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The objective of the study is to promote better and wider understanding of the causes of the 1997 Asian economic crisis and to reflect on lessons that could be drawn for formulating policy responses...

This publication evaluates the institutional record on conflict prevention, identifies current trends in conflict prevention practice, and makes recommendations on improving organizational capacity...

This publication examines the institutional bases and diplomatic practices that underpin global governance. It analyzes the means by which global governance has been promoted by innovative diplomatic...

In the 1990s the United Nations, the militaries of key member states, and Non-Governmental Organizations became increasingly entangled in the complex affairs of disrupted states. In some situations...

When the international community responds to a massive humanitarian emergency, such as the one in Liberia, the operation that results is both complicated and short-lived. The Peacekeepers, Politicians...

It is generally agreed that export diversification in terms of both non-traditional and traditional commodities is critical to growth and development in small, low-income economies such as least...

The present volume of Development Papers addresses the subjects of poverty alleviation and income and employment generation in selected Asian Countries. It is based on country assessment studies...

The Asia Pacific region holds two thirds of the world’s poor. Over the past few decades the region has seen the development of microfinance institutions which offer a wide variety of financial...

This paper discusses efforts to promote rural development in the countries of South Asia whose economies remain heavily dependent on their agricultural production. The report also examines the impact...

Countries have increasingly recognized that integration of economic and environmental considerations is an imminent challenge in formulating effective sustainable development policies. This volume...

Studies conducted in the countries of China, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand are used to highlight the...

For the countries of the region, this publication provides information such as: country profile; development policies; plans and programmes; education and literacy; health and family planning...

This volume focuses on institutional mechanisms for integrating environment into economic policy-making in selected countries of the ESCAP region. In particular it examines existing institutional...

With the information gathered from numerous case studies of countries in the Asian region, this publication presents results and in-depth analysis of the control and management of government...

This publication is a compilation of technical papers on macroeconomic planning techniques by senior officers and policy makers

Human Rights and Comparative Foreign Policy examines the place of human rights in the foreign policies of a wide range of states during contemporary times. Leading experts from around the world...

A collection of papers on economic cooperation through foreign investment.

Development strategies in the Asia and the Pacific region are heavily focused on fostering economic growth and do not always focus on the detrimental environmental effects of the modalities used to...

This publication takes an intensive look at the major emerging trends in the international economic environment in the 1990s with a view to identifying the challenges and opportunities that they...

The core factors that underlie the rapid growth of East and South-East Asian countries are examined and their relevance and replicability for other developing countries and especially for South Asia...