Executive Summary – Financing the United Nations Development System: Current Trends and New Directions (2016)
This is the Executive Summary of the annual report on financing the UN Development System produced by the foundation and the UN MPTF Office.
The 2016 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture by Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon delivered the lecture on the theme “Evolving Threats, Timeless Values: The United Nations in a Changing Global Landscape”.
Financing the United Nations Development System: Current Trends and New Directions (2016)
This is the second annual report on financing the UN Development System produced by the foundation and the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office.
Antimicrobial Resistance: A Threat to the World’s Sustainable Development
In this Development Dialogue Paper we discuss how diminishing antimicrobial effectiveness represents a formidable threat to global development.
Six Goals for strengthening the UN’s ability to sustain peace
This Development Dialogue Paper introduces six goals that would help to create a UN system able to build and uphold peace.
The 2015 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture by José Ramos-Horta
José Ramos-Horta delivered the lecture on the theme “Preventing conflicts, Building Durable Peace”.
Inclusive Peacebuilding: Recognised but not Realised
Issue 63 of Development Dialogue explores how to support and practice inclusive peacebuilding, urging a move away from symbolic engagement to genuine participation.
From an MDG World to an SDG/GPG World: Why the United Nations should embrace the concept of Global Public Goods
In this Development Dialogue Paper, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation’s Senior Advisor Bruce Jenks argues that introducing and implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) brings an opportunity to discuss the world’s response to global challenges and to rethink positions on global public goods (GPGs).
Local Perspectives on Inclusive Peacebuilding: a Four-country Case Study
This Development Dialogue paper summarises local perspectives on inclusivity in peacebuilding, gathered from consultations in Somalia, Timor-Leste, Liberia and Burma/Myanmar. It elaborates on a number of themes that recurred in several of the country contexts and ends by highlighting suggestions on how international peacebuilding actors can improve the chances of supporting inclusive and sustainable peacebuilding efforts.
The power of numbers – beyond economic and global statistics
This seminar paper explores how best to measure development, looking ahead to the post-2015 framework.