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From special economic zones to greater special economic region – Hong Kong special administrative region as a model for legal infrastructure design
This article examines the key aspects of the legal infrastructure design of special economic zones (SEZs), with reference to the best practice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong SAR) under “One Country, Two Systems” and the Basic Law. It discusses some recent initiatives of the Hong Kong SAR in respect of innovations in dispute resolution mechanisms and creative use of modern technology to illustrate how SEZs can respond to contemporary challenges and opportunities. In particular, this article discusses the Guangdong–Hong Kong– Macao Greater Bay Area, which sheds light on a new model of collaboration and partnership between SEZs, and explores the possibility and potential for SEZs to serve as the building blocks for the eventual establishment of a new paradigm of greater special economic region.
Special economic zones: methodological issues and definition
Over the decades, the universe of special economic zones (SEZs) has become considerably more complex with the multiplication of “zones” with new and modified objectives. This research note has two objectives. First, it provides a more complete clarification of terminologies in use. This is intended to facilitate the identification of the different types of SEZs - a term that UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2019 (WIR 2019) utilizes as generic concept - and to highlight the key differences between SEZs and free zones, the term in popular use prior to WIR 2019. Second, this research note describes the key differences between SEZs and free zones by major geographical regions and countries.
The success and failure of Russian SEZs: some policy lessons
This paper examines the economic efficiency of Russian special economic zones (SEZs) established by federal authorities since 2005. The results are mixed: the payback of SEZs is low, but they continue to attract residents; SEZs have greater attractiveness for foreign investment, but their sectoral structure is fundamentally no better than the country-wide structure; SEZs’ enterprises have higher labour productivity than the country, but mainly owing to their recent creation. The common bottlenecks of SEZ development are the instability of legislation on SEZs, the low level of federal authorities’ activity in SEZ development before the economic crisis, competition with other preferential regimes for investors and the long period of searching for the optimal system of SEZ management. Differences in the efficiency of particular SEZs are explained by the peculiarities of the territories where SEZs are established. SEZs are successful if they are created on sites that enjoy a favourable geographic position and in regions that have advanced levels of industrial development.
Structural transformation through free trade zones: the case of Shanghai
Launched in 2013, the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) was intended to serve as a platform for testing China’s new policy to facilitate more open trade and further open up its services sectors, such as finance, through easing restrictions on foreign and domestic companies. By 2018, it had attracted over 50,000 member companies. This paper provides an overview of global free economic zones (FEZs), or special economic zones (SEZs), and a detailed study of the Shanghai Pilot FTZ and its success factors and challenges. It draws out lessons that may be applicable to other developing countries.
SEZs and economic transformation: towards a developmental approach
This study presents a three-pillared analytical framework for the success factors and development outcomes of special economic zones (SEZs). The core argument is that countries that adopt a well-structured approach towards SEZs that they can align with the broader development strategy, executive effectively, and continuously evaluate and manoeuvre over time, are more successful in achieving SEZ-led economic transformation than others. This requires strategic bureaucratic competencies to make the right choices and set clear strategic directions; strategic bureaucratic learning to dynamically and interactively engage in adjusting the strategies when needed; and strategic bureaucratic strengths to implement the strategy effectively. These elements in turn need an effective political leadership with a strong development focus that can energise and motivate bureaucracies. The study revisits the experience of successful, not-so-successful and least successful countries across the globe within this framework and concludes by raising some pertinent concerns about SEZ-led development strategy that emerge from the analysis.
UNCTAD insights: Improving the analysis of global value chains: the UNCTAD-Eora Database
The UNCTAD-Eora Global Value Chain (GVC) database offers global coverage (189 countries and a “Rest of World” region) and a timeseries from 1990 to 2018, reporting on key GVC indicators. This paper explains the methodology for compiling the UNCTAD-Eora GVC database, including nowcasting employed in the estimation of recent years; second, it provides a comparison of the results against other value-added trade databases, with a focus on the OECD Trade in Value Added (TiVA) dataset; and lastly discusses the relevance of GVC data for the analysis of globalisation patterns, particularly at the intersection between trade, investment and development.
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Change and continuity in special economic zones:a reassessment and lessons from China
Special economic zones (SEZs) have been used as an important national development instrument around the world for the past several decades. While SEZs have continued to grow, they vary considerably across developing countries in form, function and effectiveness. This wide variation challenges development scholars and policymakers to probe factors that render some SEZs more successful than others and at certain stages of development than at others, and, second, allow some SEZs to sustain their success while triggering others to fail or become obsolete. China stands out not only in having created the largest number and variety of SEZs but also in building some SEZs in other developing countries. With this exceptional combination of inside and outside experience with SEZs, China presents a timely opportunity for reassessing the new global landscape of SEZs. This paper traces the evolution of SEZ development in China and draws out policy lessons.
Are special economic zones in emerging countries a catalyst for the growth of surrounding areas?
