Ocean acidification: a hidden risk?for sustainable development
by the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development/DESA, with input from the United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs?and the Law of the Sea, the secretariat of the?Convention on Biological Diversity and members?of UN-Oceans
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Download the UN/DESA Policy Brief No. 26
UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 26
December 2009
Summary:
Global recovery continues, with an increasing number of countries reporting rises in output;?The recovery, however, is uneven across regions and economic and financial fragilities remain
Global trade is gaining momentum and prospects for commodity exporters have improved
Continued and better coordinated policy support is still needed to avoid a double-dip recession
The world economy is on the mend, with quarterly GDP growth rates in an increasing number of countries moving into positive?territory again and international trade and industrial production indices showing continued upward trends. While the latest debt?debacle in Dubai seems to have been contained, it…
Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 15
The challenges of adapting to a warmer planet for urban growth and development
by Alex Julca and Oliver Paddison
Download the UN/DESA Policy Brief No. 25
UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 25
The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2009 discusses the root causes of the financial and economic crisis that is rapidly deepening and spreading around the world and labels this as "a story foretold" since previous issues of the World Economic Situation and Prospects warned for the mounting risks of a global crisis well ahead of its occurrence. The report discusses how developing countries are being affected through trade and financial channels. By end-2008, the crisis intensified. To put an end to the ensuing fire sale in asset markets, free fall in global trade and fallout in global aggregate demand, the report calls for massive, globally-coordinated monetary and fiscal stimuli and…
World Economic Situation and Prospects 2009
November 2009
Summary:
According to preliminary UN estimates, the world economy will shrink by 2.2 per cent in 2009.
There are clear indications that recovery is on its way and global output may increase by 2.4 per?cent in 2010, according to the preliminary UN forecast. Recovery is still very fragile, however.
A key risk is a premature withdrawal of the stimulus measures in major economies, which presently is a key factor driving the incipient recovery. Pursuing further stimulus now while?at the same time ensuring a more sustainable and balanced global growth for the future is a?main challenge facing policy makers collectively.
After a sharp and synchronized global downturn in 2008 and…
Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 14
October 2009
Summary:
The global recovery remains fragile and requires sustained policy support, as agreed by G20?leaders at the Pittsburgh Summit.
The recovery in some Asian economies has lost some of its momentum, as reflected in weaker?exports and imports.
Unemployment continues to rise worldwide.
Widespread hunger is looming in East Africa.
G20 leaders have recognized that the global recovery remains fragile over concerns that the modest signs of recovery are almost?entirely on account of the fiscal stimulus, that there are still important financial sector problems to be resolved and that unemployment remains on the rise worldwide. The leaders pledged to sustain a strong policy…
Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 13
Strengthening the Global Partnership for Development in a Time of Crisis
Further progress has been made towards fulfilling the promises embodied in the Millennium Development Goal 8 (MDG 8). However, the Global Partnership for Development has suffered important setbacks, most of which have arisen from the current state of the world economy which is experiencing its severest downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. 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…
The MDG Gap Task Force Report 2009
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