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World Social Report

The World Social Report is the flagship publication on major social development issues of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations. The report identifies current and emerging social trends and provides analysis on major development issues occurring at both the national and international levels. Offering guidance to policymakers with agenda-setting and decision making, the report aims to strengthen the social dimension of sustainable development.

This publication continues Report on the World Social Situation and World Economic and Social Survey (WESS).

ISSN (online): 26645475
Frequency: Annual
Language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/26645475

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World Social Report 2023

Jan 2023
Book
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

The report takes a lifecycle approach to the ageing process. The report looks at the situation of older persons while addressing links between population ageing and selected Sustainable Development Goals with the underlying focus on the commitment of the 2030 Agenda on leaving no one behind promoting equitable and inclusive ageing. The report also looks at Covid-19 and its aftermath and its effects are addressed through all chapters. The report uses a social perspective and expands analysis on the social aspects of ageing—including its implications for poverty and inequality healthcare and long-term care.

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World Social Report 2021

May 2021
Book
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

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.

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World Social Report 2020

Feb 2020
Book
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
This report examines the links between inequality and other major global trends (or megatrends) with a focus on technological change climate change urbanization and international migration. The analysis pays particular attention to poverty and labour market trends as they mediate the distributional impacts of the major trends selected. It also provides policy recommendations to manage these megatrends in an equitable manner and considers the policy implications so as to reduce inequalities and support their implementation.
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