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25 October 2021

UN/DESA Policy Brief #120: Investing in the future of rural non-farm economies

This Brief argues that historical and empirical evidence justifies thinking of rural development not as an appendage of urban progress, but as a driver and integral part of national development. Moreover, the development of farm and non-farm rural economies offers the best chance to accelerate income growth and poverty reduction in rural areas while unlocking resources to help advance the economy as a whole. It follows that developing rural areas in-situ, rather than ignoring them in favor of urban development, should be a central objective of government policy. In practice, this means raising the productivity of agriculture through necessary investments in more and better inputs ?… UN/DESA Policy Brief #120: Investing in the future of rural non-farm economies

18 October 2021

UN/DESA Policy Brief #119: The critical role of income redistribution for poverty reduction: Alternative scenarios

The link between economic growth and poverty reduction is not linear. The way in which additional income is distributed matters for poverty outcomes. The same economic growth rate can cause different levels of poverty reduction in countries with different levels of inequality. Evidence also shows that countries with a more equal distribution of assets and income often grow faster than those with a higher degree of inequality. There may thus exist a virtuous cycle between growth and equity. This policy brief will present modelling evidence which demonstrate the importance of addressing income inequality as a key strategy to accelerate the progress on SDG 1 (eradicating poverty). Pre-pandemic… UN/DESA Policy Brief #119: The critical role of income redistribution for poverty reduction: Alternative scenarios

08 October 2021

UN/DESA Policy Brief #117: Building the capacities of public servants to implement the 2030 Agenda

Introduction The 2030 Agenda recognizes that capacity in governments at all levels is critical to steer and support the transformations which it calls for. Thus, public servants at all levels of government need the capacity to successfully implement, follow up and review the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are an umbrella framework encompassing almost every sector of human activity. In a broad sense, ?capacity for implementing the SDGs? entails the capacities necessary to implement all the SDG targets. Capacity- building efforts at the level of specific goals and targets, although important, are not the focus of this brief. Instead, the brief focuses on capacity-building… UN/DESA Policy Brief #117: Building the capacities of public servants to implement the 2030 Agenda

08 October 2021

UN/DESA Policy Brief #118: Policy implications of the disruption of the implementation of the 2020 World Population and Housing Census Programme due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Every ten years, the United Nations launches a census decade ? everybody counts and should be counted. During that period, each country should produce at least one full count of its population and housing units. The 2020 census round was launched by ECOSOC, a main UN body, in 2015. The 2020 World Programme recognizes population and housing censuses as one of the primary sources of data needed for formulating, implementing and monitoring policies and programmes aimed at inclusive socioeconomic development and environmental sustainability. It further recognizes population and housing censuses as an important source for supplying disaggregated data needed for the measurement of progress of the… UN/DESA Policy Brief #118: Policy implications of the disruption of the implementation of the 2020 World Population and Housing Census Programme due to the COVID-19 pandemic

01 October 2021

World Economic Situation And Prospects: October 2021 Briefing, No. 154

The ECB?s bank lending survey: The euro area?s economic pulse is coming back Introduction The global pandemic has left severe scars on economic activity across the globe. This is no less true for the economies of the euro area, which saw widespread lockdowns after the outbreak of the pandemic in the spring of 2020 and various renewed phases of ramping down public life thereafter due to surges in pandemic infection rates. With the onset of broad vaccination campaigns, vaccination rates have been steadily increasing and the euro area economy has been on a path of recovery. A host of fiscal policies provided strong support in this respect, and monetary policy has been maintaining a very… World Economic Situation And Prospects: October 2021 Briefing, No. 154

01 October 2021

UN/DESA Policy Brief #116: A view of changes in institutional arrangements for SDG implementation at the national level since 2015

Five years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with one third of the implementation period of its 17 Sustainable Development Goals having elapsed, it is important to take stock of relevant institutional arrangements at the national level. Institutionalization of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs lays the foundation for their effective implementation. It also serves as an indicator of the degree to which the Agenda is prioritized and has buy-in from governments and other stakeholders. Countries have made significant strides since 2015 in adapting their institutional frameworks to facilitate the achievement of the SDGs. At the national level, these have included, for… UN/DESA Policy Brief #116: A view of changes in institutional arrangements for SDG implementation at the national level since 2015

30 September 2021

2021 Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly

Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries (A/76/310)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español Development cooperation with middle-income countries (A/76/375)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español Development cooperation with middle-income countries: Corrigendum (A/76/375/Corr1)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español

29 September 2021

World Social Report: Background Papers 1

The World Social Report 2021: Reconsidering Rural Development was produced by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, led by the Development Research Branch in the Economic Analysis and Policy Division, with inputs from the Division for Inclusive Social Development. The analysis contained in the report is based in part on the following background papers: Asada, Rei. Growth with rural development: Sri Lanka?s serendipitous contribution in an age of SDGs. Nkonya, Ephraim. Protecting lands and wilderness. Rosegrant, Mark. Rural development ensuring the protection of water. Zafar, Ali. Rural and structural transformation for accelerating SDG progress: The role of new… World Social Report: Background Papers 1

29 September 2021

World Social Report: Background Papers 2

29 September 2021