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Press Briefing, 17 October 2024, 12:45 pm EDT
Featuring:
Shantanu Mukherjee, Director, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, UN DESA
Wenyan Yang, Chief, Global Dialogue for Social Development Branch, Division for Inclusive Social Development, UN DESA
Multiple converging crises are undermining social progress around the world, hitting the most vulnerable people and societies the hardest. This must be a critical wake-up call for global action. The World Social Report 2024 makes the case for comprehensive changes that both national and international actors can make to effectively eradicate poverty, foster inclusive and job-rich growth, while promoting equality of opportunity and universal access to quality services.
Full report (embargoed until 17 October 2024)
Executive Summary (embargoed until 17 October 2024)
Special Briefing to ECOSOC: World Social Report 2024, 31 July 2024
In a special briefing to Member States on 31 July 2024, 10:00 am to 11:00 am EST at the ECOSOC Chamber, UN DESA presented the key messages and recommendations of the World Social Report 2024: Social Development in Times of Converging Crises: A Call for Global Action. Since the First World Summit for Social Development held in Copenhagen in 1995, progress has been made across the world in realizing social development objectives such as poverty eradication, full employment, and inclusion. However, many gaps and challenges remained, even as recently as five years back. Today, amid a confluence of shocks and crises, less than a fifth of the SDG targets are on track, with nearly a half showing insufficient progress, and over a third that are stalled or in reversal. This serves as a wake-up call, signaling the need for extensive changes along different fronts to achieve social development. While national-level efforts for achieving social goals remain vital, they must be complemented by international support and global actions. Such joint actions can greatly reduce the impact of recurrent crises on social development and preserve valuable resources for its further advancement.
HLPF Side Event: Global Action for Social Development amidst Converging Crises, 10 July 2024
This side event, held during the High-Level Political Forum, was organized by the Economic Analysis and Policy Division in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Samoa to the United Nations. The event brought together high-level representatives and experts from Member States, international organizations, academia, NGOs and civil society to discuss the key messages of the forthcoming World Social Report 2024, which examines the impact of converging crises on social development and calls for global action.
Expert Group Meeting, April 2023
Background Papers
- Anticipatory governance responses to the challenges of systemic risk
- Monetary Policy and SDGs
- Crisis as a trend and the achievement of the SDGs
The World Social Report is the flagship publication of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs on major social development issues.
Source: UN DESA