High-level Committee on Review of TCDC

12^th Session

2^nd Meeting (PM)

TECHNICAL COOPERATION AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

STILL SHACKLED BY RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS

High-level Committee on Review of TCDC

12^th Session

1^st Meeting (AM)

GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS NEED NEW PARTNERSHIPS, INCREASED FUNDING,

SAY PARTICIPANTS AT HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE ON TCDC REVIEW

Round-up

BRUSSELS CONFERENCE COMMITS TO ERADICATING POVERTY IN WORLD’S POOREST COUNTRIES;

DECADE-LONG ACTION PROGRAMME CALLS FOR PARTNERSHIP, ‘MUTUAL COMMITMENTS’

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN POOREST COUNTRIES FACE FORMIDABLE CHALLENGES,

INCLUDING LACK OF TRAINING, CREDIT, SAY SPEAKERS AT BRUSSELS FORUM

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

IMPORTANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO DEVELOPMENT, POVERTY REDUCTION

STRESSED AT THEMATIC SESSION OF BRUSSELS CONFERENCE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

BRUSSELS, 21 May -- Building infrastructure –- roads, bridges, communications -- was a means for wider development ends, such as poverty reduction, although that link was often still poorly understood, the Third United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries was told this morning.

‘FINANCING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT’ FINAL THEMATIC SESSION

AT BRUSSELS CONFERENCE ON LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

BRUSSELS FORUM EXAMINES MUSIC’S ECONOMIC POTENTIAL FOR POOREST COUNTRIES;

MUSICIANS CALLED ‘TRUE AMBASSADORS’ OF GLOBALIZATION

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ECONOMIES SHOULD BE GEARED TOWARDS PEOPLE’S WELL-BEING, NOT VICE VERSA,

BRUSSELS CONFERENCE TOLD, DURING THEMATIC SESSION ON EMPLOYMENT

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

OPPORTUNITIES CREATED BY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN POOREST COUNTRIES

FOCUS OF FORUM ON ‘THE DIGITAL ECONOMY’ AT BRUSSELS CONFERENCE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)