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25 July 2018

Leaving no one behind' as a site of contestation and reinterpretation

CDP Background Paper No. 47 By Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and Thea Smaavik Hegstad One of the most important elements of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs is the strong commitment to inclusive development, and ?leaving no one behind? has emerged as a central theme of the agenda. How did this consensus come about? And what does this term mean and how is it being interpreted? This matters because the influence of SDGs on policy and action of governments and stakeholders in development operates through discourse. So the language used in formulating the UN Agenda is a terrain of active contestation. This paper aims to explain the politics that led to this term as a core theme. It argues that LNOB was… Leaving no one behind' as a site of contestation and reinterpretation

12 July 2018

Voluntary National Review Reports - what do they report?

CDP Background Paper No. 46 By CDP subgroup on voluntary national reviews Voluntary national reviews (VNRs), are an important innovation as a United Nations process for follow up to the adoption of development agendas. The paper analyses how countries addressed three key cross-cutting issues of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the VNRs submitted in 2017: leaving no one behind; addressing trade-offs through policy integration; and pursuing global partnership as means of implementation. While the VNRs contain already many interesting examples as basis for mutual learning and sharing of, the paper also identifies a need for more attention to these issues and more explicit… Voluntary National Review Reports - what do they report?

05 July 2018

International trade or technology? Who is left behind and what to do about it

CDP Background Paper No. 45 By Ann Harrison We examine globalization?s effects on those left behind in both industrial and emerging markets. While access to global markets has lifted billions out of poverty in emerging markets, the benefits have not been equally shared. Increased competition through globalization as well as skill-biased technical change has hurt less educated workers in rich and poor countries. While much of the rising inequality is often attributed to globalization alone, a brief review of the literature suggests that labor-saving technology has likely played an even more important role. The backlash has focused on the negative consequences of globalization in developed… International trade or technology? Who is left behind and what to do about it

02 July 2018

World Economic Situation And Prospects: July 2018 Briefing, No. 116

Rising levels of public debt fueling fiscal sustainability concerns in many developing countries Several countries highly vulnerable to a sharp increase in government interest burden in the event of a financial shock High debt service obligations limit the availability of resources to pursue development objectives English: PDF (168 kb) Global issues Rising fiscal vulnerabilities posing risk to development prospects in many developing countries Growing headwinds in the global economy have triggered renewed turbulence in international financial markets over the past few months. Amid intensifying trade tensions between the major economies, investor sentiments have also been affected by… World Economic Situation And Prospects: July 2018 Briefing, No. 116

08 June 2018

Leaving no one behind: Some conceptual and empirical issues

CDP Background Paper No. 44 By Stephan Klasen and Marc Fleurbaey This paper provides an overview of the conceptual and empirical issues involved in the overarching goal of ?leaving no one behind? (LNOB). After reviewing some existing documents on the topic, it proposes ways to operationalize LNOB, discusses whether to take a country-focused or person-focused approach, examines various (multidimensional) ways to measure those who are left behind, argues for grounding LNOB on intrinsic and instrumental reasons, suggests ways to identify those at risk of being left behind, and discusses difficult trade-offs with other SDGs for an agenda focused on LNOB. More information: For consolidated… Leaving no one behind: Some conceptual and empirical issues

05 June 2018

Push no one behind

CDP Background Paper No. 43 By Diane Elson One of the pillars of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the pledge to ?leave no one behind?. This paper argues that we must recognise that many people throughout the world are not just being left behind. They are being pushed even further behind, and their levels of well-being are falling, often in ways from which it is impossible to fully recover. Indeed, many are confronted with forces that lead to their avoidable premature deaths. Thus, development policies should have as their first priority to ensure that no one is pushed behind. The paper argues that this could be secured through a different way of framing economic policy, that… Push no one behind

31 May 2018

2018 Reports to the Economic and Social Council

Committee for Development Policy,?Report on the twentieth session? (12-16 March 2018) (E/2018/33)
عربي, 中文, English,?Français, Русский, Español World Economic and Social Survey 2018: Frontier technologies for sustainable development,?Overview (E/2018/50)
عربي, 中文, English,?Français, Русский, Español World economic situation and prospects as of mid-2018 (E/2018/63)
عربي, 中文, English,?Français, Русский, Español

31 May 2018

World Economic Situation And Prospects: June 2018 Briefing, No. 115

Global growth expected to reach 3.2 per cent in 2018 and 2019 Key downside risks to the global economy include rising trade tensions, elevated debt and uncertainty over monetary policy adjustments in the developed countries Recent strengthening of economic growth carries environmental costs English: PDF (175 kb) Global issues Global economic prospects continue to strengthen, but risks have increased Short-term prospects for the world economy have generally improved over the last six months. According to the World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2018 report, global economic growth is expected to reach 3.2 per cent in both 2018 and 2019, marking an upward revision of 0.2 and 0.1… World Economic Situation And Prospects: June 2018 Briefing, No. 115

21 May 2018

Priority to the furthest behind

CDP Background Paper No. 42 By Marc Fleurbaey The UN Resolution heralding the Sustainable Development Goals pledges to leave no one behind, and moreover "to reach the furthest behind first". This priority echoes the priority to the worst-off that is being discussed in philosophy, economics and related disciplines, but also the pleas of many actors who represent or fight for the most disadvantaged populations. This paper argues that serious theories do support such a priority and that the best policies implementing this priority do not necessarily involve the most intuitive anti-poverty targeted measures. More information: For consolidated information on the CDP work on ?Leaving no one… Priority to the furthest behind

17 May 2018

World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2018

Short-term prospects for the world economy have continued to improve, according to the World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2018. World gross product is expected to expand by 3.2 per cent in both 2018 and 2019, marking an upward revision from forecasts released in December 2017. The recent improvement reflects a further uptick in the growth outlook for developed economies in 2018, on the strength of accelerating wage growth, broadly favourable investment conditions, and the short-term impact of a fiscal stimulus package in the United States. Higher levels of energy and metal prices are also supporting a gradual recovery in many commodity-exporting countries. However, the… World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2018