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On 10 July 2014 Committee for Development Policy (CDP) member Professor Jose Antonio Alonso participated at ECOSOC's High-level Meeting of the Development Cooperation Forum as panelist at the theme of “The critical role of ODA in development cooperation post-2015”.
The 2014 High-level Meeting of the Development Cooperation Forum was held from 11 to 12 July 2014, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and addressed the overall theme of “Bringing the future of development cooperation to post-2015”. 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.…
Statement by Prof. José Antonio Ocampo, the Chairperson of the CDP, at the High Level Segment of 2015 ECOSOC session, 7 July 2015Statement by Prof José Antonio Ocampo at Coordination and Management Meeting of the 2015 session of the ECOSOC, 10 June 2015Statement by Ambassador Khiari, at the 17th Session of the CDP, New YorkStatement by Assistant Secretary-General, Lenni Montiel, at the 17th Session of the CDP, New York
Peace and Stability as Enablers for and Outcome of Development
Pingfan Hong
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Transforming MDG Growth Patterns for SGDs
Pingfan Hong
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Date: 23 - 27 March 2015
Place: UNHQ, New York, USA
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Agenda
Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2015/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español
Opening statements
Statement by Lenny Montiel, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development
Statement by H.E. Ambassador Mohamed Khlaed Khiari, Vice President of United Nations Economic and Social Council
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Imapct assessment: Angola
Imapct assessment: Kiribati
Monitoring of Graduating Countries from the LDC Category: Equatorial Guinea
Monitoring of Graduating Countries from the LDC Category: Vanuatu
Monitoring of Graduated Countries from the LDC Category: Maldives
Monitoring…
Professor Jose Antonio Ocampo, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's Report on it's 17th Session to the ECOSOC Coordination and Management Meeting (CMM) held on 10 June 2015.
The CDP’s deliberations on LDC-related issues, including the triennial review of least developed countries (LDCs) category, monitoring the development progress of graduating and graduated countries, and the further refinement of the human assets index were presented to Council members. The Committee’s considerations and recommendations on an accountability framework for the post-2015 UN development agenda and the strengthening the Istanbul Programme of Action were also…
On 7 July 2015 Professor Jose Antonia Ocampo, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's findings on "Expanding productive capacity of least developed countries (LDCs) for achieving the sustainable developement goals" as part of the CDPs report on its 17th session at the High-Level Segment of the 2015 ECOSOC session.
The 2015 High-level segment of ECOSOC was held from 6 to 10 July 2015, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and addressed the Council’s overall annual theme “Strengthening integration, implementation and review – the HLPF after 2015”. It brought together high-level representatives of UN Member States, civil society actors,…
Date: 14 - 18 March 2016
Place: UNHQ, New York, USA
Documents
Agenda
Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2016/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español
Opening statements
Statement by Thomas Gass, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs
Statement by H.E. Ambassador Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava, Vice President of United Nations Economic and Social Council
Papers
Monitoring of Graduated and Graduating Countries from the LDC Category: Samoa, Equatorial Guinea, and Vanuatu
Side event on Expanding productive capacity for achieving the sustainable development goals
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Summary: In June 2017, the Fed raised its key policy rate for the fourth time since December 2015, and announced plans to gradually reduce the size of its balance sheet. Amid high economic and policy uncertainty, however, rising interest rates by the Fed may pose considerable challenges for the emerging economies. Notably, countries with high borrowing needs, large dollar-denominated debt and fragile macroeconomic conditions are at a higher risk of experiencing large and potentially destabilising capital outflows. In this environment, policymakers will need to assess the various policy tools available that will most effectively mitigate the spillover effects of the Fed’s policy transition…