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29 November 2012

2012 Vulnerability Profiles

Tuvalu Vanuatu 2012 Vulnerability Profiles

29 September 2012

The MDG Gap Task Force Report 2012

The Global Partnership for Development: Making Rhetoric a Reality In its 2012 Report, the MDG Gap Task Force has had difficulty identifying areas of significant new progress towards delivering on commitments to the Global Partnership for Development, and for the first time there are signs of backsliding. The volume of official development assistance (ODA) fell for the first time in many years, obstacles to exports from developing countries are on the rise, and numerous developing countries are facing debt difficulties. With less than three years until 2015, there is no apparent commitment by donor Governments to reverse the trend in time, and it is likely that fewer MDGs will be reached in… The MDG Gap Task Force Report 2012

09 August 2012

Status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto - 2012 Report

30 July 2012

Report of the Secretary-General: Realization of the Millennium Development Goals and internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities: a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond - 2012 Report

01 July 2012

World Economic and Social Survey 2012

In Search of New Development Finance Difficulties in raising sufficient domestic and external resources to finance the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), along with the numerous drawbacks of traditional aid, are leading the quest for innovative sources of development finance. The World Economic and Social Survey 2012 analyses current and proposed mechanisms for innovative development finance and highlights mechanisms that can 1) increase the scale of development financing available and 2) provide stable and predictable financing to enhance sustainable development. The Survey confirms the potential of innovative development financing… World Economic and Social Survey 2012

20 June 2012

Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2012

2012 Absorbing Innovative Financial Flows: Looking at Asia Rehman Sobhan Download Paper Adopting a Currency Transaction Tax When Avoidance is a Possibility: Which Currencies Would Take the Lead and What Rate Could they Charge? David Stubbs Download Paper Aid Securitization: Beyond IFFIm Suhas Ketkar Download Paper Can remittances support development finance
in developing countries? Alex Julca Download Paper Global Health Initiatives and Aid Effectiveness
in the Health Sector Oliver Schwank Download Paper Half a Century of Proposals for
'Innovative' Development Financing Barry Herman Download Paper Innovative Development Finance:
The Latin American Experience… Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2012

16 June 2012

Climate change vulnerability and the identification of least developed countries, by Matthias Bruckner (CDP Background Paper No. 15)

This paper reviews the role of climate change vulnerability in identifying least developed countries (LDCs). Taking a sustainable development perspective, it argues that climate change should be seen as an aggravating factor of existing handicaps and many indicators used to identify LDCs already capture relevant structural vulnerabilities to climate change. However, the paper proposes some refinements in the LDC criteria to better capture vulnerabilities from natural disasters and in coastal areas. These refinements affected the vulnerability ranking in the recent triennial review, but had no impact the eligibility of countries for inclusion in and graduation from the LDC category. Download

10 May 2012

2012 Monitoring Reports

Cabo Verde Equatorial Guinea Maldives Samoa 2012 Monitoring Reports

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…

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