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Making rhetoric a reality - MDG Gap Task Force Report 2012

"Do not place the burden of fiscal austerity on the backs of the poor," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the international community, as he launched the MDG Gap Task Force Report 2012 in New York today . The Report gives specific, concrete recommendations on how to strengthen MDG 8, the Global Partnership for Development, which has experienced significant backsliding in various areas including official development assistance, trade protectionism and debt sustainability.

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Sabina Alkire on eradicating multidimensional poverty

Ahead of the Second World Summit for Social Development 2025, in this video, Committee for Development Policy (CDP) member Sabina Alkire of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) ) talks about how some countries have made…
Female worker at the Wanxiang Qianchao Co. factory. Founded in 1969, it is one of the largest manufacturers of automotive parts in China. Hangzhou. China. Credit: Crozet M. / ILO

World Economic Situation and Prospects: October 2025 Briefing, No. 195

Rising investment in digital transformation Unprecedented developments in digital technologies and innovation over recent decades continue to reshape economies, societies, and livelihoods. The digital transformation is driven by the convergence and…
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Beyond GDP: what Multidimensional Measures of Poverty and Well-being add to Dashboards and Composite Indices, by Sabina Alkire, Maya Evans and James Foster (CDP Background Paper No. 60)

Momentum is gathering on the implementation of commitments made by the international community to build a measurement framework that respects and accurately reflects the ambitions of sustainable development, going beyond Gross Domestic Product (GDP…