SDG #8: Decent work and economic growth

Massive, globally coordinated fiscal stimulus is needed:?going from the drawing board to swift action by Rob Vos, Pingfan Hong and Marva Corley,with inputs from Richard Kozul-Wright, Alex Izurieta and Matthias Kempf ?

Microfinance: no panacea, but useful?instrument in fight against poverty by Rob Vos, Richard Kozul-Wright and S. Nazrul Islam ?

The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) launched today the second edition of the Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category: Inclusion, Graduation and Special Support Measures at a briefing in New York. The Handbook contains a detailed description of the procedures and methodologies used by the CDP in the identification of least developed countries (LDCs), as well as an overview of the international support measures associated with the LDC category. As a supplement to the Handbook, the LDC 2015 Country Snapshots was also presented at the briefing. The Country Snapshots is a compilation of one-page profiles for each of the 48 countries classified as LDCs in 2015 and illustrates the gaps in progress towards the LDC graduation thresholds for each country.

Bubbles, busts, and bailouts: lessons from the global financial meltdown by Rob Vos, Richard Kozul-Wright and?Alex Izurieta ?

Don?t forget the food crisis: new policy directions needed by?Rob Vos, Richard Kozul-Wright and?Keiji Inoue

Delivering on the Global Partnership for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals Important gaps remain in delivering on the global commitments in the areas of aid, trade, debt relief, and access to new technologies and to affordable ess

State building in post conflict countries?requires a different approach by Rob Vos, Richard Kozul-Wright and Piergiuseppe Fortunato ?

New York, 23-24 October Report of the Project

Briefing by CDP on its contribution to the AMR theme on sust