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Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 20

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 20

June 2010
Summary: The world economy is rebounding but the recovery remains uneven, weak and fragile?
At the present speed of the recovery, unemployment rates will take five years to drop to pre-crisis levels
Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 20
Strengthening International Support Measures for the Least Developed Countries

Strengthening International Support Measures for the Least Developed Countries (CDP Policy Note, 2010)

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 was prepared to contribute to the debate leading up to the forthcoming Fourth UN…
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Views and perspectives on UN support for SIDS, by Philippe Hein (CDP Background Paper No. 10)

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.
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UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 29

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
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UN/DESA Policy Brief, No. 29

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

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
Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 19
2010 Monitoring Reports

2010 Monitoring Reports

Equatorial Guinea
2010 Monitoring Reports
Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 18

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

CDP Plenary 2010

The 12th session was held from 22-26 March at UN Headquarters in New York

2010 CDP report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2010/33, Supplement No. 13)