But over fifty years later, with worsening poverty and a deepening environmental crisis, the global economic system and the UN's capacity seem tragically flawed.
Fundamental change is urgent to assure the future of human life on the planet.
The page also includes materials on multinational corporations, financial markets and other private institutions that affect global well being. Global Protests Other Global Social and Economic Issues Social and Economic Policy at the United Nations Covers UN programs and policies on social and economic issues, including materials on the UN Conference on Trade and Development as well as the UN and Business . The World Bank , the IMF and the WTO enforce deregulation, privatization and neoliberal reform. Some insist on social development vs. economic development. AIDS deepens the crisis, especially in poverty-stricken Africa.