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ENVIRO MNGMT ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES

Environmental Management Accounting

Procedures and Principles

16 Nov 2001
The objective of this report is to define principles and procedures for Environmental Management Accounting (EMA). The focus is on techniques for quantifying environmental expenditures or costs as a basis for the development of national EMA guidelines and framework. This publication is intended t...
TOURISM SATELLITE ACCOUNT 2001

Tourism Satellite Account

Recommended Methodological Framework

25 May 2001
This publication is the result of a collaborative effort of the World Tourism Organization, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Statistical Office of the European Communities and the United Nations Statistics Division. It presents information on concepts, definitions, c...
POPULATION GENDER & DEV

Population, Gender and Development

A Concise Report

Series:
Population Studies
16 Nov 2001
This report provides a summary of selected aspects of population, gender and development. It includes a historical review of population and gender issues in the global agenda and provides recent information on such topics as family formation, health and mortality, ageing, and internal and interna...
STAT YRBK 1998 45TH ISS

Statistical Yearbook 1998, Forty-fifth Issue

Series:
United Nations Statistical Yearbook / Annuaire Statistique des Nations Unies (Ser. S)
25 Jan 2002
A comprehensive compendium of vital internationally comparable data for the analysis of socio-economic development at the world, regional and national levels. The Yearbook provides data on the world economy, its structure, major trends and current performance, as well as on issues such as populat...
WORLD STATISTICS POCKETBOOK 2000

World Statistics Pocketbook 2000 Edition

Series:
World Statistics Pocketbook (Ser. V)
19 Oct 2001
This handy statistical pocketbook provides an easy-to-use international compilation of basic economic, social and environmental indicators for 209 countries and areas worldwide. It covers 57 key indicators in the areas of population, health, surface area, refugees, national accounts, currency, in...
GLOSSARY TERMS FOR THE STANDAR

Glossary of Terms for the Standardization of Geographical Names

26 Jul 2002
It is increasingly evident that the consistent use of standardized geographical names is an essential element of effective communication worldwide. Unambiguous nationally-endorsed names support socio-economic development, sustainable environmental management and spatial data infrastructure. This ...
UN DEMOGRAPH YRBK 1999 V51

United Nations Demographic Yearbook 1999, Fifty-first issue

Series:
Demographic Yearbook (Ser. R)
21 Sep 2001
The Demographic Yearbook is an international source of statistics that contains basic statistical data for over 200 countries or areas to meet the needs of demographers, economists, public-health workers and sociologists, among others. It presents general tables giving a world summary of basic de...
POPUL BULL UNITED NAT #48/49 2002

Population Bulletin of the United Nations 2002

Completing the Fertility Transition - Special Issue

8 Aug 2009
This series focuses on population studies carried out by the United Nations, its specialized agencies and other organizations. This issue deals with the guidelines for the projection of fertility. The publication aims to increase understanding of likely fertility trends in the diverse countries ...
WORLD ECON SITUAT PROSPECTS 2001

World Economic Situation and Prospects 2001

Series:
World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP)
9 Feb 2001
The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) is the definitive report of the United Nations on the state of the world economy. One of the most highly anticipated economic reports from the United Nations, it is jointly produced by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the United Nati...
WORLD ECON SOCIAL SURV 2001

World Economic and Social Survey 2001

Trends and Policies in the World Economy

Series:
World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
19 Oct 2001
Part one. State of the World Economy: chronicles how the very positive developments in output and international trade, with reasonably buoyant levels of international finance for emerging markets for the first half of 2000, turned into retrenchment. The ongoing downturn in the business cycle in d...
COMP HUMAN SETTLEMENT STATS 2001

Compendium of Human Settlements Statistics 2001

29 Jun 2001
The world is rapidly becoming urbanized with one half of its population expected to reside in urban areas by the year 2005 and more than three fifths by 2025. This Compendium presents statistics for over 200 countries or areas and 315 cities on population, human settlements, households and housin...
STAT YRBK 1998 45TH ISS CD

Statistical Yearbook 1998 (CD-ROM)

Series:
United Nations Statistical Yearbook / Annuaire Statistique des Nations Unies (Ser. S)
24 Aug 2001
This CD-ROM makes the full data of the 45th edition of the United Nations Statistical Yearbook, over 1 million entries, accessible in electronic form. For all countries and areas of the world, it presents an overall comprehensive description of the world economy, its structure, major trends and r...
FAMILLE ET LE MONDE DU TRAVAIL

Famille et le Monde du Travail, La

Quatre Monographies Portant sur des Politiques Nationales Orientées vers la Famille

1 Dec 2000
Ce supplément complète et développe le débat sur les tendances et l'évolution récentes de la sécurité sociale et de la protection sociale qui étaient traitées sous forme concise dans le Rapport sur la situation sociale dans le monde, 1997. Il examine de quelles manières les mécanismes sociaux et...
SITUAT ECON SOCIALE MONDE 2000

