Poorer developing countries may find it much harder under current conditions to foster industrial development and structural change than earlier generations of states that hauled themselves out of poverty, like the so-called Asian tigers, according to new book prepared by a specialised United Nations agency. “They face ...

A United Nations panel of eminent persons called for a renewed global partnership that enables a people-centred development agenda beyond 2015, the target date for achieving the anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals. Wrapping up its three-day meeting in Bali, Indonesia, the ...

Speaking at the High Level Meeting on "Happiness and Well-Being: Defining a New Economic Paradigm" convened during the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon stated that the world “needs a new economic paradigm that recognizes the parity between the three pillars of sustainable development. Social, ...

United Nations officials stressed that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which are being formulated by Member States must address the environmental degradation that is threatening present and future generations. “The eradication of poverty and promotion of health, education as well as economic and social development retain their ...

“Look at people with disabilities as differently-abled,” urged 10-year-old Emmanuel Elisha Ford at the International Day of Persons with Disabilities last December. Being blind since birth, Emmanuel is one of 1 billion people worldwide who lives with a disability. To safeguard that their rights and needs ...

As we mark World Day of Social Justice, we see far too many places where there are increasing opportunities for a few and only rising inequality for the many. Growing inequality undermines the international community’s progress in lifting millions out of poverty and building a more just world. The fault lines are ...

The Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)  seeks to find and bring to scale the most incredible stories on people’s empowerment around the globe. Stories like YOURS! You can nominate yourself, or another person you admire who empowered you ...

Concluding its fifty-first session today, the Commission for Social Development approved five draft resolutions for adoption by the Economic and Social Council, covering a range of issues pivotal to the promotion of societies rooted in respect for the dignity of every individual, from youth and disability, to ageing and African ...

Promoting empowerment of people will be at the core when the Commission for Social Development convenes for its 51st session. “Empowering individuals and social groups requires a comprehensive set of policies and institutions. From education and health care to economic and social policy, activities that seek to empower people are ...

The Fifty-First Session of the Commission for Social Development will be convened at the United Nations North Lawn Building (NLB) in New York. The priority theme this year is "Promoting empowerment of people in achieving poverty eradication, social integration and full employment and decent work for all".  Provisional annotated agenda and proposed organization ...