Origins, structure, functions, and funding of the UN development system -- UN contributions to development thinking -- UN goal-setting -- Making the UN fit for purpose -- The future (of the) UN development system -- Annex I: Principal UN goals and targets, 1960-2015 -- Annex II. Principal UN...

This Working Paper presents the main findings and recommendations of the pilot study carried out on the treatment of peace and security expenditures in the statistical measure of total official support for sustainable development (TOSSD). The pilot study explored the relevance of including...

Zur Jahrhundertwende riefen die auf dem UN-Millennium-Gipfel versammelten Staats- und Regierungschefs aus aller Welt einen "Krieg gegen die Armut" aus. Ihr ehrgeiziges Kernziel: Halbierung der extremen Armut in der Welt bis zum Jahr 2015. Ist die zunehmende Kritik an den...

Public financial flows to developing countries serve a multitude of purposes, the growing number of which has led over time to an incoherent institutional landscape of international financing. Institutional fragmentation has profound consequences for the effectiveness of policies. Starting from...