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29 September 2008

The MDG Gap Task Force Report 2008

Delivering on the Global Partnership for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals Important gaps remain in delivering on the global commitments in the areas of aid, trade, debt relief, and access to new technologies and to affordable essential medicines. In the countdown to 2015, urgent responses are needed to bridge the existing implementation gaps to make good on the promises made to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. A recently released report by the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Gap Task Force identifies these gaps in detail and provides recommendations to all major stakeholders on how to address these gaps. Sales No. E.08.I.17 ISBN 978-92-1-101172-2 Download full… The MDG Gap Task Force Report 2008

20 June 2008

Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2008

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
Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2008

07 January 2008

World Economic and Social Survey 2008

Overcoming Economic Insecurity The World Economic and Social Survey 2008 offers a different perspective on economic insecurity?one that utilizes more proactive and coherent policy responses, at both national and international levels, to help communities better manage economic risks, cope with economic insecurity and secure their livelihoods. WESS 2008 also assesses insecurity posed by weather, natural disasters and climate change; and the inherent insecurity of seeking livelihoods in countries riven by civil wars that on historical trend are becoming longer and more disruptive. Overview: عربي, 汉语, English, Français, Русский, Español Download full report: 汉语, English, Français, Русский,… World Economic and Social Survey 2008