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Global Public Goods

Taking the Concept Forward

Series: UNDP Discussion Papers Series
( Print: November 2001 )

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...


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Women's Entrepreneurship in Eastern Europe and CIS Countries

Series: Entrepreneurship and SMEs
( Print: April 2003 )

In Europe women become entrepreneurs on average twice less often than men. The UNECE Programme on Women’s Entrepreneurship aims at raising awareness of problems of women entrepreneurs by enhancing...

In Europe women become entrepreneurs on average twice less often than men. The UNECE Programme on Women’s Entrepreneurship aims at raising awareness of problems of women entrepreneurs by enhancing...


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Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Countries in Transition

Series: Entrepreneurship and SMEs
( Print: May 2004 )

This publication provides the main characteristics of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Countries in Transition (CIT) and emerging economies. It gives information on SME definition by...

This publication provides the main characteristics of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Countries in Transition (CIT) and emerging economies. It gives information on SME definition by...


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Access to Financing and ICT for Women Entrepreneurs in the UNECE Region

Challenges and Good Practices

Series: Entrepreneurship and SMEs
( Print: July 2004 )

This report looks at women’s access to financing and ICT within progress and perspectives from selected countries and sub-regions in the area covered by the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE). The...

This report looks at women’s access to financing and ICT within progress and perspectives from selected countries and sub-regions in the area covered by the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE). The...


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Trade and Gender

Opportunities and Challenges for Developing Countries

Series: Entrepreneurship and SMEs
( Print: July 2004, PDF: October 2006 )

This publication is the result of findings undertaking by the task force of the UN Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality. The members of the task force studies the interconnections between...

This publication is the result of findings undertaking by the task force of the UN Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality. The members of the task force studies the interconnections between...


Debt Management

Series: UNDP Discussion Papers Series
( Print: January 1998 )

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...