Committee for Development Policy (CDP)

The global COVID-19 pandemic is plunging the world into a socio-economic and financial crisis of an unprecedented scale, in addition to the acute health crisis. Many of the gains achieved under the banner of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are under threat. The crisis has exposed and exacerbated vulnerabilities and inequalities in both developing and developed countries, deepening poverty and exclusion and pushing the most vulnerable even further behind. This is a watershed moment. A sustainable, equitable and peaceful future hinges on the right national and international policy decisions. This policy note assembles analysis by members of the United Nations Committee for Development Policy (CDP) and co-authors on different angles of the COVID-19 crisis and the challenges and opportunities it presents for development policy and multilateralism.

The third annual review of the VNRs by the CDP providing a systematic content analysis of the VNRs presented to the HLPF.

Part of the HLPF VNR Lab series, this lab reflected on what we have learnt so far about analyzing the VNRs.

Prof. Ocampo participates in the ECOSOC panel on “Leaving no one behind in the context of COVID-19 and the decade of action and delivery"

Introduction of the main conclusions of the 2020 CDP report at ECOSOC's 2020 Management Segment

2020 Monitoring reports for Angola, Bhutan, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2020/33, Supplement No. 13)

A bold multilateral response is required that enables countries to address the immediate health crisis, stem the economic impacts and accelerate SDG implementation

Outcome of the comprehensive review of the LDC criteria