Publications
MDG Gap Task Force Report 2015
The 2015 Report continues to monitor the five core domains of the Global Partnership for Development, namely, official development assistance (ODA), market access (trade), debt sustainability, access to affordable essential medicines and access to new technologies, as prescribed by MDG 8. This year marks the last of the series of this monitoring process with a ...
Read more >>Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development
The Addis Ababa Action Agenda was adopted at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13-16 July 2015) and subsequently endorsed by the UN General Assembly in its resolution 69/313 of 27 July 2015. The Action Agenda establishes a strong foundation to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable ...
Read more >>Handbook on Selected Issues in Protecting the Tax Base of Developing Countries
The United Nations Handbook on Selected Issues in Protecting the Tax Base of Developing Countries (the Handbook) is a result of a project, undertaken by the Financing for Development Office in the context of its Capacity Development Programme on International Tax Cooperation, aimed at strengthening the capacity of developing countries to increase their potential for ...
Read more >>World Economic Situation and Prospects 2015
Global economic growth is forecast to increase marginally over the next two years at 3.1 per cent in 2015 and 3.3 per cent in 2016, compared with an estimated growth of 2.6 per cent for 2014. An expected US interest rate increase, remaining euro area fragility, a further slowdown in developing economies and geopolitical conflicts ...
Read more >>Manual sobre la administración de convenios de doble tributación
Este Manual, teniendo en cuenta las necesidades e intereses de los países en desarrollo, provee una guía práctica para aplicar efectivamente los tratados sobre doble imposición, especialmente aquellos basados en la Convención Modelo de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Doble Tributación entre Países Desarrollados y Países en Desarrollo. El proyecto fue lanzado en diciembre de 2012. ...
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