This year’s edition of the Economic Report on Africa (‘Developing African Agriculture through Regional Value Chain’) –jointly published by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Union Commission- highlights the recent economic trends and prospects in Africa.
DI - 28/5/2009
The ‘UNAIDS action framework: universal access for men who have sex with men and transgender people’ is a plan launched by the joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and UN Development Programme (UNDP). It encourages new and better approaches to HIV, specifically focusing on men who have sex with men and on transgender populations.
DI - 27/5/2009
The level of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the region, excluding the financial centres, reached US$ 128.301 billion, surpassing by 13% the record level observed in 2007 compared with the FDI flows worldwide that shrank by 15% in the same period, according to the 2008 edition of the Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean.
DI - 27/5/2009
The report analyses the findings of the Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI) and OECD Survey on Budget Practices and Procedures that was conducted in 26 African countries in 2008.
DI - 26/5/2009
Prepared by the Steering Committee for the Campaign for Ratification of the Migrants Rights Convention, the guide promotes and encourages ratification of the Convention and two ILO Conventions on migration and employment and the incorporation of these standards into national legislation. The implementation of the Convention is monitored by the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families.
DI - 25/5/2009
Published on 24 April, the 2009 edition of the Global Monitoring Report (GMR) warns that ‘although the first goal of halving extreme poverty by 2015 from its 1990 level is still reachable based on current projections, risks abound’.
DI - 25/5/2009
This is the text of Barack Obama’s speech on National Security, delivered at the National Archive on 21 May.
DI - 22/5/2009
The global crisis that began in advanced economies has sent severe shocks around the world, posing a test to the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean. This Regional Economic Outlook highlights a contest now playing out in the region, as a constellation of adverse external shocks tests the region’s progress in developing resilience.
DI - 20/5/2009
The second issue of the new Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific –released on 21 April 2009- is aimed at a non-specialized audience interested in this dynamic and diverse region, showing how the economies, societies and environment of the region are developing in comparison with other world regions.
DI - 19/5/2009
‘Reform of the international system must have as its goal the better functioning of the world economic system for the global good’, according to the Recommendations of the Commission of Experts of the President of the General Assembly on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System.
DI - 19/5/2009
This joint working paper lays out a rationale and strategic framework for improving food security and managing food-price shocks in Arab countries.
DI - 19/5/2009
The European Commission issued on 4 May its spring economic forecast. The EU economy is in the midst of its deepest and most widespread recession of the post-war era, but it is set to stabilise in 2010 as the ambitious measures taken by governments and central banks in these exceptional circumstances are expected to put a floor under the fall in economic activity this year and enable a recovery next year.
DI - 18/5/2009
According to the World Economic Outlook (WEO) – released in April 2009-, ‘while the rate contraction should moderate from the second quarter onward, world output is projected to decline by 1.3 percent in 2009 as a whole and to recover only gradually in 2010, growing by 1.9 percent’.
DI - 18/5/2009
The report shows that in 2009 immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean will remit US$64 billion, down from US$69 billion in 2008. Moreover, it shows that in 2009, as the crisis worsens, migrants will reduce their flows by as much as 7 % due to job losses, lower earnings and slower migration (including continued deportations).
DI - 14/5/2009
The Manama Declaration on Human Trafficking at the Crossroads was adopted at the international conference held in the Kingdom of Bahrain, from 1 to 3 March 2009.
DI - 14/5/2009
Using the latest available data, this paper describes the ongoing growth in international transfers of major conventional weapons, military spending and arms production. It also describes the increasing complexity of international arms export control policies.
DI - 12/5/2009
This publication of the UNIFEM is a resource on how to implement the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) from a gender equality and women’s empowerment perspective.
DI - 4/5/2009
The Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism of the U.S Department of State issued its report in April 2009, which highlights terrorism trends and ongoing issues in 2008.
