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On 16 July 2019, Professor José Antonio Ocampo, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the CDP’s 2019 report to ECOSOC to the Council’s High-Level Segment. Professor Ocampo stressed the CDP’s main messages on the theme of the C ...

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 ...

This paper aims to explain the politics that led to the term ‘leaving no one behind’ as a core theme of the 2030 Agenda.

This second lab, organized by the Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) together with the Division for Inclusive Social Development and held on 16 July, addressed measures taken at national level in selected countries to improve the ...

The paper examines globalization’s effects on those left behind in both industrial and emerging markets.

This paper provides an overview of the conceptual and empirical issues involved in the overarching goal of “leaving no one behind”.

This paper discusses examples of people not only being left behind but rather being pushed behind in all parts of the world.

Access to knowledge and technology have contributed to solutions for environmental, social, and economic problems. From opening new options for renewable energy, to revolutionizing the delivery of government services, improving health care, and creating new jobs, technology impacts almost everyone’s lives.

Short-term prospects for the world economy continue to strengthen, but more efforts are needed to ensure the gains are widely shared Weak productivity growth and a lack of secure employment are constraining progress in many countries in Africa, Latin America and Western Asia Rising inequality in China and India poses a risk to medium-term growth prospects