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16 June 2010

Strengthening International Support Measures for the Least Developed Countries

CDP Policy Note
The present Policy Note takes stock of the nature of the financial, technical and institutional support and preferential trade-related treatments that have been provided to LDCs. It provides an assessment of how useful these existing support measures have been and identifies ways in which they can be made more effective and, where needed, complemented by additional interventions. It also calls for greater coherence between international strategy for LDCs and other existing development strategies, including those initiated by the IMF and the World Bank, to further facilitate development of LDCs. The Note has been prepared to contribute to the debate leading up to… Download

16 June 2010

Views and perspectives on UN support for SIDS

CDP Background Paper No. 10 By Philippe Hein The present paper reviews the existing support by the United Nations system to the small island developing States (SIDS). While acknowledging great diversity among SIDS, the paper notes that these countries on average have maintained good levels of socio-economic indicators despite their fundamental development challenges. It also highlights a number of problems in adequately assessing United Nations support for SIDS and makes suggestions for their solution. Views and perspectives on UN support for SIDS

16 June 2010

UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 29

Till debt do us part: the urgency of?a sovereign debt workout mechanism by?Shari Spiegel, Manuel F. Montes and Rob Vos ? Download the UN/DESA Policy Brief No. 29 UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 29

01 June 2010

Global Modeling Tools

The World Economy Forecasting Model (WEFM) WEFM is used for globally consistent short-term projections at country level. The Global Policy Model
The Global Policy Model (GPM) is a tool for investigation of policy scenarios for the world economy that has been developed for the Development Analysis and Policy Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA/DPAD). The model allows users to specify alternative assumptions about the future economic context and policy responses in different groups of countries and trace macro-economic outcomes over short, medium and long-term timescales. It is a model of the world economy design to simulate the macroeocnomic…

14 May 2010

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 19

May 2010 Summary: Economic recovery continues albeit unevenly. While growth is rapid in many emerging economies, it remains fragile in most advanced economies Euro zone countries and the IMF agreed on a three-year programme worth $146 billion to support?Greece amidst drastic fiscal austerity measures and risks of contagion to other European economies An additional stabilization scheme worth $930 billion was subsequently made available for the euro zone The Greek crisis has morphed from a fiscal crisis in a single?country to a regional crisis for the euro zone and has sent?shock waves through stock markets worldwide. Contagion in?debt markets led sovereign bond spreads to widen… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 19

11 May 2010

2010 Reports to the Economic and Social Council

Committee for Development Policy,?Report on the twelfth session?(22-26 March 2010) (E/2010/33)
عربي, 中文, English,?Français, Русский, Español World Economic and Social Survey 2010: Retooling Global Development,?Overview (E/2010/50)
عربي, 中文, English,?Français, Русский, Español World economic situation and prospects as of mid-2010 (E/2010/73)
عربي, 中文, English,?Français, Русский, Español 2010 Reports to the Economic and Social Council

10 May 2010

2010 Monitoring Reports

Equatorial Guinea Maldives Samoa 2010 Monitoring Reports

10 April 2010

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 18

April 2010 Summary: Net export growth and government spending are driving the recovery in the major economies,?while China?s economy is acting as the engine of the global upturn in 2010 Most of the unconventional monetary stimulus measures undertaken in 2009 are being phased?out in line with improved conditions in credit markets Donors pledged $9.9 billion at the UN international aid conference on Haiti to support?post-disaster reconstruction? Net export growth, along with government spending?have led the economic recovery in developed countries?since the second half of 2009, according to the most recent economic indicators. The United States, the EU and?Japan all reported positive net… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 18

27 March 2010

2010 CDP report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2010/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español CDP excerpts on the report by theme
Monitoring of countries graduating from the category of least developed countries ECOSOC resolution (E/RES/2010/9) on the Report of the Committee for Development Policy
English, Français, Español ECOSOC resolution (E/RES/2010/34) on on the Review of United Nations support for small island developing States
English, Français, Español GA resolution (A/RES/65/171) on the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español GA resolution (A/RES/64/295) on the… 2010 CDP report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions

16 March 2010

UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 28

Is sustainable recovery possible for Haiti? by?Alex Julca,?Oliver Paddison and?Rob Vos? Download the UN/DESA Policy Brief No. 28 UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 28