A new policy brief on global health fundsargues that disease-specific vertical health funds should be consolidated into a single global health fund. While vertical funds have been purpose effective, disease-specific interventions have often been diffic ...

A training workshop on "Strengthening Macroeconomic and Social Policy Coherence through Integrated Macro-Micro Modelling" was conducted by DPAD on 28 May – 1 June 2012 in San-Jose, Costa Rica.Read more about the workshopAbout Capacity Development and A ...

Climate Protection and Developmentedited by Rob Vos, Richard Kozul-Wright and Frank AckermanThe climate and development crises will be solved together, or not at all. And the faster we begin, the less painful—and more possible—the solutions will be. Wr ...

June 2012 Summary: Growth projections for the global economy revised downward The jobs crisis continues Euro area debt crisis and rising energy prices are key risks Despite some scattered signs of improvement in recent months, the world economic situat ...

The Highlights of the Global Economic Outlook June 2012Developed countries struggle to overcome vicious cycleGrowth in developing countries moderatingEuro area crisis poses biggest downside risk

The World economic situation and prospects as of mid-2012 was launched today in New York by Assistant Secretary-General Jomo Kwame Sundaram and DPAD Director Rob Vos. The report notes that the global economic situation is challenging, with heightened r ...

The Secretary-General launched today the website of the Integrated Implementation Framework (IIF): "Tracking Support for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)" at an informal meeting of the General Assembly. The site will provide searchable informati ...