Research Guides: UN Documentation: Development: Research Resources

UN Data, Statistics & Publications

Flagship Publications

World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
The World Economic and Social Survey (WESS) focuses on specific medium- to long-term development challenges.
World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP)
The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) serves as the United Nations’ definitive report on the state of the world economy.
Human Development Reports

UN Databases

DESA - Statistical Databases
Collection of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), Statistical Division databases, including commodity trade statistics, census knowledge, disability statistics, good practices, joint oil data, millennium data indicators, population, and social indicators.
ECLAC - CEPALSTAT
Statistical database of ECLAC, the Economic and Social Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Includes social, demographic, economic, environmental, and other statistics.
UNCTAD Statistics
Collection of statistical databases offered by UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), including commodity price statistics, foreign direct investment, information and communication technology statistics, and trade control measures.
UN Data
UNdata brings UN statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single entry point. Users can now search and download a variety of statistical resources of the UN system from a wide range of departments and subject matter.

Books

The Group of 77 at the United Nations / Mourad Ahmia
Call Number: Ref 382(049) C698
Date: 2006
The Millennium Development Goals and beyond
The Third World without superpowers : the collected documents of the non-aligned countries / O. Jankowitsch and K.P. Sauvant.
Call Number: Ref 327(049) J33
Date: 1985
Transforming Multilateral Diplomacy: the inside story of the sustainable development goals / Macharia Kamau; Pamela S. Chasek; David O'Connor
Call Number: UNX 338 K152
Date: 2018
The UN and Development / Olav Stokke
Call Number: UNX.330.3 S874
Date: 2009
UN Contributions to Development Thinking and Practice / Richard Jolly; Louis Emmerij; Dharam Ghai; Frédéric Lapeyre
Call Number: UNX.338 U59
Date: 2004
UN Ideas That Changed the World / Richard Jolly; Louis Emmerij; Kofi A. Annan (Foreword by); Thomas G. Weiss
Call Number: UNX.1 P888
Date: 2009
United Nations-Sponsored World Conferences / Michael G. Schechter
Call Number: Ref 341.1(04) U56
Date: 2001
UN Voices: The Struggle for Development and Social Justice / Thomas G. Weiss; Tatiana Carayannis; Louis Emmerij; Richard Jolly
Call Number: Ref 341.1 U595
Date: 2005

Unity and Diversity in Development Ideas : perspectives from the UN regional commissions / Yves Berthelot
Call Number: UNX.183(04) U58
Date: 2004

UN Websites

Research Guides

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UN System Documentation
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Youth and Sustainable Development
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