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ILO (International Labour Organization)
HQ – Geneva, Founded 1919
World Social Protection Report
World Employment and Social Outlook
World of Work Report
Global Wage Report
The only tripartite U.N. agency, since 1919 the ILO brings together governments, employers and workers of 187 member States , to set labour standards, develop policies and devise programmes
promoting decent work for all women and men.
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Global Innovation Index
It is published by Cornell University, INSEAD, and the World Intellectual Property Organization
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Parent organization - United Nations Economic and Social Council
World Bank Group is actually a group
5 international financial institutions
IBRD – International bank reconstruction and development
(Provides loan to average developing countries)
IDA– International Development Agency
Provides loan to a poor developing country )
MIGA-Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
(Ensures investment and credit investment )
IFC– International Financial Corporation
(Promotes investment in Private sector)
ICSID– International Committee for Settlement of Investment Dispute
(Promotes and settles disputes b/w two countries)
The World Bank Group (WBG) currently has two ambitious goals: -
End extreme poverty: reduce the percentage of people living on less than $1.25 a day to 3 percent by 2030
Promote shared prosperity: foster income growth of the bottom 40 percent of the population in every country
What is the difference between the IBRD and the IDA?
IBRD was established to function as a self-sustaining business and provides loans and advice to middle-income and credit-worthy poor countries.
The IDA lends money on concessional terms. This means that IDA charges little or no interest and repayments are stretched over 25 to 40 years, including a 5- to 10-year grace period.
IDA also provides grants to countries at risk of debt distress.
World Bank consists of 2 of the Above
1) IBRD
2) IDA
World Bank
Ease of Doing Business
World Development Report
IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute)
Global Hunger Index report
HQ - Washington DC
United States
Founded: 1975
WEF (World Economic Forum)
Global Competitiveness Report
Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report
Global Information Technology Report
The Global Risk Report
Global Social Mobility report
Fostering effective energy transition
Global Energy Architecture Performance Index
Global Gender Gap Report
Environmental Performance Index
(Yale and Columbia Universities along with the World Economic Forum)
IMF (International Monetary Fund)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organization of 189 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable
economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world
HQ – Washington DC, USA
Global Economic Outlook
Global Financial Stability Report
Fiscal Monitor
United Nations Development Programme
UNDP works to eradicate poverty and reduce inequalities through the sustainable development of nations
Headquarters - New York
Founded – 1965
Human Development Report
Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
Gender Inequality Index
Global Money Laundering Report
Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
FATF is an independent inter-governmental body that develops and promotes policies to protect the global
financial system against money laundering and terrorist financing.
HQ - Paris
Reserve Bank of India
Financial Stability Report
Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India
Monetary Policy Report
Quarterly Statistics on Deposits and Credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks
Asian Development Bank
The Asian Development Outlook is an annual publication (available online and in print)
produced by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
It offers economic analysis and forecasts
India State of Forest Report
Biennial assessment of India’s forests by Forest Survey of India, an organisation
under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)
Climate Change Performance Index
HQ : Bonn, Germany
Published by GERMANWATCH annually since 2005, the Climate Change Performance Index
(CCPI) tracks countries’ efforts to combat climate change. As an independent monitoring tool it aims to enhance transparency in international climate politics and enables comparison of
climate protection efforts and progress made by individual countries.
Technical Cooperation Report
Nuclear Technology Review
HQ : Vienna, Austria
Published by IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
Founded: 29 July 1957
It seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military
purpose
Living Planet Report
The ENERGY report
WWF
World Wide Fund for Nature
HQ : Gland, Switzerland
World Energy Outlook (WEO)
International Energy Agency
HQ : Paris, France
World Oil Outlook
OPEC
HQ : Vienna, Austria
The World Happiness Report
Annual publication of the
United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network
HQ : New York
Global Corruption Report (GCR)
Transparency International
HQ : Berlin, Germany
The State of the World's Forests
FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Motto - fiat panis (let there be bread)
HQ : Rome, Italy
IUCN Red List
IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas
International Union for Conservation of Nature
HQ : Gland, Switzerland
World press freedom index
Reporters without borders
HQ – Paris, France
The Index of Economic Freedom is an annual index and ranking created in 1995 by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall
Street Journal
The Heritage Foundation
HQ – Washington DC, USA
Intellectual Property (IP) Index
It is released by the US Chamber of Commerce’s Global innovation policy center
HQ – Washington DC, USA
World Investment Reports The Trade & Development ReportThe Least Developed Countries
Report
UNCTAD
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
HQ : Geneva, Switzerland
Actions on Air Quality
Global Environment Outlook
Emissions Gap Report
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
HQ : Nairobi, Kenya
Global education monitoring ReportGender Parity Index
UNESCO Science Report
UNESCO
HQ : Paris, France
State of World Population report
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
HQ : New York
World Cities Report
UN-Habitat: United Nations Human Settlements Programme
HQ : Nairobi, Kenya
The State of the World's Children is an annual report published by the United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
HQ : New York
Industrial Development Report
UNIDO
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
HQ : Vienna, Austria
Global Report on Trafficking in Persons
World Drug Report
World Wildlife Crime Report
UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
HQ : Vienna, Austria
Global Assessment Report
UNISDR (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction)
HQ : Geneva, Switzerland
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Organisation of Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD)
HQ – Paris, France
The ICT Development Index (IDI)
Global Cybersecurity Index
United Nations
International Telecommunication Union
HQ : Geneva, Switzerland
The World's Women Report
UN DESA
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
HQ - New York
Global Peace Index
Global Terrorism Index
Institute for Economics and Peace,
HQ – Sydney, Australia
School Education Quality Index(SEQI)
SDG India Index
Composite Water Management Index
State Health Index
District Hospital Index
State Energy Index
Which of the following organizations brings out the publication known as ‘World Economic Outlook’? (UPSC CSE Prelims 2014)
(a) The International Monetary Fund
(b) The United Nations Development Programme
(c) The World Economic Forum
(d) The World Bank
Which one of the following issues the ‘Global Economic Prospects’ report periodically? (UPSC CSE Prelims 2015)
(a) The Asian Development Bank
(b) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(c) The US Federal Reserve Bank
(d) The World Bank
