Professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Vice-Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's Report on it's 18th Session to the ECOSOC Coordination and Management Meeting (CMM) held on 1 June 2016. The CDP?s deliberations on LDC
SDG #8: Decent work and economic growth

On 27 May 2016 the UN Committee for Development Policy (CDP) Secretariat and the Fondation pour les ?tudes et Recherches sur le D?veloppement International (Ferdi) will organize a side event on least developed country (LDC) support measures during th

Weak global growth continues to linger, posing a challenge to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. World gross product is projected to expand by just 2.4 per cent in 2016, the same weak rate as in 2015.

Argentina re-enters international capital markets after 15 years
Deflationary trends remain a concern in euro area and Japan
GDP growth in China in line with government target, but United States and Republic of Korea fall short of expectations

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2016/33, Supplement No. 13)
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Committee for Development Policy,?Report on the eighteenth session?(14-18 March 2016) (E/2016/33)
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CDP Background Paper No. 30
By Namsuk Kim and Roland Mollerus
Institutional constraints prevent the Least Developed Countries from fully utilizing the trade-related International Support Measures provided by development partners. A

Policy space in many developing countries constrained by El Ni?o
Further improvement in labour market conditions in Europe and the United States
Monetary stance eases in the CIS but tightens in Africa