The OECD has just published the Economic Survey of Hungary 2010. The country is facing one of the most severe recessions among OECD countries, with the projected fall in GDP in 2009 at double the OECD average. Despite financial assistance from international organizations, macroeconomic policies have to remain tight. Stabilization is underway, but the depth [...]
The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs has just launched the study, Rethinking Poverty: Report on the World Social Situation 2010. The report seeks to contribute to rethinking poverty and its eradication. It stresses the urgent need for a strategic shift away from the market fundamentalist thinking, policies and practices of recent decades towards [...]
The UN Economic and Social Council has just published the Millennium Development Goals Report 2009. The study assesses the progress towards fulfilling the MDGs, which established quantitative benchmarks to halve extreme poverty in all its forms. Despite many successes, progress towards achieving the goals is now threatened by sluggish economic growth, diminished resources, fewer trade [...]
