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Commodities and Development Report 2017

Commodities Markets, Economic Growth and Development

Series: Commodities and Development Report
( Print: January 2018, PDF: January 2018 )

The 2017 Commodities and Development Report investigates the transmission channels through which commodity dependence affects micro- and macro-level development outcomes, examines long-term commodity...

The 2017 Commodities and Development Report investigates the transmission channels through which commodity dependence affects micro- and macro-level development outcomes, examines long-term commodity...


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World Economic and Social Survey 2017

Reflecting on Seventy Years of Development Policy Analysis

Series: World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
( Print: July 2017, PDF: July 2017 )

The aim of WESS 2017 is to document the intellectual influence of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs through this flagship publication on its 70th Anniversary. First published in 1948, the...

The aim of WESS 2017 is to document the intellectual influence of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs through this flagship publication on its 70th Anniversary. First published in 1948, the...


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Commodities and Development Report 2023

Commodities and Development Report 2023

Inclusive Diversification and Energy Transition

Series: Commodities and Development Report
( PDF: August 2023 )

This report highlights pathways to economic diversification in commodity-dependent developing countries in an environment where decarbonization of the global economy has become the overarching...

This report highlights pathways to economic diversification in commodity-dependent developing countries in an environment where decarbonization of the global economy has become the overarching...


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Commodities and Development Report 2021

Escaping From the Commodity Dependence Trap Through Technology and Innovation

Series: Commodities and Development Report
( Print: August 2021, PDF: August 2021 )

Commodity dependence is a trap: once a country is commodity dependent, it is difficult to develop a productive sector out of commodities and export non-commodity products. This publication argues that...

Commodity dependence is a trap: once a country is commodity dependent, it is difficult to develop a productive sector out of commodities and export non-commodity products. This publication argues that...


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Rapport sur les produits de base et le développment 2021

Sortir du piège de la dépendance à l’égard produits de base grâce à la technologie et à l'innovation...

Series: Rapport sur les produits de base et le développement
( PDF: March 2022 )

La dépendance aux produits de base est un piège: une fois qu'un pays dépend des produits de base, il est difficile de développer un secteur productif en dehors du secteur des produits de base et d...

La dépendance aux produits de base est un piège: une fois qu'un pays dépend des produits de base, il est difficile de développer un secteur productif en dehors du secteur des produits de base et d...


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Commodities and Development Report 2019

Commodity Dependence, Climate Change and the Paris Agreement

Series: Commodities and Development Report
( Print: September 2019, PDF: September 2019 )

This report explores key aspects of the two-way relationship between commodities and climate change, discusses the concept of natural resource conversion and explores its application to renewable and...

This report explores key aspects of the two-way relationship between commodities and climate change, discusses the concept of natural resource conversion and explores its application to renewable and...


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World Economic and Social Survey 2018

Frontier Technologies for Sustainable Development

Series: World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
( Print: October 2018, PDF: October 2018 )

This publication reviews the advances in frontier technologies — including automation, robotics, renewable energy technologies, electric vehicles, biotechnologies and artificial intelligence — and...

This publication reviews the advances in frontier technologies — including automation, robotics, renewable energy technologies, electric vehicles, biotechnologies and artificial intelligence — and...