Publications
WESP 2012
This timely report provides an overview of the most recent global economic performance and short-term prospects for the world economy. It discusses several policy directions which could avoid a double-dip recession, and it covers a wide range of important development issues that are of interest to all countries and regions of the world.
Read more >>MDG GAP Task Force Report 2012
The Global Partnership for Development: Making Rhetoric a Reality has had difficulty identifying areas of significant new progress towards delivering on commitments to the Global Partnership for Development, and for the first time there are signs of backsliding.
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World Economic and Social Survey: In Search of New Development Finance, touches on topics such as conventional proposals of innovative international financing, existing mechanisms of innovative financing for development, and the allocation process, as well as the relation of international distribution mechanisms to development objectives.
Read more >>United Nations Model Double Taxation Convention: 2011 Update – English
The 2011 Update, is important for countries that seek assistance in the negotiation and implementation of modern bilateral double tax treaties reflecting their current circumstances and policy priorities. The aim of the UN Model is to facilitate entering of bilateral tax treaties by developing countries, which would contribute to the furtherance of their development goals.
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The Report highlights the continued challenge posed by high unemployment rates in many economies and outlines a number of risks and uncertainties for the economic outlook such as a premature withdrawal of policy stimulus, increased exchange rate volatility and a renewed widening of global imbalances. Against this background, several policy challenges are discussed.
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