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01 May 2013

WESP Weekly Highlight No. 15

Japan: QQME and its initial impact World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 15 WESP Weekly Highlight No. 15

24 April 2013

WESP Weekly Highlight No. 14

Gambia's zigzagging agricultural growth World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 14 WESP Weekly Highlight No. 14

17 April 2013

WESP Weekly Highlight No. 13

Is there a monetary dilemma in Mexico? World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 13 WESP Weekly Highlight No. 13

16 April 2013

Science, technology and innovation for sustainable development

CDP Background Paper No. 16 By Keun Lee and John Mathews The paper argues that science, technology and innovation (STI) play a critical role in expediting transition to a sustainable mode of development. Latecomer nations suffer from several disadvantages as they attempt to catch-up with the technological leaders, but they can enjoy latecomer advantages, if appropriate strategies are formulated and executed. One of the key concepts is leapfrogging, whereby the latecomers absorb what the technological leaders have to offer and leap to a new environment-friendly techno-economic paradigm. To facilitate such leap, the current intellectual-property-rights regimes need to evolve to one that… Science, technology and innovation for sustainable development

10 April 2013

WESP Weekly Highlight No. 12

Different approaches to estimating capital outflow from the Russian Federation World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 12 WESP Weekly Highlight No. 12

10 April 2013

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 53

April 2013 Summary: Renewed?concerns?about?banking?fragility?in?the?euro?area Capital?inflows?into?emerging?markets?gain?momentum The?Bank?of?Japan?discloses?its?new?monetary?stance?which?is?beyond?market?expectations United?States?housing market?strengthens?further Agreement was finally reached on a rescue programme for Cyprus. Cypriot?banks were hard hit by the write-down of their holdings of Greek sovereign debt resulting from the Greek bailout agreement. Cypriot bank assets?are over seven times the size of the country?s GDP, making a government?bailout impossible without external support. The bailout required about ?17 billion, to be generated through a combination of bank… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 53

03 April 2013

WESP Weekly Highlight No. 11

India's recent growth performance: a look at the expenditure side World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 11 WESP Weekly Highlight No. 11

26 March 2013

WESP Weekly Highlight No. 10

Elevated lending rates in some East African economies? World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 10 WESP Weekly Highlight No. 10

24 March 2013

2013 CDP report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2013/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español CDP excerpts on the report by theme
Science, technology and innovation for sustainable development
Strengthening international cooperation in the post-2015 era
Effectively addressing the vulnerabilities and development needs of small island developing States ECOSOC resolution (E/RES/2013/20) on the Report of the Committee for Development Policy
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español GA resolution (A/RES/68/18) on the Graduation of countries from the LDC category
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español GA resolution (A/RES/67/290)… 2013 CDP report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions

21 March 2013

WESP Weekly Highlight No. 9

Why is the ECB balance sheet shrinking? World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 9 WESP Weekly Highlight No. 9