SDG #8: Decent work and economic growth

Presentation of the 2016 CDP Report to ECOSOC
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
Improving knowledge, implementation and effectiveness for smooth transition from the LDC category
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
World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2016
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.
2016 Monitoring Reports
Equatorial Guinea
World Economic Situation And Prospects: May 2016 Briefing, No. 90
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
2016 CDP report, ECOSOC and GA resolutions
Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2016/33, Supplement No. 13) ????,
2016 Reports to the Economic and Social Council
Committee for Development Policy,?Report on the eighteenth session?(14-18 March 2016) (E/2016/33) ????,?
Cost-benefit analysis for identifying institutional capacity building priorities in LDCs: an application to Uganda
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
World Economic Situation and Prospects: April 2016 Briefing, No. 89
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