Latest Major Publications

 

Millennium Development Goals Report 2008

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This report presents an assessment of progress, based on data available as of June 2008 on all official Millennium Development Goals (MDG) indicators, including the new ones introduced. The aggregate figures in the report provide an overall assessment of regional progress under the eight goals and are a convenient way to track advances over time. Read more

 

World Economic and Social Survey 2008: Overcoming Economic Insecurity

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The World Economic and Social Survey 2008 examines how economic insecurity arises from the exposure of individuals, communities and countries to adverse events, and from their inability to cope with and recover from the downside losses. Local concerns have been compounded by new global threats as unregulated markets and climate change. The Survey offers a different approach with a strong “social contract”… Read more

 

World Economic Situation and Prospects as of Mid-2008

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Coming in the wake of global financial turmoil, the mid-year update of the World Economic Situation and Prospects forecasts a deeper downturn in the global economy in 2008. The report warns that in the absence of aggressive and coordinated expansionary policies a more severe contraction will occur, which could trigger a disorderly unwinding of the massive global imbalances and have drastic… Read more

 

MDG GAP Task Force Report 2008

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This present report was prepared by the MDG Gap Task Force which was created to improve the monitoring of the MDG 8 by leveraging inter-agency coordination. The objective of the Report is to identify remaining obstacles to accelerate progress in the achieving the targets contained in MDG 8. It highlights the degree of compliance to the commitments made by developed and developing countries with a view… Read more

 

World Public Sector Report 2008: People Matter

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The World Public Sector Report aims to capture the emerging issues, concerns and innovations in governance and public administration. The 2008 World Public Sector Report, People Matter: Civic Engagement in Public Governance, highlights the importance of civic engagement in public governance and, by profiling several case studies, demonstrates how such practices gain… Read more