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23 September 2014

CDP Resolutions and Decisions to ECOSOC

A number of official resolutions and decisions related to the work of the Committee for Development Policy are issued on a regular basis. These documents are in response to the Committee's programme of work on themes dealt with by the Council, as well as on matters concerning the inclusion in and graduation from the list of least developed countries. 2014 ECOSOC resolution (E/RES/2014/L.15) on Report of the Committee for Development Policy on its sixteenth session English Français Español 2013 ECOSOC resolution (E/RES/2013/20) on Report of the Committee for Development Policy on its fifteenth session English Français Español 2012 ECOSOC resolution (E/RES/2012/32) on Report of… CDP Resolutions and Decisions to ECOSOC

23 September 2014

CDP Resolutions and Decisions to the General Assembly

A number of official resolutions and decisions related to the work of the Committee for Development Policy are issued on a regular basis. These documents are in response to the Committee's programme of work on themes dealt with by the Council, as well as on matters concerning the inclusion in and graduation from the list of least developed countries. 2013 General Assembly resolution (A/RES/68/18) on Graduation of countries from the LDC category عربي, 汉语, English, Français, Русский, Español 2012 General Assembly resolution (A/RES/67/136) on the Inclusion of South Sudan in the list of least developed countries عربي, 汉语, English, Français, Русский, Español General…

23 September 2014

UN Task Team Thematic Think Pieces

UN Task Team Thematic Think Pieces Countries with special needs Culture: a driver and an enabler of sustainable development Disaster risk and resilience Education and skills for inclusive and sustainable development beyond 2015 Emerging development challenges for the post-2015
UN development agenda: Employment Imagining a world free from hunger: Ending hunger and malnutrition and ensuring food and nutrition security Governance and development Health in the post-2015 development agenda Towards freedom from fear and want: Human rights in the post-2015 agenda Addressing inequalities: The heart of the post-2015 agenda and the future we want for all Science, technology and innovation and…

16 September 2014

LDC and other country groupings: How useful are current approaches to classify countries in a more heterogeneous developing world?

CDP Background Paper No. 21 By Jos? Antonio Alonso, Ana Luiza Cortez and Stephan Klasen The proliferation of country groupings indicates the need to assess the effectiveness of the current system for development cooperation and to explore better ways to manage the international system, as heterogeneity among developing countries increases. Great caution should be exercised in devising new country categories. Donors can use sound criteria for aid allocation without creating new groupings. If new categories are created at all, issue-based classifications should be preferred to comprehensive categories; support should be issue-specific. Among the existing comprehensive classifications, the LDC… LDC and other country groupings: How useful are current approaches to classify countries in a more heterogeneous developing world?

16 September 2014

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 70

September 2014 Summary: Russian Federation and European Union economies affected by reciprocal economic sanctions U.S. labour market situation presents challenge to setting monetary policy Brazil falls into recession, while India expands faster than expected The unfolding geopolitical crisis caused by the situation in Ukraine?has led to an imposition of reciprocal economic sanctions and disruptions in the established trade flows between the Russian Federation and many leading Organization for Economic Cooperation?and Development (OECD) countries. Those countries have introduced a series of increasingly tough sanctions (moving from the?relatively mild ?stage one? in early 2014 to ?stage… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 70

15 September 2014

The likelihood of 24 least developed countries graduating from the LDC category by 2020: an achievable goal?

CDP Background Paper No. 20 By Hiroshi Kawamura This paper examines the prospects of achieving a main goal of the Istanbul Programme of Action?at least half of the LDCs to meet the graduation criteria by 2020. Based on two different sets of graduation criteria established by the CDP and current trends in socio-economic indicators of LDCs, the paper concludes that the goal is unlikely to be met even under an optimistic scenario. There are considerable uncertainties about the possible outcome, partly owing to the way in which the graduation criteria are established and partly owing to the difficulty of predicting future course of socio-economic development of LDCs. The likelihood of 24 least developed countries graduating from the LDC category by 2020: an achievable goal?

14 September 2014

Global trade rules for supporting development in the post-2015 era

CDP Background Paper No. 19 by Ana Luiza Cortez and Mehmet Arda Multilateral trade rules have maintained stable and predictable trade flows. Developing countries increased their participation in world markets but marked asymmetries persist; not all countries are benefitting from trade. Successive trade rounds and numerous regional trade and bilateral investment agreements led to significant loss of policy space and fragmentation. Special and differential treatment has not provided necessary flexibility for implementation of development policies while the principle of less than full reciprocity is eroded. Stronger multilateralism, effective overseeing and enforcing role by WTO and greater… Global trade rules for supporting development in the post-2015 era

16 August 2014

Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 69

August 2014 Summary: Global equity markets face potential policy shocks ?BRICS announce the creation of the?New Development Bank ?Argentina defaults on its sovereign debt Extremely loose monetary policies adopted by major monetary?authorities in developed economies over the past few years have?helped equity markets in both developed and developing economies?to bounce back from the low of 2009. During the sixth annual summit of the BRICS countries (Brazil,?Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa), the creation?of the New Development Bank (NDB) was officially announced.?The BRICS countries, which together represent approximately 40?per cent of the world population and one fifth… Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 69

07 August 2014

Publications used in the preparation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2014

The role of selected policy instruments in reducing income inequality Giovanni Andrea Cornia Download Paper Land Ownership Patterns and Income inequality in Southern Africa Sam Moyo Download Paper Sustainability and Inequality Frances Stewart Download Paper

07 August 2014

Report of the Secretary-General: Status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto - 2014 Report