Economic development policy encompasses a range of strategies and instruments designed to foster sustainable growth, reduce inequality, and build resilience in the face of global uncertainties. Modern ...

1 March 2024 - The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) will hold its annual meeting at UN Headquarters in New York on 4-8 March. Its 24 members bring a wealth of perspectives on development issues ...

Central to DECDP's mandate is the effective dissemination of new research findings. It oversees the Policy Research Working Papers series, fostering innovative economic analysis; as well as ...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the revised National Urban Development Policy (NUDP). The Policy provides a transformative framework to guide urban planning, development, and ...

The World Bank recently financed two Development Policy Loans for $250 million in June 2022 and $500 million in March 2023 to support a program of reforms in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Like ...

The Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2024/33, Supplement No. 13) on its 26th plenary session held from 4 to 8 March is now available in all six official languages on the CDP website.

Last week Australia released its new international development policy. With Australia situated in a mostly developing neighborhood, the policy is one of the central arms of its regional foreign policy ...

The United Nations has predicted that Lagos will likely be the third most-populated city by the Year 2030, with a projected population of about 30 million. It is also Nigeria’s most-populous city at a ...

North Korea’s leadership recently announced a new regional development policy entitled the “regional development 20×10 policy,” which refers to a plan to build manufacturing facilities in 20 cities ...