What is the impact of special economic zones (SEZs) in emerging countries on the economy of surrounding areas? Despite the popularity of SEZs as a policy tool in virtually all developing countries around the world, there is little evidence to date which systematically analyses this question. This paper sheds light on this topic by examining the economic growth spillovers generated by 346 SEZs in 22 emerging countries. The analysis uses night light data as a proxy for SEZ performance as well as the economic performance of the surrounding area in order to overcome the lack of reliable economic indicators when measuring SEZ performance. It also relies on a novel data set on SEZ characteristics in order to understand how far they impinge on the economic fortunes of the surrounding areas. The results indicate that SEZs have a positive impact on the economic performance of the areas surrounding the zones. However, the growth spillovers are limited in area and display a strong distance decay effect: the magnitude of the impact decreases continuously up to 50 km. Furthermore, zones located in more remote areas seem to have less of an impact on neighbouring areas. Moreover, factors assumed to have a facilitating effect, such as the manufacturing base in the country and political stability, do not seem to matter on a structural basis.
Using special economic zones to facilitate development: Policy implications
Volume 26 number 2 of the Transnational Corporations journal is a special issue dedicated to special economic zones (SEZs) and their potential as vehicles for development. The issue grew out of research and background papers that fed into UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2019, the thematic focus of which was SEZs. In compiling this issue, we sought to contextualize the emergence of SEZs, their evolution, and the associated policy trajectories that underpin them. This introductory paper amalgamates observations from the broader academic literature, as well as the findings of the World Investment Report 2019 and its associated background papers. A common theme is that a well-designed zone will evolve with the changing comparative advantages and development level of the underlying economy, in what is described as the “SEZ development ladder”. As the locational advantages change, the emphasis and the objectives of the SEZ must also change. Reliance on “generic” locational advantages must necessarily diminish, and greater emphasis needs to be placed on developing “specialized” locational advantages. Another key finding is that the benefits of an SEZ must intentionally “leak” beyond the perimeter of the zone. The pervasiveness of the direct, indirect, and induced extra-SEZ effects beyond the geographically bounded space of the SEZ determines its success or failure. Scope remains for future research on SEZs, focusing on their sustainability, the impact of the digital economy and industry 4.0, and the involvement of new financing partners for SEZ development.
Research note: Investment in agriculture and gender equality in developing countries
Across developing countries, the agricultural sector is an essential source of economic growth, employment, poverty reduction and food security. Women play a vital role in agriculture, yet there is little research focusing on the impact of rising investment in the agricultural sector on the role of women in this sector and on gender equality. Many investors tend to be located in remote areas and have an impact on the life of the most vulnerable farmers, especially when few alternative employment opportunities exist. In this article, we present the role of women in agriculture and we explore the impact of large agricultural investment on gender equality in developing countries. Given the data limitations, we rely on both primary and secondary data, and provide examples of gender-sensitive practice carried out by the private sector to minimize the risk of leaving women behind. The article concludes with suggestions for corporate actions and government policies and maps out avenues for future research.
Articles: Innovation by MNEs in emerging markets
Innovation is a key competitive advantage for companies in the 21st century. R&D and other innovative work was traditionally carried out by MNEs in their home countries, although it spread to some affiliates in other developed countries in the late 20th century, and to some emerging markets more recently. This paper analyzes the assignment of innovative activity, particularly R&D, by MNEs to their affiliates in emerging markets. Using both aggregate data produced by government organizations and company-specific interviews and published commentaries, we find that MNEs assign more responsibility for R&D and innovation to affiliates in emerging markets that have larger markets, lower human resource costs, greater overall R&D activity and to some extent greater activity of the company in question. China and India are huge exceptions to the rule that MNEs tend to assign only development work to emerging market affiliates: they are increasingly assigning core R&D to these two large countries. Corporate strategy can be adjusted to take advantage of low-cost R&D capabilities, particularly in these large markets, and to pull innovations from those affiliates throughout the rest of the firm. Public policy to attract R&D by MNEs should look at offering companies better access to sizable markets, offering incentives for R&D activity and building up R&D activity in the local economy, by companies and government alike.
MNEs, human rights and the SDGs — the moderating role of business and human rights governance
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ascribe specific roles to business organisations and have thus invigorated discussions on the link between the activities of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and international development. In the development of the MDGs and the SDGs, the human rights-related capabilities approach to development has featured prominently. Yet, so far, international business research on the links between MNEs and sustainable management has largely overlooked the human rights aspect. This paper integrates human rights into the debate on the role of business activities in sustainable development. Drawing on the business and human rights (BHR) governance approach, which analyses the governance mechanisms and structures that govern the relationships between human rights duty-bearers and rights-holders in the business and human rights field, the paper argues that BHR governance can act as moderator in the design, implementation and evaluation of business policies and practices seeking to contribute to the advancement of the SDGs. It shows how BHR governance may support, positively influence and reinforce the impact of private sector activities on international sustainable development.
Index to Proceedings of the Economic and Social Council 2018
The Index to Proceedings of the Economic and Social Council is a bibliographic guide to the proceedings and documentation of the Economic and Social Council. This issue covers the 2018 session of the Council including the organizational and substantive session. The Index is divided in two parts comprising the Subject Index and Index to Speeches. The Index is prepared by the UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library.
