inequality

This paper highlights the key findings of the annual studies by the CDP of the VNR reports submitted to the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) from 2017 to 2021.

Members of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) participated in the 2022 HLPF that took place from 5 to 18 July 2022. The HLPF annual meeting, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, is the core United Nations platform for follow-u ...

VNR report analysis focusing on LNOB, inequality, pandemic preparedness, gender inequality, environment

The fourth annual review of the VNRs by the CDP providing a systematic content analysis of the VNRs presented to the 2021 HLPF.

This policy note assembles analysis by members of the UN CDP and co-authors on different angles of the COVID-19 crisis and the challenges and opportunities it presents for development policy and multilateralism.

The third annual review of the VNRs by the CDP providing a systematic content analysis of the VNRs presented to the HLPF.

Insights from the CDP on contemporary challenges and opportunities at the intersection between inequalities and leading topics on the global agenda

Prof. Fukuda-Parr speaks at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on “Leave No One Behind”: How promoting and protecting human rights can accelerate the realization of the SDGs

The Sustainable Deve­lop­ment Goals (SDGs) have registered some progress since their adoption in 2015. However, gathering storms of weakening global economic growth, rising income inequality, unabated global warming and climate change, and escalating conflict are impeding SDG implementation. The tailwinds of rapid technological advances, on the other hand, offer best hope for accelerating SDG progress.