"Unlike the policy solutions that have prevailed over the last twenty years, the policy notes do not prescribe any single course of action", says Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs. They are intended to help countries expand their policy space for manoeuvre in formulating and integrating national economic, social and environmental policies.
The six notes, commissioned by DESA, cover major areas relevant to national development strategies: macroeconomic and growth policy, trade policy, investment and technology policy, financing development, social policy and state-owned enterprise reform. The notes, which have been prepared by experts in these fields and draw on the experience of the United Nations in the economic and social areas, have also been complemented by outside knowledge from academics such as Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz. These Policy Notes have been coordinated by Jomo K.S., Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development in DESA.
The Policy Notes can be accessed from the following link:
http://esa.un.org/techcoop/policyNotes.asp