012 Summary: Rising oil price complicates global recovery Agreement made for second rescue package to Greece Growth slowed in India and Brazil in 2011 During most of February, oil traded above $120 per barrel, reaching levels not seen since May 2011. The increase was triggered in?part by speculation about possible military action against the Iranian nuclear programme and the consequences of a scheduled ban?on oil imports from Iran to be imposed by the European Union. Stalled oil exports from the Syrian Arab Republic and South Sudan?have limited supply by several hundred thousand barrels a day, putting further upward pressure on prices.?Oil prices reached record levels in Europe.… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 41

17 February 2012

Strengthening smooth transition from the least developed country category, by the CDP Secretariat (CDP Background Paper No. 14)

CDP Background Paper No. 14 By the Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy This report makes some preliminary suggestions for actions to be taken by the international development community and the graduating countries to strengthen the process of preparing for graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category. The report also offers concrete proposals for addressing in a systematic manner, the current concerns among LDCs about the ad-hoc nature of the extension and phasing out of measures provided by certain development and trading partners. Download

16 February 2012

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 40

February 2012 Summary: ECB supporting private banks amidst fears of a credit crunch EU leaders agree on a new fiscal compact enhancing fiscal discipline Foreign reserves in Egypt hit dangerous low The sovereign debt crises continue to place stress on European banks. The value of government bonds has fallen with the lowering of?credit ratings for many European countries. This has eroded the balance sheets of banks holding substantial amounts of those assets.?Subsequently, banks have cut lending ? especially to other banks ? and have opted instead to deposit money with the European?Central Bank (ECB), even more so in the final months of 2011. As a result, liquidity available in the… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 40

11 February 2012

Conflict and the identification of the Least Developed Countries: theoretical and statistical considerations, by Ana Luiza Cortez and Namsuk Kim (CDP Background Paper No. 13)

This paper reviews conflict as one of potential factors that could be incorporated in the identification of least developed countries (LDCs). It is not clear whether conflict can be considered as a structurally predetermined handicap as those identified in LDC criteria. More importantly, even if countries may be caught in a conflict trap, adding conflict indicators to the LDC criteria does not provide additional insights to enhance our understanding of the category. And adding conflict indicators is unlikely to introduce changes in country classification. Many of the factors associated with conflict are already incorporated in the indicators used to identify LDCs, and, therefore, the… Download

16 January 2012

UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 36

Can a protracted slowdown?be avoided? by Oliver Paddison and Rob Vos Download the UN/DESA Policy Brief No. 36 UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 36

16 January 2012

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 39

January 2012 Summary: Faltering global economic growth in 2011 High unemployment is the Achilles Heel of the recovery Renewed volatility and heightened risk in financial markets in 2011 The pace of global economic growth slowed markedly in 2011. While official data covering the full year are not available for most?countries, world gross product is estimated to have increased by 2.8 per cent in 2011, compared with 4 per cent in 2010. The slowdown was most severe for developed countries, where the average growth rate was cut in half, sliding from 2.7 per cent in 2010 to 1.3?per cent in 2011. Developing country growth also decelerated by 1.5 percentage points to an average of a still robust… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 39