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From planning to policy: Half a century of the CDP

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  • Daniel Gay

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The United Nations Committee for Development Policy (CDP) comprises 24 independent specialists from a variety of disciplines. It advises the UN Economic and Social Council on emerging economic, social and environmental issues relevant to sustainable development and international co-operation. The paper argues that since its launch in 1965 the CDP has at times struggled to make an impact, but that it has been most effective when it has been at its most creative and when it has broken with convention. It helped put into practice the target that developed countries should devote 0.7% of their gross national income to official development assistance. The Committee created the least developed countries category and continues to monitor and update membership of the group. Its members were prominent in the genesis of the human development approach and continue to conduct new work in the areas of governance, productive capacity and sustainable development.

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  • Daniel Gay, 2017. "From planning to policy: Half a century of the CDP," CDP Background Papers 036, United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs.
    • Handle: RePEc:une:cpaper:036
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    Keywords

    aid; human development; least developed countries; official development assistance; sustainable development; United Nations;
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    JEL classification:

    • F02 - International Economics - - General - - - International Economic Order and Integration
    • N01 - Economic History - - General - - - Development of the Discipline: Historiographical; Sources and Methods
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • O2 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations

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