Books by United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Expanding access to contraception is essential for achieving universal access to reproductive health-care services, as called for in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This report presents estimates of contraceptive use and needs from 1990 to 2020, and projections to 2030 for 196 countries, as well as regional and global trends.

Provides an overview of the estimated and projected trends in mortality at the world level, for development groups and major areas; the analysis also focuses on country and regional data for selected mortality indicators.

The United Nations definitive report on the state of the world economy, providing global and regional economic outlook for 2019 and 2020. Produced by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the five UN regional commissions, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, with contributions from the UN World Tourism Organization.

Reviews the advances in frontier technologies - including automation, robotics, renewable energy technologies, electric vehicles, biotechnologies and artificial intelligence - and analyses their economic, social and environmental impact.