Committee for Development Policy (CDP)

On 11 July 2019 Prof. Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Vice-Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), presented the findings of the CDP analysis of the 2018 Voluntary National Reports in a HLPF side event entitled: “National Reports on the 2030 Agenda: W ...

Development often creates or exacerbates poverty and comes at the expense of environmental integrity, pushing people further behind.  It is particularly important, she stated, to  address the inequalities that create obstacles to the reform of the mechanisms through which people are pushed behind, such as decision-making systems where the most disadvantaged are often unrepresented.

From 4 to 7 June the CDP Secretariat conducted a mission to Lao People's Democratic Republic to: (1) study the potential impacts of the country’s graduation from the LDC category on trade and development cooperation, by holding meetings with government ...

On 6 June 2019 Professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Vice-Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee’s Report on it’s 21st Session at the Management Meeting (MM) of ECOSOC's 2019 Management Segment. The CDP’s deliberations on ...

On 30 April, the Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) participated in a regional workshop on graduation for least developed countries (LDCs) jointly organized by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacifi ...

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 ...

1 January 2019 marked the change of membership of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP). The 24 members of the CDP, nominated by the United Nations Secretary-General and appointed by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), will serve on the Comm ...