Major 2008 Publications
Millennium Development Goals Report 2008
19 December 2008, New York
This report presents an assessment of progress, based on data available as of June 2008 on all official Millennium Development Goals (MDG) indicators, including the new ones introduced. The aggregate figures in the report provide an overall assessment of regional progress under the eight goals and are a convenient way to track advances over time. FULL ARTICLE
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World Economic and Social Survey 2008: Overcoming Economic Insecurity
19 August 2008, New York
The World Economic and Social Survey 2008 examines how economic insecurity arises from the exposure of individuals, communities and countries to adverse events, and from their inability to cope with and recover from the downside losses. Local concerns have been compounded by new global threats as unregulated markets and climate change. The Survey offers a different approach with a strong “social contract”… FULL ARTICLE
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World Economic Situation and Prospects as of Mid-2008
19 June 2008, New York
Coming in the wake of global financial turmoil, the mid-year update of the World Economic Situation and Prospects forecasts a deeper downturn in the global economy in 2008. The report warns that in the absence of aggressive and coordinated expansionary policies a more severe contraction will occur, which could trigger a disorderly unwinding of the massive global imbalances and have drastic… FULL ARTICLE
MDG GAP Task Force Report 2008
19 June 2008, New York
This present report was prepared by the MDG Gap Task Force which was created to improve the monitoring of the MDG 8 by leveraging inter-agency coordination. The objective of the Report is to identify remaining obstacles to accelerate progress in the achieving the targets contained in MDG 8. It highlights the degree of compliance to the commitments made by developed and developing countries with a view… FULL ARTICLE
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World Public Sector Report 2008: People Matter
18 June 2008, New York
The World Public Sector Report aims to capture the emerging issues, concerns and innovations in governance and public administration. The 2008 World Public Sector Report, People Matter: Civic Engagement in Public Governance, highlights the importance of civic engagement in public governance and, by profiling several case studies, demonstrates how such practices gain… FULL ARTICLE
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Global E-Government Survey 2008
14 May 2008, New York
The UN E-Government Survey 2008: From E-Government to Connected Governance assesses the E-Government Development of the 192 Member States of the UN according to a quantitative composite index of e-readiness based on website assessment, telecommunication infrastructure, and human resource endowment. ICTs can help reinvent government in such a way that existing institutional arrangements can be restructured and new innovative arrangements can flourish, paving the way for a transformed government. FULL ARTICLE
World Economic Situation and Prospects 2008
19 January 2008, New York
The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2008 argues that after several years of robust growth, the world economy is now facing some serious challenges in sustaining its brisk pace. According to the Report the end of the housing bubble in the United States, as well as the unfolding credit crisis, the decline of the United States dollar vis-a-vis other major currencies, the persistence… FULL ARTICLE
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