Situation Economique et Sociale Dans le Monde 2000, La

21 Sep 2001
Ce rapport annuel brosse un tableau de l'actualité économique et de ses grandes tendances. Il fournit une analyse sur la conjoncture économique actuelle dans les pays développés, les pays en transition et les pays en développement. Cette édition examine plus particulièrement les questions liées à...
FAMILIA Y EL MUNDO DEL TRABAJO

Familia y el Mundo del Trabajo, La

Cuatro Estudios Seleccionados de Políticas que Tienen en Cuenta a la Familia (Argentina, Egipto, India y Países Bajos)

1 Dec 2000
Este libro incluye cuatro estudios nacionales (Argentina, Egipto, India y Países Bajos), donde se analizan los programas nacionales y locales de ayuda a la familia y la promoción de la capacitación.
INTL TRADE STAT YRBK 1998 V1&2

International Trade Statistics Yearbook 1998, Volume I & II

Series:
International Trade Statistics Yearbook (Ser. G)
13 Oct 2000
Useful for analyzing trade by country and by commodity; performing trend analysis and projections; understanding economic development planning and developing marketing strategies, this publication provides statistical information for 170 countries. It presents the basic information for each count...
WOMEN GO GLOBAL (CD)

Women Go Global (CD-ROM)

12 Jul 2002
Women Go Global is an easy-to-use, interactive, multimedia CD-ROM on the events that have been shaping the international agenda for women's equality. It offers extensive coverage of the four United Nations women's conferences held in Mexico City, Copenhagen, Nairobi and Beijing, the parallel non-...
INTL TRADE STAT YRBK 1999 V1&2

International Trade Statistics Yearbook 1999, Volume I & II

Series:
International Trade Statistics Yearbook (Ser. G)
8 Feb 2002
Useful for analyzing trade by country and by commodity; performing trend analysis and projections; understanding economic development planning and developing marketing strategies, this publication provides statistical information for 180 countries or areas. It presents the basic information for e...
INDUS COMMODITY STAT YRBK 1998

Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook 1998

Production Statistics 1988-1998

Series:
Industrial commodity statistics yearbook / Annuaire de statistiques industrielles par produit
27 Jul 2001
The corporate world, scholars, national and international statistical agencies, international organizations and governmental agencies will find this Yearbook extremely valuable. It provides statistics on the production of about 530 industrial commodities by country, geographical region, economic ...
WORLDS WOMEN 2000 TRENDS

World's Women 2000, The

Trends and Statistics

4 Aug 2000
The World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics is a unique compilation of the latest data documenting progress for women worldwide in six areas: health, human rights and political decision-making, and families. The Report attempts to answer the urgent but complex question of the progress the world...
HNDBK NATL ACCOUNTING INTEGRATED

Handbook of National Accounting

Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting - An Operational Manual

13 Oct 2000
United Nations Statistics Division and United Nations Environment Programme have jointly published Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting. The handbook provides, on the basis of country experiences, hands on guidance on the implementation of the more practical modules of the System of i...
HNDBK NATL ACCOUNTING HOUSEHOLD

Handbook of National Accounting

Household Accounting - Experience in Concepts and Compilation

15 Dec 2000
This handbook focuses on household sector accounts and their possible extensions as described in the System of National Accounts 1993. It describes the experiences of countries with regard to conceptual and compilation issues of household sector and satellite accounting. Volume 1 focuses on the c...
CRECIMIENTO ESTRUCTURA DISTRIBU

Crecimiento, Estructura y Distribución de la Población

Informe Conciso

Series:
Estudios de Población
4 Aug 2000
En el presente informe se analizan los cambios demográficos que se han producido en cuanto al tamaño y el crecimiento de la población en el mundo y en las zonas urbanas y rurales, las variaciones de la mortalidad, la fecundidad y la migración que han causado esos cambios, y las políticas demográf...
SITUACION MUJER MUNDO 2000

Situación de la Mujer en el Mundo

Tendencias y Estadísticas

21 Feb 2002
Este documento presenta nuevas estadísticas actualizadas sobre población, familia, salud educación y comunicaciones, trabajo y política y derechos humanos. Como en ediciones anteriores, la finalidad del análisis es lograr un mejor conocimiento de los avances realizados en la integración de las mu...
FEMMES DANS LE MONDE 2000

Femmes Dans le Monde, 2000

Des Chiffres et des Idées

24 Jan 2003
Troisième rapport quinquennal traitant de façon exhaustive de la situation de la femme vue sous le prisme des données et analyses statistiques. L'ouvrage présente les principales conclusions de l'analyse statistique de la condition de la femme, comparée à celle de l'homme, dans un large ensembl...
BOLET POBLAC LAS NAC UNID #40/41

Boletín de Población de las Naciones Unidas

Fecundidad por debajo del Nivel de Reemplazo

Series:
Boletín de Población
21 Jul 2000
La División de Población del Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales de la Secretaría de las Naciones Unidas organizó el 4 al 6 de noviembre de 1997 una reunión de expertos para estudiar los temas relacionados con los bajos niveles de fecundidad que se han observado recientemente en muchas ...