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15 September 2014

The likelihood of 24 least developed countries graduating from the LDC category by 2020: an achievable goal?, by Hiroshi Kawamura (CDP Background Paper No. 20)

This paper examines the prospects of achieving a main goal of the Istanbul Programme of Action - at least half of the LDCs to meet the graduation criteria by 2020. Based on two different sets of graduation criteria established by the CDP and current trends in socio-economic indicators of LDCs, the paper concludes that the goal is unlikely to be met even under an optimistic scenario. There are considerable uncertainties about the possible outcome, partly owing to the way in which the graduation criteria are established and partly owing to the difficulty of predicting future course of socio-economic development of LDCs. Download

07 August 2014

Report of the Secretary-General: Status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto - 2014 Report

07 August 2014

Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2014

The role of selected policy instruments in reducing income inequality Giovanni Andrea Cornia Download Paper Land Ownership Patterns and Income inequality in Southern Africa Sam Moyo Download Paper Sustainability and Inequality Frances Stewart Download Paper

31 July 2014

2014 Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly

Accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goals: options for sustained and inclusive growth and issues for advancing the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015 (A/69/201)
عربي, 中文, English,?Français, Русский, Español Updated?overview of the major international economic and policy?challenges for equitable and inclusive sustained economic?growth and sustainable development, and of the role of the?United Nations in addressing these issues in the light of the?New International Economic Order (A/69/203)
عربي, 中文, English,?Français, Русский, Español 2014 Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly

25 July 2014

Report of the Secretary-General: Realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities: a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond” - 2014 Report

16 July 2014

Trade benefits for least developed countries: the Bangladesh case, by Mustafizur Rahman (CDP Background Paper No. 18)

Global evidence suggests that trade-related performance is becoming increasingly important for the socio-economic development of many developing countries. The paper finds that trade preferences accorded to Bangladesh as an LDC have played a crucial role in recent accelerated development of her economy and her significant achievements in trade and social sectors. The paper highlights the concerns that emanate from the trade preferences and proposes ways to make these more effective and beneficial for the LDCs. It concludes that Bangladesh will need to build the needed supply-side capacities and undertake necessary reforms to realize the potential opportunities provided by preferential… Download

01 June 2014

World Economic and Social Survey 2014

Reducing Inequality for Sustainable Development The 2014 World Economic and Social Survey notes that the inequality within countries has increased markedly in recent decades. The majority of the world's population lives in countries where inequality in 2010 was higher than it was in 1980. The standardized and updated indicators used in this Survey show that inequality in Asia has increased and has reached levels similar to those in Latin America, so far the region with the highest inequality in the world. Countries in Europe (including the Russian Federation and Eastern European economies in transition) experiences a sharp increase in inequality during the 1990s, whereas countries in…

10 May 2014

2014 Monitoring Reports

Equatorial Guinea Maldives Samoa Note by the government of Samoa on Samoa’s smooth transition strategy Vanuatu 2014 Monitoring Reports

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
عربي, 中文,… 2014 CDP report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions

28 January 2014

Outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities - 2014 Resolution