Poverty and sustainable transport

How transport affects poor people with policy implications for poverty reduction.

Global Sustainable Development Report 2015 (Advance Unedited Version) (GSDR 2015)

2015 will be a watershed year for sustainable development. Major international conferences – on financing for development the post-2015 development agenda, and climate change – will take momentous dec

Main United Nations Road Transport Agreements

Progress Report (2013–2014) of the MDB Working Group on Sustainable Transport

In the second year of the Rio+20 Commitment to Sustainable Transport, eight multilateral development banks approved $25 billion in loans and grants for transport and more than 90 technical assistance

Poverty and Sustainable Transport

This review of the poverty implications of urban and rural transport was requested by the Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT), contracted by UN-Habitat and implemented by the Ove

Women in Business and Management. Gaining the Momentum- Global Report

In 2001, the ILO published a report called “Breaking through the Glass Ceiling: Women in Management,” which looked at why women were not being appointed to top jobs despite their active participation

Maternity Protection in SMEs-An International Review

1. This report is an international literature review that evaluates the current state of knowledge about maternity protection in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and its outcomes. The objecti

The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action Turns 20

The present report is a summary of the Secretary- General’s report (E/CN.6/2015/3) on the 20-year review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the

HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health Programming: Innovative Approaches to Integrated Service Deli

In light of recent progress towards eliminating paediatric HIV, strong momentum for integrating HIV and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) (including maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH), famil

Adding It Up 2014

Women need sexual and reproductive health services from adolescence through the end of their reproductive years, whether or not they have a birth, and those who give birth need essential care to prote

Connecting Global Priorities: Biodiversity and Human Health

Biodiversity, ecosystems and the essential services that they deliver are central pillars for all life on the planet, including human life. They are sources of food and essential nutrients, medicines

Population, consumption and the environment 2015

The wall chart on Population, Consumption and the Environment 2015 presents the latest data available on 14 indicators--including those related to population size and growth, urbanization, economic de

Human Development Report 2014

As successive Human Development Reports have shown, most people in most countries have been doing steadily better in human development. Advances in technology, education and incomes hold ever-greater

A Measured Approach to Ending Poverty and Boosting Shared Prosperity

This Policy Research Report is structured in three parts, mirroring the three broad aims of the report. The first part provides a general overview of the conceptual underpinnings of the two goals and

Children of the Recession: The impact of the economic crisis on child well-being in rich countries I

Twenty-five years after the Convention on the Rights of the Child became international law, many of its commitments remain unrealized, and the developed countries most capable of delivering on them ar

Session 16: Communicating an implementing a universal agenda at home

7 July 2015, 10.00 am – 1.00 pm UN Member States are currently negotiating a universal 15-year agenda for sustainable development that will aim to end poverty, promote prosperity and well-being for a

Session 18: Reviewing and monitoring progress: What have we learned and how can it advance implement

8 July 2015, 10.00 am-1.00 pm

Session 7: Changing approaches to policy making: the role of the SDGs

30 June 2015, 10 am – 1.00 pm The broad consultations on the post 2015 development agenda showed that people everywhere aspire to peace and security, freedom, development, and environment – they wan

Session 11b: Investing in the future we want: What will it require?

2 July 2015, 11.30 am – 1.00 pm The post-2015 development agenda will have at its core the sustainable development \goals (SDGs). The SDGs, as proposed by the Open Working Group, are a set of univers

Session 5: Keeping science involved in SDG implementation

29 June 2015, 3.00 – 5.00 pm

Session 14: A transformative integrated agenda: how can governments, societies and the UN rise to th

6 July 2015, 11.45 am – 1.00 pm

Session 19: Realizing the SDGs: Matching ambitions with commensurate means of implementation - resou

8 July 2015, 2.30 – 3.45 pm The post-2015 development agenda will have at its core the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The SDGs, as proposed by the Open Working Group, are a set of universal go

Session 2: Shaping the world for 2030: From vision to transformative action

26 June 2015, 10.45 am – 1.00 pm

Session 12: Tracking progress through existing mechanisms

2 July 2015, 3.00 pm-6.00 pm

Decent Work, Green Jobs and the Sustainable Economy

Rio+20 in 2012 was attended by more than 100 Heads of State and Government and over 400 ministers. The Rio+20 outcome document sets out a vision of sustainable development with social inclusion. It fi

World Employment and Social Outlook: The Changing Nature of Jobs

This report reveals a shift away from the standard employment model, in which workers earn wages and salaries in a dependent employment relationship vis-à-vis their employers, have stable jobs and wor

Session 10a: Reaching out to the world - Communicating the Agenda

1 July 2015, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. United Nations Member States are currently negotiating a transformative 15-year agenda for sustainable development that will aim to end poverty, promote prosperity and w

Session 10b: Reaching out to the world: Training and Learning for Sustainable Development

Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. The post-2015 development agenda that is being elaborated at the United Nations has, as its main objectives, the eradication of poverty and the achievement su

Session 15: Thinking ahead: emerging Issues that will matter in the future

6 July 2015, 3.00 -6.00 pm The identification of new and emerging issues, drawing on scientific evidence, assessments and projections, is a function of the interaction between scientists, policymaker

Session 4: Supporting national action through HLPF outcomes

Monday, 29 June 2015, 10am-1pm