Precursores y sustancias químicas frecuentemente utilizados para la fabricación ilícita de estupefacientes y sustancias sicotrópicas 2019
Desde hace más de 20 años y de conformidad con el mandato que se le encomendó en virtud de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas contra el Tráfico Ilícito de Estupefacientes y Sustancias Sicotrópicas de 1988, así como las distintas resoluciones aprobadas por el Consejo de Seguridad, el Consejo Económico y Social y la Comisión de Estupefacientes, la Junta Internacional de Fiscalización de Estupefacientes (JIFE) ha vigilado y promovido medidas de fiscalización nacional e internacional de los precursores y sustancias químicas utilizados en la fabricación ilícita de drogas. También ha llevado a cabo las numerosas tareas que le ha confiado la comunidad internacional, entre ellas la de administrar el sistema de fiscalización internacional de precursores y presentar informes acerca de su aplicación, vigilar el movimiento lícito de las sustancias químicas incluidas en los cuadros; y vigilar y analizar las actividades de tráfico ilícito e informar al respecto.
Fifteen Years Since the World Summit on the Information Society
In 2005, the international community gathered in Tunis for the second and final session of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). That gathering concluded a process, begun in 1998, to build global understanding of the growing importance of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in many aspects of economy and society. WSIS established a vision for the international multistakeholder community of ‘a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society, where everyone can create, access, utilize and share information and knowledge’ to promote sustainable development in their communities and improve their quality of life. Enormous change has taken place since then. ICTs will play a substantial role in delivering the SDGs. This report summarises developments and suggests priorities for the assessment to be made in five years’ time.
World Statistics Pocketbook 2020
This publication is an annual compilation of key statistical indicators prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The topics covered include: agriculture, balance of payments, education, energy, environment, food, gender, health, industrial production, information and communication, international finance, international tourism, international trade, labour, migration, national accounts, population and prices.
السلائف والكيماويات التي يكثر استخدامها في التصنيع غير المشروع للمخدرات والمؤثرات العقلية 2019
Prepared by the Board, this annual report presents an analysis of the information at its disposal and, in appropriate cases, an account of the explanations, if any, given by or required of Parties, together with any observations and recommendations which the Board desires to make. This report is submitted to the Economic and Social Council through the Commission, which may make such comments as it sees fit.
Development Policy and Multilateralism after COVID-19
Committee for Development Policy (CDP) - Policy Note
This Policy Note assembles analysis by members of the UN Committee for Development Policy and their co-authors on different angles of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis and the challenges and opportunities it presents for development policy and multilateralism. The document addresses, among other issues: new ways of designing the relationship between governments and private actors that puts public interest at the center; principles and concrete ideas for a multilateral response to COVID-19 as well as for a new multilateralism going forward; and how to respond to COVID-19 in a context of severe inequalities, including gender-based inequalities.
Sustainable Development Outlook 2020
Achieving SDGs in the Wake of COVID-19 - Scenarios for Policymakers
The setbacks caused by COVID-19 (coronavirus) need not be permanent, and it is possible to regain the momentum and move ahead towards the SDGs. It is even possible to convert the COVID-19 crisis into an opportunity for recovering better, by directing much of the resources earmarked for recovery toward investment in promoting the SDGs. While the impact of COVID-19 for many prosperity-related SDGs was negative, its impact for many planet-related SDGs has been positive: greenhouse gas emissions declined; air and water quality improved; and nature’s regeneration was witnessed in many areas. These opposite impacts revealed that current ways of achieving prosperity conflict with the health of the planet.
Land Restoration for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
An International Resource Panel Think Piece
Land restoration has tremendous potential to help the world limit climate change and achieve its aims for sustainable development. In its latest study, the International Resource Panel finds positive spin-offs to support all 17 Sustainable Development Goals agreed to by the world’s nations as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Shaping the Trends of Our Time
Report of the UN Economist Network for the UN 75th Anniversary
This report analyzes how five megatrends (climate change, emerging and frontier technologies, demographic trends, inequalities, and urbanization) and their drivers, individually and in combination, transform societies and affect the ability of countries to achieve the SDGs. However, the Agenda is already offtrack. The devastating impacts of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis have further diminished prospects for achieving the SDGs, with the greatest adverse impacts falling on countries and people least able to protect themselves, and already at greatest risk of being left behind. Consideration is given to the interlinkages among trends and how these trends can be fundamentally shaped by policy so that their individual and collective impacts support sustainable development in its various dimensions. The report concludes by identifying a range of policies and interventions that could be effective in shifting the evolution of the megatrends, and establishing the principles that should guide the choice of policies in countries.
Global Sustainable Development Report 2019
The Future is Now - Science for Achieving Sustainable Development
The Report uses the latest scientific assessments, evidence bases about good practices, and scenarios that link future trajectories to current actions to identify calls to action by a range of stakeholders that can accelerate progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Those actions derive from knowledge about the interconnections across individual Goals and targets, recognizing that the true transformative potential of the 2030 Agenda can be realized only through a systemic approach that helps identify and manage trade-offs while maximizing co-benefits.
