Resources

Publications

• World Economic Situation and Prospects
  • Full Report
  • WESP Monthly Briefing
  • WESP Mid-year Updates
• World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
  • Full Report
  • WESS Policy Briefs
  • WESS Background Papers
• CDP Policy Notes
• Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category: English, French
• MDG Gap Task Force Report (2008-2015)

Reports

• Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly
• Reports to the Economic and Social Council
• Least Developed Country Monitoring Reports

Macroeconomic Analysis

• WESP Monthly Briefing
• LINK Global Economic Outlook
• WESP Weekly Highlight (discontinued)

Background Research Papers

• Committee for Development Policy Background Papers
• World Economic and Social Survey Background Papers
• WESS Policy Briefs
• DESA Working Papers

Policy Notes

• Development Issues Series
• Committee for Development Policy (CDP) Newsletter
• UN/DESA Policy Briefs

External Resources

• Resolutions related to the Committee for Development Policy

Toolkits

Currently In Use

• Least Developed Country (LDC) Portal on international support measures
• The World Economic Forecasting Model at the United Nations
• Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development Policies
• Integrated Implementation Framework
• Cooperation of the United Nations system with middle-income countries

Archive

• Global Policy Model (GPM)
• Coordinated and uncoordinated policy measures as the global financial crisis intensifies
• A low-carbon, high growth policy scenario for the world economy
• Public and private investment in a low-carbon, high growth policy scenario for the world economy

Data

• Least Developed Country Data
• Least Developed Country Profiles
• Least Developed Country Vulnerability Profiles
• Global Economic Outlook Database
• WESS 2018 Annex Data Files (xlsx)