Kevin Gallagher Joins UN’s Committee for Development Policy
Will advise on social, economic, and environmental development
Kevin P. Gallagher, director of the Global Development Policy Center and professor of global development policy at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, has been appointed to the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), a subsidiary body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at the United Nations. CDP members advise ECOSOC on critical matters of social, economic, and environmental development around the world. The prestigious committee has 24 members, each of whom is nominated by the secretary-general and serves for three years.
Gallagher will serve from 2019–2022 as the North American representative, one of only 11 representatives from North America since CDP’s inception in 1965. Members attend a plenary meeting in March every year at the UN headquarters in New York City and are expected to publish policy briefs and contribute to subgroup meetings throughout the year.
The CDP is charged with, among other things, reviewing the least-developed countries (LDC) category for ECOSOC. The committee reviews the qualifications for this category and monitors the development and graduation of countries from the LDC category. Members may also be called upon to participate in other United Nations meetings including the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
Gallagher is cochair of the T20 Argentina task force on An International Financial Architecture for Stability and Development, which advises the G20 and its members on financial infrastructure and monetary policy globally. He has served on the US Department of State’s Investment Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy and the International Investment Division of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
Watch the official video about the Committee for Development Policy here.
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