Publications

The UN Women discussion paper series is a new initiative led by the Research and Data section of UN Women to provide grounded fresh and robust perspectives on some of the contemporary challenges to achieving gender equality and women’s rights and offer insights into policy innovations that are making a difference in women’s lives. The series is a space for leading feminist researchers to share original substantive research from different national and regional contexts. Before being published each paper benefits from an anonymous external peer review process by experts so that the final product is a high quality and relevant piece of research that contributes to further scholarship in the field.

UNDP’s Development Futures Series (DFS) is a series of papers penned by UNDP personnel from around the world sharing evidence and insights grounded in deep study data and practice while exploring new ideas analysis and policy recommendations relevant for the future of development. The DFS aims to publish bottom-up and evidence-based knowledge aiming to reach and influence global regional and country-level policy debates with a focus on thought leadership data and analytics on the top development issues of today — and tomorrow. The DFS publishes in two formats: Short Policy Briefs linking evidence to practical policy recommendations and longer Working Papers presenting data analysis and in-depth research. UNDP’s DFS papers are especially valuable for policy makers development practitioners researchers and specialized journalists.

These briefs and papers from the Secretary-General of the United Nations feature advisories guidelines resources and materials about the vast array of issues of international concern that are on the Organization's agenda. In these the Secretary-General seeks to advance the interests of the world's peoples in particular the poor and vulnerable among them and the principles and ideals on which the Organization was founded.

Estos resúmenes y documentos del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas presentan avisos directrices recursos y materiales sobre la amplia gama de cuestiones de interés internacional que figuran en la agenda de la Organización. En ellos el Secretario General busca promover los intereses de los pueblos del mundo en particular los pobres y vulnerables entre ellos y los principios e ideales sobre los que se fundó la Organización.

The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Policy Briefs provide research and policy analysis on global macroeconomic trends and prospects frontier issues emerging issues and issues associated with countries in special situations in the broad context of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. They provide information on cross-cutting development issues and related issues that are of interest to the international community and particularly researchers academics policy makers the media and the private sector.