Social Issues

On 23 July 2008 MR. Hans Opschoor, on behalf of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's findings of the CDPs report on its 9th session at the High-Level Segment of the 2007 ECOSOC session. The 2007 High-level segment of E ...

On 4 July 2007 Professor Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), presented the Committee's findings on "Strengthening efforts to eradicate poverty and hunger, including through the global partnership for development" ...

The policy note examines the challenges in designing and implementing policy measures to prevent economic shocks and to mitigate their effects when they do occur.

The report reviews the role of economic welfare in conflict prevention, including the strategies required to ensure sustainable peace in post-conflict countries.

The paper is intended to provide an African perspective with regard to ownership and the domestic policy adjustments required to achieve the internationally agreed MDGs.

The policy note focuses on resource mobilization in the least developed countries (LDCs), the measurement of progress in improving governance, and transition strategies for countries that graduate from the list of LDCs.

This paper examines innovative approaches to domestic resource mobilization in selected LDCs.

This paper examines the debt crisis affecting most LDCs and several other low-income countries.

This paper provides an overview of challenges and innovative approaches to resource mobilization for poverty eradication in LDCS.