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In an open forum on Sustainable Development Challenges held today, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Shamshad Akhtar, emphasized the need for immediate collective action to address the challenges of food security, energy transformat ...

The World Economic and Social Survey 2013: Sustainable Development Challenges was launched today in Geneva by the Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Shamshad Akhtar, and the Chief of the Development Strategy and Policy Analysis Unit ...

The World Economic and Social Survey 2012: In Search of New Development Finance is now available as an e-book on iBooks, Kindle and Nook.

The World Economic and Social Survey 2012was launched today in New York. The need for additional and more predictable financing has led to a search for new sources – not as a substitute for aid, but as a complement to it. A number of innovative initiat ...

The World economic situation and prospects as of mid-2012 was launched today in New York by Assistant Secretary-General Jomo Kwame Sundaram and DPAD Director Rob Vos. The report notes that the global economic situation is challenging, with heightened r ...