SDG #8: Decent work and economic growth

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2009/33, Supplement No. 13) ????,

CDP Policy note   Adapting to climate change is critical for sustainable development. Steps must be taken to strengthen the adaptive capacity of all stakeholders and to mainstream adaptation into sectoral and national planning processes

April 2009 Summary: Unemployment, trade and capacity utilization face sharpest deterioration since World War II Widening gaps in external financing for developing countries call for large international transf

February 2009 Summary:? The impact of the financial crisis on economic activity has intensified worldwide. Industrial production and international trade flows have declined sharply, and unemployment is rapidly risi

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 ?

Committee for Development Policy,?Report on the tenth session?(17-20 March 2008) (E/2008/33) ????,?

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 ?