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In its resolution E/RES/2021/8, the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations decided that the priority theme for the 60th session of the Commission for Social Development to be held in February 2022 shall be, “Inclusive and resilient recovery from COVID-19 for sustainable livelihoods, well-being, and dignity for all: eradicating poverty and hunger in all its forms and dimensions to achieve the 2030 Agenda”. An Expert Group Meeting will be convened in preparation for the 60th session of the Commission which is expected to adopt a resolution on the priority theme.
The Commission, a functional commission of the Economic and Social Council, serves as the main United Nations forum for an intensified global dialogue on social development issues and in promoting the integrated treatment of social development issues in the United Nations system. It continues to have the primary responsibility to review, on a periodic basis, issues related to the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development. Furthermore, the Commission will, within its mandate, make a vital contribution to the follow-up of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by supporting the thematic reviews of the High-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF) on progress being made in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, including cross-cutting issues.
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The meeting will provide inputs to the report of the Secretary-General on the priority theme, which offers the analytical backdrop to the Commission’s deliberations. The meeting will contribute to the work of the Commission by providing concrete, evidence-based recommendations on policies for an inclusive and resilient recovery from COVID-19, with a focus on eradicating poverty and hunger to achieve the 2030 Agenda.
Opening statement by Maximo Torero, Chief Economist, FAO
Final Report
Download the final report of the EGM.
Papers
Assessing the Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the livelihoods of rural people: A review of the evidence by Daniel Bordi, Marco Knowles, Nicholas Sitko, and Francesca Viberti
Annex-Covid impact rural areas by Nicholas Sitko
Effective strategies to eradicate poverty and hunger: Addressing food insecurity in the time of COVID-19 by John Hoddinott
COVID-19 in Latin America: Socioeconomic Impacts and Policy Responses by Ludovico Feoli
‘Reforming the International Financial and Fiscal System for better COVID-19 and Post-Pandemic Crisis Responsiveness’ by Rolph van der Hoeven and Rob Vos
Effective strategies to eradicate poverty and hunger: Addressing food insecurity- the case of DR Congo– by Azzurra Chiarini
Addressing poverty and food insecurity the quest for effective social protection by Sergei Zelenev
Policies and institutions contributing to socially just transition by Ilcheong Yi
Measures to prevent impoverishment and get back on track by Andrew Shepherd
An Alternative Fiscal Package to Mitigate India’s COVID Economic Crisis by Santosh Mehrotra
Informality and the Potential for South-south Cooperation between Brics by Santosh Mehrotra
ESCWA’s contribution by Khalid Abu-Ismail short version | long version
Multidimensional Poverty Indices: Actionable Metrics for Challenging Times by James Foster
Multidimensional Poverty and COVID-19 Risk Factors: A Rapid Overview of Interlinked Deprivations across 5.8 Billion People by Sabina Alkire
Presentations
Income poverty trends at the world and regional levels: Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis by Hantamalala Rafalimanana
Evolving socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 in five African countries by Talip Kilic
Understanding the impacts of COVID 19 on rural livelihoods by Nicholas J Sitko
COVID 19: Poverty and Malnutrition: Reforming the International Financial and Fiscal System by Rolph van der Hoeven
Contributing to poverty eradication: Social protection floors by Carolina Trivelli
Effective strategies to eradicate poverty and hunger by John Hoddinott
Sida’s approach to multidimensional poverty by Karin Kronlid
Strengthening Social Protection for Pandemic Responses: Identifying the Vulnerable, Aiding Recovery and Building Resilience by Adrian Gauci
Universal social protection for an inclusive and resilient recovery from COVID-19 by Christina Behrendt
Effective strategies to eradicate poverty and hunger: Social protection systems and floors by Patrik Andersson
Tools for Poverty Reduction in Arab Countries by Khalid Abu-Ismail
Resources
- Call for Action-Financing Inclusive Recovery for Children
- UNICEF Social Protection COVID response- Summary
- COVID and Debt crisis
- Social Spending Monitor Protecting and Transforming Social Spending Amid COVID-19 for Inclusive Recoveries
- International Movement ATD Fourth World contribution
- A new social contract for a job-rich recovery
- SDG 8 as a New Social Contract for a job-rich recovery and resilience
- A Trade Union Take on the SDGs – edition 2021
- Planning in the 20th Century and Beyond: India’s Planning Commission and NITI Aayog, Cambridge U Press 2020
- Reviving Jobs: An Agenda for Growth, Penguin Random House, 2020
- Realizing the Demographic Dividend, Cambridge University Press
- The territorial impact of COVID-19: Managing the crisis and recovery across levels of government by OECD
- Socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 in low-income countries | Nature Human Behaviour
- The evolving socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 in four African countries by World Bank
- Dimensions of Poverty: Sida’s Approach to Multidimensional Poverty
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santosh_Mehrotra
- Family homeless & Child Poverty
- WEB Case Studies brochure—hidden faces of Homelessness
- WEB-Case-Studies-brochure.pdf – Google Drive
- Hidden facts of Homelessness by UNANIMA
- Family homelessness-through the lens of the United Nations 2030 Agenda Volume II by UNANIMA
- Family homelessness-through the lens of the United Nations 2030 Agenda by UNANIMA
- The territorial impact of COVID19 (video)
- What’s next for social protection in light of COVID-19: country responses by IPC
- What’s next for social protection in light of COVID-19: challenges ahead by IPC
- Leveraging food systems for poverty and malnutrition reduction by IPC
- Universal social protection: a target for all by IPC
- Rural poverty reduction in the 21st century by IPC
- What did the 2020 Voluntary National Review (VNR) reports still not tell us? by UNDESA
- COVID-19 Crisis and the Informal Economy Study: : City Fact Sheets by WIEGO
- COVID-19, Informal Workers and WIEGO’s Work during this Crisis by WIEGO
- WIEGO Working Paper No 42 May 2021
- Summary of demands from the local organizations of informal workers who partnered in the study by WIEGO
- Regarding measuring the impact of Covid-19 in light of evidence-based policymaking
- Civil society role in informal social protection
- Impacts of cash transfers in a pandemic
- South South cooperation in social protection
- Link to Stimulus Tracker (including social protection measures)
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