An Expert Group Meeting on Emerging Technologies and Sustainable Development was held in New York on December 14 and 15 to discuss the background, objectives and outline of the World Economic and Social Survey 2018.  

The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2018 was launched today in New York by Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, and Dawn Holland, Chief of the Global Economic Monitoring Unit in the Development Policy and Analysis Division of UN/DESA.

WTO’s Eleventh Ministerial Conference to be held against a backdrop of major challenges to the multilateral trading system Rising financial imbalances prompt policy responses in China and the Republic of Korea Higher oil and metal prices driving South America’s economic recovery

Marking 70 years of publication, UN/DESA's flagship report on the state of the global economy, the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2017, was launched today in New York by Assistant-Secretary-General for Economic Development, Lenni Montiel, and Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Dawn Holland. The report states that world gross product is forecast to expand by 2.7 per cent in 2017 and 2.9 per cent in 2018, with this modest recovery more an indication of economic stabilization than a signal of a robust and sustained revival of global demand.  Regional launches will take place in Addis Ababa, Bangkok, Beirut, Geneva, Johannesburg, Mexico City, Moscow and New Delhi throughout the week.

This Policy Note provides some answers by analyzing the strategies and policy choices of 14 countries that have successfully graduated from the LDC category, or have made noteworthy progress towards graduation