Latest Major Publications

 

Global E-Government Survey 2008

14 May 2008, New York

Global E-Government Survey 2008

The UN E-Government Survey 2008: From E-Government to Connected Governance assesses the E-Government Development of the 192 Member States of the UN according to a quantitative composite index of e-readiness based on website assessment, telecommunication infrastructure, and human resource endowment. ICTs can help reinvent government in such a way that existing institutional arrangements can be restructured and new innovative arrangements can flourish, paving the way for a transformed government. Read more

 

World Economic Situation and Prospects 2008

19 January 2008, New York

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The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2008 argues that after several years of robust growth, the world economy is now facing some serious challenges in sustaining its brisk pace. According to the Report the end of the housing bubble in the United States, as well as the unfolding credit crisis, the decline of the United States dollar vis-a-vis other major currencies, the persistence… Read more