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Global Public Goods
Taking the Concept Forward
Series: UNDP Discussion Papers Series
( Print: November 2001
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This publication provides the new lens which can be used to tackle obstacles towards enhanced equity and efficiency, development and peace. The papers presented in this book address pivotal aspects of...
This publication provides the new lens which can be used to tackle obstacles towards enhanced equity and efficiency, development and peace. The papers presented in this book address pivotal aspects of...
Encouraging the Longer Term
Institutional Investors and Emerging Markets - A Research Agenda
Series: UNDP Discussion Papers Series
( Print: March 2000
)
This study analyzes the growing institutionalization of savings in industrial countries, particularly in the form of mutual and pension funds, and the implications of this trend for developing...
This study analyzes the growing institutionalization of savings in industrial countries, particularly in the form of mutual and pension funds, and the implications of this trend for developing...
Mesopotamian Marshlands, The
Demise of an Ecosystem
Series: Early Warning and Assessment Technical Report
( Print: January 2002
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Dams and drainage schemes have transformed one of the finest wetlands, the Mesopotamian marshlands, into salt-encrusted desert. This study prepared by the United Nations Environmental Programme...
Dams and drainage schemes have transformed one of the finest wetlands, the Mesopotamian marshlands, into salt-encrusted desert. This study prepared by the United Nations Environmental Programme...
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Global Environment Outlook 4 (GEO-4)
Environment for Development
Series: Early Warning and Assessment Technical Report
( Print: October 2007
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The fourth report in the Global Environment Outlook series provides a comprehensive, scientifically credible, policy-relevant and up-to-date assessment of, and outlook for, the state of the global...
The fourth report in the Global Environment Outlook series provides a comprehensive, scientifically credible, policy-relevant and up-to-date assessment of, and outlook for, the state of the global...
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Perspectivas del Medio Ambiente Mundial GEO 4
Medio Ambiente para el Desarrollo
Series: Early Warning and Assessment Technical Report
( Print: February 2008
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El Cuarto Informe sobre las Perspectivas del Medio Ambiente Mundial – Medio Ambiente para el Desarrollo (GEO4) coloca el desarrollo sostenible en el centro de la evaluación, especialmente en relación...
El Cuarto Informe sobre las Perspectivas del Medio Ambiente Mundial – Medio Ambiente para el Desarrollo (GEO4) coloca el desarrollo sostenible en el centro de la evaluación, especialmente en relación...
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Programme des Nations Unies pour l'Environnement GEO 4
l'Environnement pour le Développement
Series: Early Warning and Assessment Technical Report
( Print: February 2008
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Le quatrième rapport du Global Environment Outlook (Avenir de l'environnement mondial, GEO-4) met l'accent sur des changements écologiques sans précédent qui comprennent les changements climatiques...
Le quatrième rapport du Global Environment Outlook (Avenir de l'environnement mondial, GEO-4) met l'accent sur des changements écologiques sans précédent qui comprennent les changements climatiques...
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Global Environment Outlook 5 (GEO-5)
Environment for the Future We Want
Series: Early Warning and Assessment Technical Report
( Print: October 2012
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The Global Environment Outlook is a major publication for all those who are interested in environmental issues. It has brought together thousands of scientists and hundreds of collaborating centres...
The Global Environment Outlook is a major publication for all those who are interested in environmental issues. It has brought together thousands of scientists and hundreds of collaborating centres...
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GEO-3 Scenarios 2002-2003
Quantification and Analysis of Environmental Impacts
Series: Early Warning and Assessment Technical Report
( Print: December 2004
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UNEP’s third Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-3) emphasizes that the next 30 years will be as crucial as the past 30 for shaping the future of the environment. It uses four scenarios to explore what...
UNEP’s third Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-3) emphasizes that the next 30 years will be as crucial as the past 30 for shaping the future of the environment. It uses four scenarios to explore what...
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Spreading like Wildfire
Tropical Forest Fires in Latin America and the Caribbean - Prevention, Assessment and Early Warning
Series: Early Warning and Assessment Technical Report
( Print: April 2004
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This document provides an overview of the forest fire situation in Latin America and the Caribbean and the impact that they have had on the region and its population over the past few years. It...
