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20 June 2001

Project LINK Meeting Document 2001

New York, 9-11 April 2001 Report on the Project LINK meeting Global Economic Outlook Project LINK Meeting Document 2001

05 May 2001

2001 CDP report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2001/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español Report of the Secretary General on Ensuring a smooth transition of countries graduating from least developed country status (E/2001/94)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español Report of the Secretary General on Ensuring a smooth transition of countries graduating from least developed country status (E/2001/94) - Corrigendum
English ECOSOC resolution (E/RES/2001/36) on the Report of the Committee for Development Policy
English GA resolution (A/RES/55/253) on the Report of the Committee for Development Policy
عربي, 中文, English, Français,… 2001 CDP report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions

10 February 2001

Participatory Development and Governance: Africa?s Special Needs

CDP Policy Note
Africa needs to take control over its own development strategy through a participatory and coordinated approach that involves a more effective mobilization and use of domestic financial and non-financial resources, the development of innovative and dynamic partnerships, and improved governance at both the national and multilateral levels. Better governance requires enhanced transparency, sound management of resources and a stable economic and regulatory environment.Recommendations on how to enhance the effectiveness of the UN system and multilateral institutions to support participatory development in Africa are discussed. These include the need to address… Participatory Development and Governance: Africa?s Special Needs

20 January 2001

World Economic Situation and Prospects 2001

Economic growth in 2000 was unexpectedly and unusually high and widespread. The increase in gross world product exceeded the earlier forecast of 3.5 per cent and was the strongest in more than a decade. This outcome was the result of improvements in all major regions of the world and was associated with double-digit growth in the volume of international trade. The world economic recovery that started in 1999 reached its peak before the close of 2000 but is expected to continue until at least the end of 2001, albeit at a slightly slower pace. The outlook is for global economic growth to moderate from 4 per cent in 2000 to 3.5 per cent in 2001, with the slowdown limited in extent and… World Economic Situation and Prospects 2001

08 January 2001

World Economic and Social Survey 2001

Part I. State of the World Economy Part one of the World Economic and Social Survey 2001 chronicles how the very positive developments in output and international trade, with reasonably buoyant levels of international finance for emerging markets for the first half of 2000, turned into retrenchment. The ongoing downturn in the business cycle in developed countries has been unusual in a number of respects when contrasted with previous downturns in the post-war period. Part II. A Globalizing World: Risks, Vulnerability and Opportunity Part two of World Economic and Social Survey 2001 looks at some examples of vulnerability in the context of globalization, with the discussions focusing on how… World Economic and Social Survey 2001