Précurseurs et produits chimiques fréquemment utilisés dans la fabrication illicite de stupéfiants et de substances psychotropes 2019
La Convention des Nations Unies contre le trafic illicite de stupéfiants et de substances psychotropes de 1988 dispose que l’Organe international de contrôle des stupéfiants présente chaque année à la Commission des stupéfiants un rapport sur l’application de l’article 12 de la Convention et que la Commission examine périodiquement si les Tableaux I et II sont adéquats et pertinents.
African Statistical Yearbook 2019
The Yearbook series is a result of collaborative efforts by major African regional organizations to set up a joint data collection mechanism of socioeconomic data on African countries, as well as the development of a harmonized database. It seeks to promote wider use of country data, reduce costs, significantly improve the availability and quality of the data, and lead to better monitoring of development initiatives on the continent.
Annual Report on Evaluation 2015
The annual report on evaluation for 2015 assesses the progress made by the Independent Evaluation Office of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), programme and policy units at UNDP headquarters, UNDP country offices and the evaluation units of the associated funds and programmes in fulfilling the evaluation function outlined in the UNDP evaluation policy. The report also presents key findings and lessons learned from independent evaluations conducted by the Independent Evaluation Office in 2015. It also sets out the programmes of work for 2016-2017 for the Independent Evaluation Office of UNDP.
Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2020
This report analyses trends as well as data availability for monitoring progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Asia and the Pacific and its five subregions. It assesses gaps which must be closed to achieve the goals by 2030. This assessment is designed to ensure the region’s actions remain on target, shortcomings are addressed as they arise, and all interested parties remain engaged. It is an invaluable resource for all stakeholders involved in prioritization, planning, implementation and follow-up of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific.
Sustainable Development Outlook 2019
Gathering Storms and Silver Linings
There has been some significant progress made towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) since their adoption in 2015. Notwithstanding this progress, gathering storms of weakening global economic growth, rising income inequality, unabated global warming and climate change, and escalating conflict are posing serious threats to SDG implementation. On the other hand, rapid technological advances, especially renewable energy technologies, offer some hope for accelerating SDG progress. Sustainable Development Outlook 2019: Gathering Storms and Silver Linings identifies some of these key challenges and underscores the imperative of bold and urgent policy actions for addressing them. It identifies the interlinkages among these challenges, highlighting the need for addressing them with an integrated approach instead of tackling them as stand-alone challenges to be resolved sequentially and in isolation. The challenges highlighted here, of course, not only undermine SDG progress; they also risk changing the overall context of sustainable development, and, because they cut across all the SDGs and affect all countries, they can potentially undermine the overall implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
United Nations E-Government Survey 2020
Digital Government in the Decade of Action for Sustainable Development (With addendum on COVID-19 Response)
The Survey assesses global and regional e-government development through a comparative rating of national government portals relative to one another. It is designed to provide a snapshot of country trends and relative rankings of e-government development in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. It presents trends and relative rankings of e-government development across 193 Member States through a quantitative composite index, the E-Government Development Index (EGDI), with three separate components - the Online Service Index (OSI), Telecommunication Infrastructure Index (TII), and Human Capital Index (HCI). Includes addendum on COVID-19 (coronavirus) response.
经常用于非法制造麻醉药品和精神药物的前体和化学品 2019
Prepared by the Board, this annual report presents an analysis of the information at its disposal and, in appropriate cases, an account of the explanations, if any, given by or required of Parties, together with any observations and recommendations which the Board desires to make. This report is submitted to the Economic and Social Council through the Commission, which may make such comments as it sees fit.
Summary of UNECE Trade Facilitation Recommendations
2019 Revised Edition
Over the past 40 years, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has developed and maintained a series of recommendations and standards for international trade. As the international focal point for trade facilitation recommendations and standards, UNECE develops instruments to reduce, harmonize and automate procedures and paperwork in international trade. This work is supported by the UN Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT). UN/CEFACT additionally develops and maintains the only international standard for electronic data interchange (UN/EDIFACT - United Nations Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport). This standard is used to exchange structured information between computers and is critical to the implementation of management techniques such as just-in-time manufacturing.
Practical Implementation of Core Indicators for Sustainable Development Reporting
Case Studies
This publication contains two volumes and presents case studies on practical implementation of core indicators for sustainable development reporting with a view to facilitate the sharing of good practices among Member States. Since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in 2015, member States of the United Nations have focused on establishing priorities and plans towards its implementation while also monitoring progress. To support this process, a global indicator framework was created, establishing 169 targets and 232 indicators for the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Relevant data on companies’ contribution to SDGs is important to reaching targets and indicators, but achieving such an objective requires further efforts towards the harmonization and comparability of enterprise data to make them useful in assessing progress. Responding to this challenge, UNCTAD has identified the need for baseline SDG indicators for companies, which would allow for the effective measurement of the private sector's contribution to sustainable development. Volumes I and II offer a compendium of case studies.
Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization 2020
Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization 2019
Bericht des Generalsekretärs über die Tätigkeit der Vereinten Nationen 2020
Memoria del Secretario General sobre la labor de la Organización 2020
秘书长关于联合国工作的报告 2019
Memoria del Secretario General sobre la labor de la Organización 2019
秘书长关于联合国工作的报告 2020
تقرير الأمين العام عن أعمال المنظمة 2019
تقرير الأمين العام عن أعمال المنظمة 2020
Precursors and Chemicals Frequently Used in the Illicit Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 2019
UN75 - The Future We Want, the United Nations We Need
UNESCO Courier - Transforming Ideas
Selected Articles - Volume II: Creators
Throughout UNESCO’s 75 years of existence, never before has the Courier, UNESCO’s flagship magazine, published an anthology, in book form, with such scope and scale. These two volumes bring together some of the great thinkers and pioneering minds of recent times who have led important discussions on society’s pressing challenges. UNESCO Courier: Transforming Ideas will lead you through an exciting, magical and thought-provoking adventure into UNESCO’s past, present and future.
UNESCO Courier - Transforming Ideas
Selected Articles - Volume I: Thinkers
Throughout UNESCO’s 75 years of existence, never before has the Courier, UNESCO’s flagship magazine, published an anthology, in book form, with such scope and scale. These two volumes bring together some of the great thinkers and pioneering minds of recent times who have led important discussions on society’s pressing challenges. UNESCO Courier: Transforming Ideas will lead you through an exciting, magical and thought-provoking adventure into UNESCO’s past, present and future
Statistical Yearbook 2021, Sixty-fourth Issue
The Statistical Yearbook provides a comprehensive compilation of internationally available statistics on social and economic conditions and activities, at world, regional and national levels, for an appropriate historical period. Most of the statistics presented in the Yearbook are extracted from more detailed, specialized databases prepared by the Statistics Division and by many other international statistical services. Thus, while the specialized databases concentrate on monitoring topics and trends in particular social and economic fields, the Statistical Yearbook tables aim to provide data for a more comprehensive, overall description of social and economic structures, conditions, changes and activities. The objective has been to collect, systematize, coordinate and present in a consistent way the most essential components of comparable statistical information which can give a broad picture of social and economic processes.
World Public Sector Report 2021
National Institutional Arrangements for Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals – A Five-year Stocktaking
Five years after the start of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), governance issues remain at the forefront. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted even more the importance of national institutions for the achievement of the SDGs. The World Public Sector Report 2021 focuses on three dimensions of institutional change at the national level. First, it documents changes in institutional arrangements for SDG implementation since 2015. Second, it assesses the development, performance, strengths and weaknesses of follow-up and review systems for the SDGs. Third, it examines efforts made by governments and other stakeholders to enhance the capacity of public servants to implement the SDGs. Based on in-depth examination of institutional arrangements for SDG implementation in a sample of 24 countries in all regions, the report aims to draw attention to the institutional dimension of SDG implementation and provide lessons for national policymakers in this regard. The report also takes stock of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on national institutions and their implications for delivering on the 2030 Agenda. The e-book for this publication has been converted into an accessible format for the visually impaired and people with print reading disabilities. It is fully compatible with leading screen-reader technologies such as JAWS and NVDA.
Доклад Генерального Секретаря о Работе Организации 2020 год
Доклад Генерального Секретаря о Работе Организации 2019 год
Rapport du Secrétaire général sur l’activité de l’Organisation 2020
World Social Report 2021
Reconsidering Rural Development
The World Social Report 2021 points to new directions in which rural development strategies need to be reconsidered. It offers certain strategic principles, programmes of action, and a set of concrete policies that can be combined to devise effective strategies that can help to realize the potential of rural development and achieve the SDGs. WSR 2021 will reexamine the narrow view of rural development and expand the discussion to include the role of development in achieving the wider set of SDGs. In doing the latter, it intends to pay particular attention to the interaction of rural development with SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation), SDG 8 (economic growth and decent work), SDG 9 (infrastructure), SDG 11 (sustainable communities), SDG 13 (climate change), SDG 14 (life below water) and SDG 15 (life on land). The interlinkages of all these Goals suggest that there exist potential synergies between rural development and sustainable efforts in many other directions.
