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13 July 2020

Development Policy and Multilateralism after COVID-19 (CDP Policy Note 2020)

The global COVID-19 pandemic is plunging the world into a socio-economic and financial crisis of an unprecedented scale, in addition to the acute health crisis. Many of the gains achieved under the banner of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are under threat. The crisis has exposed and exacerbated vulnerabilities and inequalities in both developing and developed countries, deepening poverty and exclusion and pushing the most vulnerable even further behind. This is a watershed moment. A sustainable, equitable and peaceful future hinges on the right national and international policy decisions. This policy note assembles analysis by members of the United Nations Committee for… Download

13 July 2020

Voluntary National Reviews Reports: What do they (not) reveal?, by the CDP subgroup on VNRs (CDP Background Paper No. 50)

Voluntary national reviews (VNRs) are an important innovation as a United Nations process for follow up to the adoption of development agendas. This is the third annual review by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) that provides a systematic content analysis of the VNRs presented to the HLPF. It includes a broader analysis than in the previous years, including a stock taking of lessons learned in the CDP analyses as well as related studies and makes recommendations for strengthening the VNR process. The paper also analyses the VNRs presented in 2019 with regard to how countries addressed the key principle of leaving no one behind and partnerships as well as the sustainable… Download

20 April 2020

2020 CDP Report, ECOSOC and GA Resolutions

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2020/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español CDP excerpts on the report by theme
Accelerated action and transformative pathways: realizing the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development
The voluntary national reviews of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The comprehensive review of the LDC criteria
Monitoring of countries that are graduating and have graduated from the list of least developed countries
Improved assistance for graduating and graduated least developed countries
Framework for the Programme of Action for least developed…