| Development Strategy and Policy Analysis Unit | |
Richard Kozul-Wright, Chief
Richard Kozul-Wright received his Ph.D in Economics from Cambridge University, United Kingdom, from where he joined the United Nations, first in New York working on the World Economic and Social Survey and, subsequently, at UNCTAD in Geneva, where he has worked on the World Investment Report, the Trade and Development Report and the Economic Development in Africa Report. He has published articles on a broad range of issues related to economic development and economic history in the Economic Journal, the Cambridge Journal of Economics, the Oxford Review of Economic Policy and the Journal of Development Studies. His most recent book (co-authored with Paul Rayment) is entitled The Resistible Rise of Market Fundamentalism and was published in the summer of 2007.
Richard Kozul-Wright
The Development Strategy and Policy Analysis Unit takes primary responsibility for the World Economic and Social Survey and for analysis of long-term economic trends and related policy issues. The coverage of the work undertaken by the unit is broad in scope and includes, inter alia, the challenges of economic catch-up and structural change; institutional development and growth; poverty reduction, human development and equality; and social and economic insecurity. Each year, the WESS provides an in-depth analysis of a chosen theme of relevance to the international community, drawing on expertise from across DPAD as well as the other divisions of DESA, along with complementary inputs from outside experts and other parts of the UN system. The work of DSP is therefore both strongly research oriented and responsive to the demands of ECOSOC and the periodic major UN conferences and summits. The findings of the Survey are also disseminated through discussion papers, policy briefs and opinion pieces produced by the unit. |
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