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World Social Report
(Merged from
Report on the World Social Situation
)
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.
Status
Active
Print ISSN
2664-5467
Online ISSN
2664-5475
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World Social Report 2020
Inequality in a Rapidly Changing World
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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World Social Report 2023
Leaving No One Behind in an Ageing World
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...
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...
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World Social Report 2024
Social Development in Times of Converging Crises: A Call for Global Action
The nature of crises has been transformed significantly in recent years. Shocks have become more intense, widespread, and interlinked. Extreme weather events happen with increasing frequency and...
The nature of crises has been transformed significantly in recent years. Shocks have become more intense, widespread, and interlinked. Extreme weather events happen with increasing frequency and...
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World Social Report 2025
A New Policy Consensus to Accelerate Social Progress
The world has seen extraordinary social and economic progress over the past three decades. Unprecedented gains in reducing extreme poverty, and improvements in material well-being have demonstrated...
The world has seen extraordinary social and economic progress over the past three decades. Unprecedented gains in reducing extreme poverty, and improvements in material well-being have demonstrated...