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The World Economic and Social Survey (WESS) was first issued in 1994, evolving in response to a 1947 mandate by the General Assembly which requested the Secretary-General to submit annual reports on current world economic conditions and trends to the Economic and Social Council. Its precursors were Economic Report: Salient Features of the World Economic Situation from 1945 to 1947; World Economic Report (1948-1954); and World Economic Survey (1955-1993). In 1999, a second, thematic part was introduced into the Survey, focusing on specific medium- to long-term development challenges. Since 2005, the Survey has devoted itself entirely to specific themes of topical interest related to… World Economic and Social Survey 1947
2006 Developing and Transition Economies in the Late 20th Century: Diverging Growth Rates, Economic Structures,
and Sources of Demand Codrina Rada and Lance Taylor Download Paper Governance, Economic Growth and Development
since the 1960s Mushtaq H. Khan Download Paper Real Income Stagnation of Countries,1960-2001 Sanjay G. Reddy and Camelia Minoiu Download Paper Turning Swords to Ploughshares & Little Acorns to Tall Trees: the Conflict-Growth Nexus & the Poverty of Nations S, Mansoob Murshed Download Paper…
2007 Population Aging, Wealth, and Economic Growth: Demographic Dividends and Public Policy Ronald Lee and Andrew Mason Download Paper Projection of health care expenditure by disease:
a case study from Australia Theo Vos, John Goss, Stephen Begg and Nicholas Mann Download Paper Poverty among the Elderly in Latin America and the Caribbean Leonardo Gasparini, Javier Alejo, Francisco Haimovich, Sergio Olivieri
and Leopoldo Tornarolli Download Paper The Implications of Aging for the Structure and Stability
of Financial Markets…
On 4 July 2007 Professor Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), presented the Committee's findings on "Strengthening efforts to eradicate poverty and hunger, including through the global partnership for development" of the CDPs report on its 9th session at the High-Level Policy Dialog. The High-Level Policy Dialogue with the Heads of International Financial and Trade Institutions (World Bank, IMF, UNCTAD and WTO), under the auspices of ECOSOC, focused on major developments in the world economy and international economic cooperation, in the broader context of the follow-up to the 2005 World Summit. Statement Statement by Professor Ffrench-Davis…
2008 Assessing the success of microinsurance programmes in meeting the insurance needs of the poor Paul Mosley Download Paper Financial Instability and Countercyclical Policy Yilmaz Aky
Date: 17 - 20 March 2008 Place: UNHQ, New York, USA Documents Agenda Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2008/33, Supplement No. 13) عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español Opening statements Statement by Mr. Sha Zukang, Under Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Briefing by the CDP on its contribution to the Annual Ministerial Review on Sustainable Development Presentation
n 23 July 2009 Professor Willene Johnson, on behalf of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's findings of the CDPs report on its 10th session at the General segment of the substantive 2008 ECOSOC session. The 2008 General segment of ECOSOC was held from 18 to 25 July 2008, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and addressed the Council’s overall annual theme “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to sustainable development”. It brought together high-level representatives of UN Member States, civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations, academia and the private sector, and the UN system.…
On 1 July 2008 Professor Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's findings of the CDPs report on its 10th session at the High-Level Segment of the 2008 ECOSOC session. The 2008 High-level segment of ECOSOC was held from 30 June to 7 July 2008, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and addressed the Council’s overall annual theme “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to sustainable development”. It brought together high-level representatives of UN Member States, civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations, academia and the private sector, and the UN system.…
On 30 June 2008 Professor Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), presented the Committee's findings on "The need for a development-supportive international financial architecture to compensate developing countries for external shocks" of the CDPs report on its 10th session at the High-Level Policy Dialog. The High-Level Policy Dialogue with the Heads of International Financial and Trade Institutions (World Bank, IMF, UNCTAD and WTO), under the auspices of ECOSOC, focused on major developments in the world economy and international economic cooperation, in the broader context of the follow-up to the 2005 World Summit. Statement Statement by Professor…
On 23 July 2008 MR. Hans Opschoor, on behalf of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's findings of the CDPs report on its 9th session at the High-Level Segment of the 2007 ECOSOC session. The 2007 High-level segment of ECOSOC was held from 23 to 26 July 2007, at the the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland and addressed the Council’s overall annual theme “Strengthening efforts to eradicate poverty and hunger, including through the global partnership for development”. It brought together high-level representatives of UN Member States, civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations, academia and the private sector, and the UN system.…