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缅北禁地DESA experts are working to help decision makers around the world navigate tough choices and to find ways to recover better from the COVID-19 crisis and prepare for complex and compounded risks in today's interconnected world.

Watch this space for the latest research, analysis and policy advice from 缅北禁地DESA, an effort to support and complement the United Nations Secretary-General’s initiatives in response to the COVID-19 crisis, Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals and call by the Member States to advance Our Common Agenda.

 

 

 

Special Issue

In collaboration with the United Nations High-level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs

 

Financing the Sustainable Development Goals through mission-oriented development banks 
 
By Mariana Mazzucato
 
8 September 2023
 
There is an urgent need for channelling long-term risk-tolerant finance towards achieving the SDGs. National Development Banks (NDBs) and Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) can play a crucial role in mobilizing the needed capital but only if a ‘mission-oriented’ approach is adopted to galvanize, catalyze, and crowd in substantial global public and private finance, from billions to trillions. Missions help broad SDG related challenges, like global health and climate change, turn into investment pathways where strong publicly set goals crowd in private investment. Key is to make sure that strong conditions around reciprocity determine equitable and just partnerships.
 
 

Future of the World

This series aims to provide 缅北禁地DESA’s foresight analysis to advance our preparedness for future challenges and crises, and to reduce risks and make our systems more resilient. The series is part of the Future of the World initiative launched in the fall of 2021, which will also feature online policy dialogues with the authors of the policy briefs and related experts in connection with the topics of the briefs.

 

 
How can we accelerate transformations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Insights from the 2023 Global Sustainable Development Report
 
11 March 2024
 
Progress on the SDGs requires integrated approaches operating at a systemic level that address multiple goals simultaneously. Interventions toward progress on a given target must also generate positive synergies with other targets, while resolving tradeoffs. Transformative change does not follow a linear path, and policy needs will vary across contexts and phases of transformation. Policies should respond to impediments unique to each phase – emergence, acceleration, or stabilization.

 

 
How Can Governments Strengthen Their Relationships with Society to Meet the Sustainable Development Goals? Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
 
11 March 2024
 
The COVID-19 pandemic sparked innovation and experimentation in public institutions. Institutional and policy changes can improve Governments’ relationships with other actors and highlight opportunities to accelerate SDG progress. Renewed social contracts, built on trust, are crucial if societies are to meet today’s compounding challenges, better respond to future crises, and achieve the SDGs.

 

Previous Policy Briefs (see in a )


Enhancing Public Institutions’ Risk-informed Communication to address Multifaceted Crises for Disaster Risk Reduction, Resilience and Climate Action



India overtakes China as the world’s most populous country


Population, education and sustainable development: interlinkages and select policy implications


Why Indigenous languages matter: The International Decade on Indigenous Languages 2022–2032


Economic well-being at older ages: prospects for the future


Promoting youth participation in decision-making and public service delivery through harnessing digital technologies


Beneficial ownership information: Supporting fair taxation and financial integrity


Old age inequality begins at birth: life course influences on late-life disability


Why safe, orderly and regular migration matters for sustainable development


On the importance of monitoring inequality in life expectancy


Moving Beyond GDP and Achieving Our Common Agenda with Natural Capital Accounting


Caregiving in an ageing world


Old-age poverty has a woman’s face


A just green transition: concepts and practice so far


A World of 8 Billion


Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience for Climate Action through Risk-informed Governance


Improving the criteria to access aid for countries that need it the most


Ensuring SDG progress amid recurrent crises


Promoting non-discrimination in public administration: some entry points


Cryptoassets and so-called “stablecoins”: Where do we go from here?