This document provides an overview of the forest fire situation in Latin America and the Caribbean and the impact that they have had on the region and its population over the past few years. It...
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Global Environment Outlook Scenario Framework
Background Paper for UNEP's Third Global Environment Outlook Report (GEO-3)
Series: Early Warning and Assessment Technical Report
( Print: July 2004
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UNEP’s Global Environment Outlook series provides a comprehensive assessment of the state of global environment, a review of policy response and an outlook for the future. The Outlook Chapter of GEO-3...
UNEP’s Global Environment Outlook series provides a comprehensive assessment of the state of global environment, a review of policy response and an outlook for the future. The Outlook Chapter of GEO-3...
Private Financing for Sustainable Development
Series: UNDP Discussion Papers Series
( Print: April 1997
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As official development assistance and finance are reduced, there is a growing emphasis on finding new and additional resources for environmentally sound development. Private investment may be the...
As official development assistance and finance are reduced, there is a growing emphasis on finding new and additional resources for environmentally sound development. Private investment may be the...
Development and Global Finance
The Case for an International Bank for Environmental Settlements
Series: UNDP Discussion Papers Series
( Print: April 1997
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This book offers an innovative way of preventing environmental degradation and sharing its risks and costs. A proposed International Bank for Environmental Settlements would trade leases and emission...
This book offers an innovative way of preventing environmental degradation and sharing its risks and costs. A proposed International Bank for Environmental Settlements would trade leases and emission...
Private Investment and the Environment
Series: UNDP Discussion Papers Series
( Print: April 1997
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As demand outstrips the supply of traditional development aid, the new joint venture between public and private sectors in financing development has become central to the discussion of what...
As demand outstrips the supply of traditional development aid, the new joint venture between public and private sectors in financing development has become central to the discussion of what...
International Financial Liberalization
The Impact on World Development
Series: UNDP Discussion Papers Series
( Print: April 1997
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The experience of 20 years of international financial liberalization is assessed in this study, which argues that the results did not conform to standard expectations. This study provides some...
The experience of 20 years of international financial liberalization is assessed in this study, which argues that the results did not conform to standard expectations. This study provides some...
Debt Management
Series: UNDP Discussion Papers Series
( Print: January 1998
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The debt crisis of the 1980s gave a devastating blow to development in the Third World. The consequences are still felt in a number of countries. This publication presents the lessons learnt...
The debt crisis of the 1980s gave a devastating blow to development in the Third World. The consequences are still felt in a number of countries. This publication presents the lessons learnt...
Valuing Our Future
Cost-Benefit Analysis and Sustainability
Series: UNDP Discussion Papers Series
( Print: January 1998
)
Among development specialists and policy makers alike, the objective of `sustainable development' has been elaborated and accepted since at least the 1987 Brundtland report, Our Common Future. This...
Among development specialists and policy makers alike, the objective of `sustainable development' has been elaborated and accepted since at least the 1987 Brundtland report, Our Common Future. This...
Perspectives on Globalization and Employment
Series: UNDP Discussion Papers Series
( Print: March 2000
)
The United Nations Development Programme Discussion Paper No.4 titled 'Rival States, Rival Firms: Where Do People Fit In? The Global Unemployment Challenge', argued that unemployment world-wide was...
The United Nations Development Programme Discussion Paper No.4 titled 'Rival States, Rival Firms: Where Do People Fit In? The Global Unemployment Challenge', argued that unemployment world-wide was...
Perspectives on International Financial Liberalization, Responses to Discussion Paper No.12
Series: UNDP Discussion Papers Series
( Print: May 1998
)
The current financial crises in Southeast Asia provides the backdrop to this publication which analyses international financial liberalization. Experts from Africa, Asia, Arab states, Europe and North...
The current financial crises in Southeast Asia provides the backdrop to this publication which analyses international financial liberalization. Experts from Africa, Asia, Arab states, Europe and North...