The Committee for Development Policy (CDP; Spanish: ''Comité de Políticas de Desarrollo'', CPD) is a subsidiary body of the
United Nations Economic and Social Council
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC; french: links=no, Conseil économique et social des Nations unies, ) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, responsible for coordinating the economic and social fields ...
(ECOSOC). The task of the CDP is to provide independent advice to the Council on development policy issues. The Committee is also responsible for deciding which countries can be considered
least developed countries (LDCs).
The Committee has 24 members, nominated in their personal capacity by the United Nations Secretary-General and appointed by ECOSOC for a period of three years.
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Secretariat of the Committee for Development Policy in the
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) is part of the United Nations Secretariat and is responsible for the follow-up to major United Nations Summits and Conferences, as well as services to the United Nations Eco ...
, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, provides substantive and administrative assistance to the Committee.
Membership
The last three-year term began on 1 January 2019. Members for the period from 2019 to 2021 are:
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Adriana Abdenur
Adriana, also spelled Adrianna, is a Latin name and feminine form of Adrian. It originates from present day Italy.
Translations
* Arabic: أدريان
* Belorussian: Адрыяна (Adryjana)
* Bulgarian: Адриана (Adriana)
* Chinese Sim ...
(Brazil)
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Debapriya Bhattacharya
Debapriya Bhattacharya is an economist and public policy analyst from Bangladesh. He was the first executive director of Centre for Policy Dialogue in Dhaka. He also worked as a senior research fellow at Bangladesh Institute of Development Studie ...
(Bangladesh)
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Winnie Byanyima
Winifred Byanyima (born 13 January 1959), is a Ugandan aeronautical engineer, politician, human rights activist, feminist and diplomat. She is the executive director of UNAIDS, effective November 2019.
From May 2013 until November 2019, she ...
(Uganda)
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Ha-Joon Chang
Ha-Joon Chang (; ; born 7 October 1963) is a South Korean institutional economist, specialising in development economics. Chang is the author of several widely discussed policy books, most notably ''Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy ...
(Republic of Korea)
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Diane Elson (United Kingdom)
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Marc Fleurbaey (France)
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Sakiko Fukuda-Parr (Japan)
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(United States)
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Arunabha Ghosh (India)
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Sen Gong (China)
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Trudi Hartzenberg
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* Trudi Ames (born 1946), American actress
* Trudi Birger (1927–2002) German Holocaust survivor and writer
* Trudi Canavan (born 1969), Australian writer
* Trudi Le Caine (1911–1999) ...
(South Africa)
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Rashid Hassan (Sudan)
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Stephan Klasen (Germany)
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Amina Mama
Amina Mama (born 19 September 1958) is a Nigerian-British writer, feminist and academic. Her main areas of focus have been post-colonial, militarist and gender issues. She has lived in Africa, Europe, and North America, and worked to build rela ...
(Nigeria)
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Mariana Mazzucato
Mariana Francesca Mazzucato (born June 16, 1968) is an economist with dual Italian–American citizenship. She is a professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London and founding director of the UCL Institute ...
(Italy)
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Leticia Merino (Mexico)
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Jacqueline Musiitwa (Zambia)
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Keith Nurse (Trinidad and Tobago)
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José Antonio Ocampo
José Antonio Ocampo Gaviria (born 20 December 1952) is a Colombian writer, economist and academic who was the professor of professional practice in international and public affairs and director of the Economic and Political Development Concentra ...
(Colombia)
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Meg Taylor (Papua New Guinea)
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Taffere Tesfachew (Ethiopia)
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Rolph van der Hoeven (Netherlands)
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Kori Udovicki (Serbia)
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Natalya Volchkova (Russian Federation)
References
External links
Committee for Development Policy
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United Nations Economic and Social Council
Least developed countries
International development organizations