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Emerging Issues for Small Island Developing States

Results of the UNEP/UN DESA Foresight Process

Series: Small Island Developing States Series
( Print: November 2015, PDF: December 2015 )

The 2012 UNEP Foresight Process on Emerging Global Environmental Issues primarily identified emerging environmental issues and possible solutions on a global scale and perspective. In 2013, UNEP...

The 2012 UNEP Foresight Process on Emerging Global Environmental Issues primarily identified emerging environmental issues and possible solutions on a global scale and perspective. In 2013, UNEP...


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Report on the World Social Situation 2013

Inequality Matters

Series: Report on the World Social Situation
( Print: February 2014, PDF: December 2013 )

The 2013 report examines key drivers of inequality that have emerged in the recent past and the impact of rising inequality. It examines trends in social, economic and spatial inequalities and...

The 2013 report examines key drivers of inequality that have emerged in the recent past and the impact of rising inequality. It examines trends in social, economic and spatial inequalities and...


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The Report on the World Social Situation 2016

Leaving no one Behind: The Imperative of Inclusive Development

Series: Report on the World Social Situation
( Print: November 2016, PDF: November 2016 )

In adopting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, world leaders committed themselves to leaving no one behind in pursuit of the eradication of extreme poverty and protection of the planet...

In adopting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, world leaders committed themselves to leaving no one behind in pursuit of the eradication of extreme poverty and protection of the planet...


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The Report on the World Social Situation 2018

Promoting Inclusion through Social Protection

Series: Report on the World Social Situation
( Print: October 2018, PDF: September 2018 )

This report discusses the contribution of social protection to social inclusion focusing, in particular, on the extent to which such groups are effectively covered by existing social protection...

This report discusses the contribution of social protection to social inclusion focusing, in particular, on the extent to which such groups are effectively covered by existing social protection...


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Report on the World Social Situation 2010

Rethinking Poverty

Series: Report on the World Social Situation
( Print: February 2010, PDF: November 2010 )

The 2010 issue of the Report on the World Social Situation focuses on the challenge of achieving poverty reduction. The Millennium Development Goals seek to halve, by 2015, the level of extreme...

The 2010 issue of the Report on the World Social Situation focuses on the challenge of achieving poverty reduction. The Millennium Development Goals seek to halve, by 2015, the level of extreme...


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Trends in Sustainable Development

Small Island Developing States 2010

Series: Small Island Developing States Series
( Print: September 2010, PDF: April 2012 )

Issued in support of the five-year review of the Mauritius Strategy of Implementation for the sustainable development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), the report highlights the...

Issued in support of the five-year review of the Mauritius Strategy of Implementation for the sustainable development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), the report highlights the...


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Report on the World Social Situation 2011

The Global Social Crisis

Series: Report on the World Social Situation
( Print: September 2011, PDF: March 2012 )

This report explores the social impact of the great recession and warns of the possibility of continuing global social crisis in the face of increasing fiscal consolidation and austerity measures...

This report explores the social impact of the great recession and warns of the possibility of continuing global social crisis in the face of increasing fiscal consolidation and austerity measures...


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Report on the World Social Situation 2007

The Employment Imperative

Series: Report on the World Social Situation
( Print: November 2007, PDF: November 2007 )

The 2007 issue of the Report on the World Social Situation focuses on the key role of productive employment and decent work in reducing poverty and promoting social development. It surveys the global...

The 2007 issue of the Report on the World Social Situation focuses on the key role of productive employment and decent work in reducing poverty and promoting social development. It surveys the global...


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Improving Employment Opportunities in Pacific Island Developing Countries

Series: Small Island Developing States Series
( Print: March 2008, PDF: April 2008 )

This regional study reviews the labour market in selected countries of the Pacific, the policies which are currently in place and current labour market operations as a result of these policies. It...

This regional study reviews the labour market in selected countries of the Pacific, the policies which are currently in place and current labour market operations as a result of these policies. It...