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The World Social Report is the flagship publication of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs on major social development issues.

The World Social Report 2021: Reconsidering Rural Development was produced by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, led by the Development Research Branch in the Economic Analysis and Policy Division, with inputs from the Division for Inclusive Social Development.

On 26-28 August, UNDESA will gather researchers and government policy analysts taking part of DESA capacity development country projects, as well as experts in integrated assessments for sustainable development, in the workshop "Integrated Modelling To ...

 DPAD kick-started the development of capacities on economy-wide modelling to assess sustainable development policies in Uganda. Government officials have been trained during a workshop held in Entebbe, on 10-14 August, 2015, which was organised i ...

 Training activities of the project "Supporting the design of sustainable development policies with policy modelling tools" were completed for Nicaragua, in Managua, on 6-9 July 2015. Workshops were organized for training government officials in t ...

 A dialogue between DESA/DPAD and technical staff from the Ministry of Planning, the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Seas, the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity, and UNDP Costa Rica was held in San José, Costa Rica on 18-20 May as part of t ...

A Facebook chat was held on Thursday, 12 February, from 10:00 am to 11:30 am EST to discuss the current state of the world economy and growth prospects for 2015 and 2016. Economists from the Global Economic Monitoring Unit of UN/DESA's Development Poli ...

On 12 February 2014, Sanjay Reddy, Associate Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research, made an inaugural presentation of a new database on material living standards within and across countries for the past 50 years, developed throug ...

Due to the inclement weather in the New York City area, today's Development Policy Seminar is postponed until January. DPAD apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause.Today, Professor Angus Deaton, Professor of Economics and International Affairs ...