World Population Prospects, The 2019 Revision - Volume I: Comprehensive Tables
World Population Prospects 2019 - Volume II: Demographic Profiles
The United Nations population estimates and projections form a comprehensive set of demographic data to assess population trends at the global, regional and national levels. The 2019 revision of the World Population Prospects is the twenty-sixth edition of the official United Nations population estimates and projections, which have been prepared since 1951 by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The 2019 revision presents population estimates from 1950 until the present for 235 countries or areas, which have been developed through country-specific analyses of historical demographic trends. It builds on previous revisions by incorporating additional results from the 2010 and 2020 rounds of national population censuses as well as information from vital registration and recent nationally representative household sample surveys. The 2019 revision also presents population projections to the year 2100 that reflect a range of plausible outcomes at the global, regional and country levels. This volume of the 2019 Revision presents the demographic profiles of the official United Nations population estimates and projections. The demographic profiles display key demographic indicators for selected periods or dates between 1950-2100, for the world, development groups, regions, subregions (50 aggregates) and 201 countries or areas with more than 90,000 inhabitants in 2019. In all tables and figures, values for 1950-2020 are estimates and those thereafter are projections (medium variant, and lower and upper 95 per cent prediction intervals for figures). For each country or area, the volume also provides a brief description of the data sources and demographic methods that were used to derive the base-year estimates of population and components of demographic change (fertility, child, adult and overall mortality, international migration).
Trade and Environment Review 2021
Trade-Climate Readiness for Developing Countries
This edition examines the physical impacts of climate change and their effects on developing country economies and trade; the vulnerabilities of developing countries to climate change; costs and finance for climate change adaptation; and ways that developing countries can enhance their trade-climate readiness, i.e., enhance the resilience of their trade to climate change through adaptation actions and economic diversification. Special attention is given to examining the challenges faced by the poorest and most vulnerable developing countries, specifically the least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing states (SIDS).
Hard Talks in UNECE Countries on How to Increase Renewable Energy Uptake
This publication presents an overview of a series of "Hard Talks" held in Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Serbia and Ukraine in 2016-2019, organized by UNECE. They promoted demand-driven debates held in each country on what is needed to change for the private sector to invest in sustainable energy and substantially increase the uptake of renewable energy. Information and data included in this report are extracted from the activities, which aimed to investigate barriers that hinder the full unfolding of renewable energy potential, and facilitated an open exchange between political decision makers, governmental officials, project developers, investors and technology providers.
Rapport du Secrétaire Général sur l'activité de l'Organisation 2019
الق ا ر ا رت والمقر ا رت التي اتخذتها الجمعية العامة في دورتها الخامسة اولسبعين: المجلد الأول
الق ا ر ا رت 15 أيلول/ سبتمبر - 31 كانون الأول/ديسمبر 2020
This regular publication comprises the official record of all the resolutions and decisions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly during the course of its seventy-fifth session. (Supplement No. 49.)
SDG Pulse 2021
UNCTAD Takes the Pulse of the SDGs
This annual publication provides an update on the evolution of a selection of official SDG indicators and complementary data and statistics, highlighting progress on the development of new concepts and methodologies for UNCTAD custodian indicators. It further demonstrates, beyond the perspective of the formal SDG indicators, how UNCTAD is contributing to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly 2019/2020
Part I - Subject Index
The Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly is a bibliographic guide to the proceedings and documentation of the General Assembly. This issue covers the seventy-fourth session of the Assembly including its Main and ad hoc committees. The Index is prepared by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Department of Global Communications, as one of the products of the United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBIS).
World Population 2019 Wall Chart
This publication presents findings from World Population Prospects 2019, the 26th round of the UN’s global population estimates and projections. It includes updated population estimates from 1950 to the present for 235 countries or areas, based on detailed analyses of all available information about the relevant historical demographic trends. The latest assessment uses the results of 1,690 national population censuses conducted between 1950 and 2018, as well as information from vital registration systems and from 2,700 nationally representative sample surveys. The 2019 revision also presents population projections from the present until 2100, depicting a range of possible or plausible outcomes at the global, regional and country levels.
World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights
The United Nations population estimates and projections form a comprehensive set of demographic data to assess population trends at the global, regional and national levels. They are used in the calculation of many of the key development indicators commonly used by the United Nations system, including for more than one third of the indicators used to monitor progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. The 2019 revision of the World Population Prospects is the twenty-sixth edition of the official United Nations population estimates and projections, which have been prepared since 1951 by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The 2019 revision presents population estimates from 1950 until the present for 235 countries or areas, which have been developed through country-specific analyses of historical demographic trends. It builds on previous revisions by incorporating additional results from the 2010 and 2020 rounds of national population censuses as well as information from vital registration and recent nationally representative household sample surveys. The 2019 revision also presents population projections to the year 2100 that reflect a range of plausible outcomes at the global, regional and country levels. These Highlights summarise key population trends described by the estimates and projections presented in World Population Prospects 2019.
World Population Prospects 2019: Data Booklet
This data booklet presents key population indicators at the global and regional levels and highlights current and future patterns and trends of fertility, mortality and international migration. Data presented in this booklet are based on the 2019 Revision of the World Population Prospects, the latest global demographic estimates, and projections prepared by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. The 2019 Revision provides a comprehensive set of demographic data and indicators to assess population trends at the global, regional and national levels and to calculate many other key indicators commonly used by the United Nations system.
World Statistics Pocketbook 2022
The World Statistics Pocketbook is an annual compilation of key statistical indicators prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The topics covered include: agriculture, balance of payments, education, energy, environment, food, gender, health, information and communication, international finance, international tourism, international trade, labour, migration, national accounts, population and prices.
Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly 2018/2019
Part II - Index to Speeches
The Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly is a bibliographic guide to the proceedings and documentation of the General Assembly. This issue covers the seventy-third session of the Assembly including its Main and ad hoc committees. The Index is prepared by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Department of Global Communications, as one of the products of the United Nations Bibliographic Information System.
Resolutions and Decisions Adopted by the General Assembly During its Seventy-Fourth Session
Volume I: Resolutions, 17 September - 27 December 2019
This is the official record of the resolutions and decisions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly during its seventy-fourth session. Supplement No. 49.
World Statistics Pocketbook 2021
The World Statistics Pocketbook is an annual compilation of key statistical indicators prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Topics covered include: agriculture, balance of payments, education, energy, environment, food, gender, health, industrial production, information and communication, international finance, international tourism, international trade, labour, migration, national accounts, population and prices.
Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly 2018/2019
Part I - Subject Index
The Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly is a bibliographic guide to the proceedings and documentation of the General Assembly. This issue covers the seventy-third session of the Assembly including its Main and ad hoc committees. The Index is prepared by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Department of Global Communications, as one of the products of the United Nations Bibliographic Information System.
Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly 2019/2020
Part II - Index to Speeches
The Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly is a bibliographic guide to the proceedings and documentation of the General Assembly. This issue covers the seventy-fourth session of the Assembly including its Main and ad hoc committees. The Index is prepared by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Department of Global Communications, as one of the products of the United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBIS).
Caja de herramientas de la UNCTAD: obtener resultados
UNCTAD Toolbox: Delivering Results
Global Resources Outlook 2019
Natural Resources for the Future We Want
CNUCED instruments de la coopération technique: Produire des résultats
Effective Market Access for Least Developed Countries’ Services Exports
Case Study on Utilizing the World Trade Organization Services Waiver in Cambodia
World Statistics Pocketbook 2019
Achieving our Common Humanity
Celebrating Global Cooperation Through the United Nations
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2019
Resolutions and Decisions Adopted by the General Assembly During its Seventy-fifth Session: Volume III
1 January – 14 September 2021
This is the official record of the resolutions and decisions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly during its seventy-fifth session. Supplement No. 49.
Resolutions and Decisions Adopted by the General Assembly During its Seventy-fifth Session: Volume I
Resolutions, 15 September - 31 December 2020
This regular publication comprises the official record of all the resolutions and decisions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly during the course of its seventy-fifth session. (Supplement No. 49.)
Regional Integration as a Strategic Avenue for Bangladesh LDC Graduation with Momentum
The report outlines the state of Bangladesh’s economy in the wake of COVID-19, and the likely impacts of the phasing out of LDC-specific international support measures upon LDC graduation. The study then analyzes the strategic rationale for strengthening Bangladesh’s regional integration as a way to (i) mitigate the adverse impacts of the phasing out of LDC-specific preferential market access; and (ii) foster the diversification of the economy and a more conducive participation in regional value chains.
Global Sustainable Development Report 2016
This report brings together a range of existing scientific assessments and reviews global progress and future sustainable development pathways in an integrated way. It responds to the 2012 Rio+20 Conference mandate to contribute to strengthening the science-policy interface for sustainable development. Major international conferences and summits in 2015 – on financing for development, sustainable development, and climate change – have defined a new sustainable development agenda for the next 15 years. At all levels, from global to local, attention is turning to implementing this ambitious agenda. This is the context in which this year’s Global Sustainable Development Report appears. Given the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with its sustainable development goals (SDGs), the report adopts the SDGs as its scope. True to its mandate, the report is designed as an assessment of assessments. It endeavors to present a range of scientific perspectives and to be policy-relevant but not policy-prescriptive. Like its predecessors, it continues to explore possible approaches and vantage points from which to examine the science-policy interface, as well as scientific approaches that can inform policies building upon integration and interlinkages across sustainable development goals, sectors, and issues.
Facilitating Investment in the Sustainable Development Goals
A guide on the facilitation of investment in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) related projects with practical recommendations for investment promotion agencies (IPAs) on how to leverage greater SDG impact through their facilitation services. The guide outlines the different government actors, a whole-of-government approach to investment facilitation in the SDGs, the role of IPAs, and the importance of the digitalization of investment facilitation.
Rapport du Secrétaire général sur l’activité de l’Organisation 2022
Le Rapport du Secrétaire général sur l'activité de l'Organisation (A/77/1) est publié en réponse à l'article 98 de la Charte des Nations Unies et met en évidence la manière dont le Secrétariat de l'ONU traduit les ressources en impact. Le rapport couvre neuf sections: (i) promotion d'une croissance économique soutenue et d'un développement durable; (ii) le maintien de la paix et de la sécurité internationales; (iii) le développement en Afrique; (iv) la promotion des droits de l'homme; (v) une coordination efficace de l'assistance humanitaire; (vi) la promotion de la justice et du droit international; (vii) désarmement; (viii) lutte contre la drogue, prévention du crime et lutte contre le terrorisme international; et (ix) le bon fonctionnement de l'Organisation. Le livre électronique de cette publication a été converti en un format accessible pour les malvoyants et les personnes ayant des difficultés de lecture imprimée. Il est entièrement compatible avec les principales technologies de lecture d'écran telles que JAWS et NVDA.
Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization 2022
The Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization (A/77/1) is issued in response to Article 98 of the UN Charter and highlights how the UN Secretariat translates resources into impact. The Report covers nine sections: (i) promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development; (ii) maintenance of international peace and security; (iii) development in Africa; (iv) promotion of human rights; (v) effective coordination of humanitarian assistance; (vi) promotion of justice and international law; (vii) disarmament; (viii) drug control, crime prevention and combating international terrorism; and (ix) effective functioning of the Organization. The e-book for this publication has been converted into an accessible format for the visually impaired and people with print reading disabilities. It is fully compatible with leading screen-reader technologies such as JAWS and NVDA
Libro de bolsillo de las estadisticas mundiales 2022
El Libro de Bolsillo de las Estadísticas Mundiales es una compilación anual de indicadores estadísticos clave que prepara la División de Estadística del Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales de las Naciones Unidas. Los temas tratados incluyen: agricultura, balanza de pagos, educación, energía, medio ambiente, alimentación, género, salud, información y comunicación, finanzas internacionales, turismo internacional, comercio internacional, trabajo, migración, cuentas nacionales, población y precios.
SDG Pulse 2019
UNCTAD Takes the Pulse of the SDGs
This first edition of the SDG Pulse illustrates in a very concrete way how UNCTAD is contributing to the 2030 Agenda. The report not only presents statistical updates for the indicators for which UNCTAD is a custodian or co-custodian, but it also presents a range of other complementary indicators that provide a wider context and more nuance to these complex topics. This report also presents some case studies from UNCTAD’s capacity development programme from a statistical perspective – presenting our activities and successes in hard numbers. These case studies are important as they illustrate the Results Based Management approach being adopted by UNCTAD – helping us to improve our responsiveness and accountability to member states. Finally, this report will every year, highlight a thematic issue of immediate relevance. This year’s theme addresses the many faces of inequality. In particular, to discuss how developments with regard to access to data and information may be creating new dimensions of inequality.
L’Analyse economique et la politique de la concurrence dans le cadre du projet regional de renforcement de la concurrence et de la protection des consommateurs en afrique centrale
Cette publication met en évidence l’intérêt de la politique de concurrence en vue d’un développement inclusif au sein des pays de la Communauté Economiques et Monétaires des Etats d’Afrique Centrale (CEMAC). Conformément à l’agenda 2030 des Nations Unies sur le développement durable, un tel développement remet l’homme au centre de toutes les attentions en prenant en compte sa santé, son niveau de vie et son environnement. L’approche systémique sur laquelle s’appuie cette étude rappelle à suffisance que nous vivons dans un monde interconnecté et que, c’est ensemble que nous ferons face aux multiples défis dont le monde fait face, la crise sanitaire du Covid-19 en est une illustration parfaite. Une mobilisation est donc nécessaire pour soutenir les économies des pays de la zone CEMAC pour l’atteinte des objectifs du développement durable selon l’agenda 2030 afin de ne laisser personne de côté. Dans cette perspective, le management des ressources communautaires combiné au management de la complexité qui est préconisé apparait comme fondamental pour une meilleure intégration de la politique de concurrence.
Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly 2020/2021
Part I - Subject Index
The Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly is a bibliographic guide to the proceedings and documentation of the General Assembly. This issue covers the seventy-fifth session of the Assembly including its Main and ad hoc committees. The Index is prepared by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Department of Global Communications, as one of the products of the United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBIS).
Competition and Consumer Protection Policies for Sustainability
Competition and consumer protection policies, are intersecting with sustainability. Businesses innovate new production, distribution and sales processes to gain sustainability advantages only when consumers value the importance of sustainability and are well-informed about its attributes in products. Empowered consumers are a driving force to encourage business innovation, investment and competition on sustainability. This report starts by exploring the interplay between competition law and sustainability. It then takes stock of initiatives undertaken by competition authorities. It then addresses how to promote sustainable consumption through the lens of consumer protection policy, providing examples from different jurisdictions on consumer information and education, business initiatives towards consumers and enforcement and guidance actions undertaken by consumer protection authorities.
Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2023
Championing Sustainability Despite Adversities
The Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2023 analyses regional and subregional progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets. It applies a measurement framework developed by ESCAP to identify progress gaps and acceleration requirements at the goal, target and indicator levels. While there are impressive national accomplishments across the 17 Goals, none of the countries in the region are on track to reach them and overall achievement is much lower than anticipated for the midpoint. One impediment to success is gaps in available data. This report features good practices on data driven approaches for effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda, which provide lessons to countries and can be leveraged to advance sustainable development in the region.