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Seven years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, many countries still rely on out-of-date and incomplete data to inform its implementation. Millions of people globally are not covered by existing data sources and are therefore excluded from decision-making and policies. Moreover, the COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the critical importance of having reliable, timely and disaggregated data to save lives and livelihoods, and exposed the limitations of traditional sources and methods used to produce them. In this context, there is an increased sense of the urgency to use innovative approaches to better meet the data needs to accelerate action… UN DESA Policy Brief No. 132: Data for now: leveraging innovative sources, technologies and methods for better, more timely and disaggregated data for sustainable development
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español Corrigendum (E/2022/33/Corr.1) to the Report of the Committee for Development Policy
To reflect the correct graduation date for Bhutan
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Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Review by the Economic and Social Council of subsidiary bodies
Voluntary national reviews (VNRs)
Monitoring of countries that are graduating or have graduated from the list of…
Download the PDF Potential economic fallout from the war in Ukraine Human costs continue to mount since the beginning of the Ukraine war on 24 February 2022. By late March, at least 1,119 civilians have been killed and at least 1,790 injured while many of the victims are still not accounted for. More than 10 million Ukrainians (out of 44 million) have been forcible displaced, 4 million of them abroad and 6.5 million within the country. In addition to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and its direct socioeconomic impact on Ukraine?s neighbouring countries, the impact of the war has been spreading through multiple channels on the world economy. This Monthly Briefing aims to depict the… World Economic Situation and Prospects: April 2022 Briefing, No. 159
The COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted significant damage on global economic activity, exacerbated fiscal challenges worldwide, and impeded countries? ability to respond to the pandemic and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Many countries experienced downgrades of their sovereign credit ratings, higher borrowing costs, and intensified risks of debt distress. Developing countries have borne the brunt (over 95%) of credit rating downgrades, despite experiencing relatively milder economic contractions. The fear of ratings downgrades also hindered some countries? participation in official debt relief programs, such as the G20?s Debt Service Suspension… UN DESA Policy Brief No. 131: Credit rating agencies and sovereign debt: Four proposals to support achievement of the SDGs
Place: Virtual meeting Documents Agenda Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2022/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español Corrigendum (E/2022/33/Corr.1) to the Report of the Committee for Development Policy
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español Opening Statements Statement by H.E. Ambassador Collen Vixen Kelapile, President of United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Statement by Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Open Session on ECOSOC Interaction 25 February 2022, 10:00 - 11:30 AM (NY time)
The open session informed the ECOSOC membership on the…