The 'Great Finance Divide'


Migration Trends and Families


Data for Now: Leveraging innovative sources, technologies and methods for better, more timely and disaggregated data for sustainable development


Credit Rating Agencies and Sovereign Debt: Four proposals to support achievement of the SDGs


Why population growth matters for sustainable development


The monetary policy response to COVID-19: the role of asset purchase programmes


Addressing Climate Change Through Sport


Covid-19 Pandemic Disruption – Implications on the full deployment of the United Nations Legal Identity Agenda


Partnering with the Private Sector towards a Future of Sustainable Transport


Improving compatibility of approaches to identify, verify and align investments to sustainability goals


Integrated National Financing Frameworks – moving towards financing policy integration


Sandboxing and experimenting digital technologies for sustainable development


Adapting international development cooperation to reduce risk, enable recovery and build resilience


Bringing the data community and policy makers together to ensure a world with data we trust


Investing in the future of rural non-farm economies


The critical role of income redistribution for poverty reduction: Alternative scenarios


Policy implications of the disruption of the implementation of the 2020 World Population and Housing Census Programme due to the COVID-19 pandemic


Building the capacities of public servants to implement the 2030 Agenda


A view of changes in institutional arrangements for SDG implementation at the national level since 2015


Horizontal and vertical integration are more necessary than ever for COVID-19 recovery and SDG implementation


Connecting the dots: The still elusive synergies between accountability institutions and the follow-up and review of the SDGs


Digitally enabled new forms of work and policy implications for labour regulation frameworks and social protection systems


Harnessing longevity in the future of work


Wildfires – a growing concern for sustainable development


Time for transformative changes for SDGs: what the data tells us

 

 

 


Recovering better and supporting the Decade of Action (July 2020 – June 2021 Series)

 

This series features 缅北禁地DESA’s analysis and policy recommendations with the aim to recover better from the COVID-19 crisis and ensure a better and sustainable recovery to meet the promises of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

 

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SDG progress and implementation

 


Impact of COVID-19 on SDG progress: a statistical perspective


Achieving SDGs in the wake of COVID-19: Scenarios for policymakers


Impact of COVID-19: perspective from Voluntary National Reviews


Transformational partnerships and partnership platforms

 

Economic insecurity

 


A new global deal must promote economic security


The politics of economic insecurity in the COVID-19 era


A changing world of work: implications for the social contract


What triggers economic insecurity and who is most at risk?


Trust in public institutions: Trends and implications for economic security

 

Rural development

 


In situ urbanization key to leaving no one behind


Circular agriculture for sustainable rural development


Reducing poverty and inequality in rural areas: key to inclusive development


Social protection in rural areas: achieving universal access for all

 

Data, governance and digital technologies

 


Strengthening data governance for effective use of open data and big data analytics for combating COVID-19


Leveraging digital technologies for social inclusion


COVID-19: How the data and statistical community stepped up to the new challenges

 

Sustainable financing and investment

 


Integrated national financing frameworks—a framework to build back better


Financing sustainable forest management: a key component of sustainable COVID-19 recovery


COVID-19 and beyond: Scaling up private investment for sustainable development


Risk-informed finance


Why does corporate sustainability reporting matter to rebuilding better?


Effective blended finance in the era of COVID-19 recovery

 

Inclusive, sustainable and green recovery for all

 


COVID-19 and a primer on shock-responsive social protection systems


Recovering from COVID-19: the importance of investing in global public goods for health


Social policy and social protection measures to build Africa better post-COVID-19


Challenges and opportunities for indigenous peoples’ sustainability


Population, food security, nutrition and sustainable development


Accelerate action to revamp production and consumption patterns: the circular economy, cooperatives and the social and solidarity economy

 

 

 


Socioeconomic impact and response to COVID-19 (April – June 2020 Series)

                                               

Responding to COVID-19 and Recovering Better is a compilation volume of 缅北禁地DESA’s policy brief series released during the period of April-June, focusing on the economic and social impact of COVID-19.


It presents detailed analysis and solid evidence needed for effective decision-making on a number of critical social and economic issues. It also presents key policy recommendations to support the Secretary-General's initiatives in response to COVID-19 and help the international community to navigate the policy choices ahead. Individual policy briefs are also available here. 

 

 

 

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