SDGs

Experience has shown that it is not possible to empower people and to reduce household income inequality without addressing how incomes are generated in the production process and how this affects the so-called factor income inequality (the distribution of national income between rents from land, capital income and labour income).

2019 CDP report, ECOSOC resolutions, GA resolutions

The Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2019/33, Supplement No. 13) on its 21st plenary session held from 11 to 15 March 2019 is now available in all six official languages on the CDP website. The report addresses the following themes dis ...

On 23 April Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Vice-Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), was invited as speaker at the high-level interactive discussion “Building Trust and the Importance of Multilateralism: Making the UN Relevant to All People”. The ...

Committee for Development Policy (CDP) members Keith Nurse and Rolph van der Hoeven attended the Expert Group Meeting on SDG 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all organiz ...

On 8 April 2019 Committee for Development Policy (CDP) member Marc Fleurbaey participated in the 18th session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA), discussing “Governance and public administration aspects of empowering people to ...

11 - 15 March 2019 at UN Headquarters in New York, USA

“Can multilateralism survive?” is the theme of an open session organized by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP). The event, taking place during the 21st session of the CDP Plenary from 11-15 March 2019 features four CDP members, Winnie Byanyima, ...

The Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category is prepared by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) to provide comprehensive information on the least developed country (LDC) category. The third edition of the Handbook builds upon and updates ...