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World Economic Situation And Prospects: July 2019 Briefing, No. 128

World Economic Situation And Prospects: July 2019 Briefing, No. 128

ODA flows must increase to support SDG-related investment Regional integration in Africa and Asia is crucial for sustainable development China?s direct investment in Latin America slows English: PDF (168 kb) Global issues ODA flows should increase significantly to achieve the 2030 Agenda To achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the international community must embark on a path of collective efforts, including providing support to many developing countries to increase investment in numerous fields. Both upgrading and diversifying productive capacities and advancing communication, energy and transportation infrastructure remain priorities. Several countries, especially among… World Economic Situation And Prospects: July 2019 Briefing, No. 128
World Economic Situation And Prospects: June 2019 Briefing, No. 127

World Economic Situation And Prospects: June 2019 Briefing, No. 127

Trade tensions and policy uncertainty are damaging global growth prospects Several countries continue to experience setbacks in their fight against poverty Carbon pricing a key element in combating climate change English: PDF (168 kb) Global issues Trade tensions and policy uncertainty continue to damage global growth prospects The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) as of mid-2019, launched on 21 May, stresses that high trade tensions and policy uncertainty continue to damage prospects for economic growth. The report also downgraded growth forecasts for many countries. When the WESP 2019 was launched last January, a softening in global economic activity was already evident. In… World Economic Situation And Prospects: June 2019 Briefing, No. 127
World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2019

World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2019

Global growth outlook has weakened, amid unresolved trade tensions and elevated international policy uncertainty, according to the World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2019. Across both developed and developing countries, growth projections for 2019 have been downgraded.?Following an expansion of 3.0 per cent in 2018, world gross product growth is now projected to moderate to 2.7 per cent in 2019 and 2.9 per cent in 2020, reflecting a downward revision from the forecasts released in January. The report identifies several downside risks that could trigger a sharper or more prolonged growth slowdown in the world economy, potentially inflicting significant damage on development… World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2019
No. 2: People being pushed behind

No. 2: People being pushed behind

What is holding back the implementation of the 2030 Agenda? Insights from the CDP
by Diane Elson Development is a disruptive process. It changes people?s lives, often for the better, though it sometimes bypasses them, leaving them behind. But for too many, the kind of development that prevails today pushes them behind, making them worse off in absolute terms, reducing their standard of living, depriving them of their livelihoods, and in the worst cases, depriving them of their lives. Schumpeter recognised the ?creative destruction? of innovation, driving some businesses out of the market and ushering in new, more productive, ones. In Silicon Valley they say, ?Move fast and break… No. 2: People being pushed behind
Frontier Technology Quarterly: Playing with genes: The good, the bad and the ugly

Frontier Technology Quarterly: Playing with genes: The good, the bad and the ugly

Genetic technologies?the ability to manipulate and transform the properties of cells, seeds, microbes, insects, plants, animals and even humans?are pushing the frontiers of science and offers us new hope for disease control and cure. This field has come a long way since Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics, first postulated the rule of heredity in the 1850s. Genetic technologies are changing the way we produce food, improving crop yield and preventing catastrophic losses from droughts, floods and pests. They also are offering new solutions for fighting cancer and many hereditary diseases, improving quality of life and life expectancy. In addition, genetic technologies are increasingly used… Frontier Technology Quarterly: Playing with genes: The good, the bad and the ugly

Insights from the United Nations Committee for Development Policy

Ahead of the SDG Summit in September 2019, members of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP)* reflect on the factors that are holding back the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and what can be done about them.  No. 1 - Inequality and how incomes are generated Rolph van der Hoeven Download
No. 1: Inequality and how incomes are generated

No. 1: Inequality and how incomes are generated

What is holding back the implementation of the 2030 Agenda? Insights from the CDP
by Rolph van der Hoeven Experience has shown that it is not possible to empower people and to reduce household income inequality without addressing how incomes are generated in the production process and how this affects the so-called factor income inequality (the distribution of national income between rents from land, capital income and labour income). Household income inequality can be interpreted in three ways (van der Hoeven, 2019): Primary income inequality: the distribution of household incomes consisting of the (sometimes cumulated) different factor incomes in each household, before taxes and… No. 1: Inequality and how incomes are generated
World Economic Situation And Prospects: May 2019 Briefing, No. 126

World Economic Situation And Prospects: May 2019 Briefing, No. 126

Many developed and developing economies take an easier monetary policy stance VAT increase in the Russian Federation temporarily adds to inflation Argentina imposes price controls to curb inflation English: PDF (168 kb) Global issues Aligning monetary policy with the SDGs A slowdown in global economic activity, coupled with largely benign inflationary pressures, has triggered a shift towards easier monetary policy stances across many developed and developing economies (figure 1). In March, the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) lowered its expectations from two interest rate hikes to none in 2019, and announced that it will begin to slow the pace of its balance sheet normalization. In… World Economic Situation And Prospects: May 2019 Briefing, No. 126

2019 CDP Report, ECOSOC and GA Resolutions

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2019/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español CDP excerpts on the report by theme
Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality
Voluntary national reviews of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Update on the progress of the multi-year programme on a comprehensive review of the least developed country criteria
Monitoring the development progress of graduating and graduated countries
Review of the recognition and use of the least developed country category by United Nations development system entities
Improved assistance for graduating and…
2019 Monitoring Reports

2019 Monitoring Reports

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