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Transfer Pricing - Administrative Aspects and Recent Developments

Working in close collaboration with the African Tax Administration Forum, UN-DESA organized a five-day workshop on transfer pricing entitled “Administrative Aspects and Recent Developments” in Eculwini, Swaziland, from 4 - 8 December 2017. The workshop, the first of its kind in the kingdom, was robustly attended by various experts in the field and representatives from developing countries on the African continent.

Building Effective, Accountable and Inclusive Institutions and Public Administration for Advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

In collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Korea, UN DESA organized a Symposium from 5 to 8 December 2017 on “Building Effective, Accountable and Inclusive Institutions and Public Administration for Advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”....

UN and China’s Ministry of Science and Technology to team up to help developing countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs is entering into an agreement with China’s Ministry of Science and Technology to embark on a series of initiatives aimed at strengthening knowledge sharing, capacity building and collaboration across...

Capacity Development Projects around the world

This map illustrates the geographical spread of UN DESA’s capacity development projects. As a global entity, UN DESA does not have country-based operations. Depending on the type of demand and the level of specificity of the request, UN DESA chooses the appropriate geographic level – global, regional, national or subnational – for its intervention. Sometimes, emerging best practices in capacity development for sustainable development are prototyped at the country-level and later scaled up and diffused throughout the international community.
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Events

Symposium on Governance for Implementing the Sustainable Development Commitments in Africa

12 Dec 2017

In September 2015, world leaders adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Earlier in 2015, the Heads of State and Government of the African Union also committed to “Agenda 2063: The Africa we want,” a strategic framework for the socio-economic transformation of Africa over the next 50 years. Sustainable development is at the heart of both agendas, the 2030 Agenda defines it as the pursuit of “five Ps”: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnerships, and the Agenda 2063 among other things, aspires for a prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development. The implementation of both agendas hinges on good governance, effective, accountable and inclusive institutions, and professional and ethical public service. read more

Stories

Graduation and then…? How do countries “graduate”?

29 Nov 2017

Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are low-income countries confronted with severe structural impediments to sustainable development. They are highly vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks and have low levels of human assets. There are currently 47 countries classified as LDCs, an exercise undertaken by UN DESA’s Committee for Development Policy (CDP). CDP is a subsidiary advisory body of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It advises the Council and the United Nations General Assembly on which countries should be included to or graduated from the list of LDCs. To date, five countries have graduated from the list: Botswana, Cabo Verde, Samoa, the Maldives and Equatorial Guinea. read more