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World Economic and Social Survey 2014/2015
Learning from National Policies Supporting MDG Implementation
Series: World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
( Print: February 2016,
PDF: February 2016
)
The year 2015 was one of global action concerning the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and other challenges. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development along with a set of new Sustainable...
The year 2015 was one of global action concerning the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and other challenges. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development along with a set of new Sustainable...
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World Economic and Social Survey 2012
In Search of New Development Finance
Series: World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
( Print: June 2012,
PDF: June 2012
)
The World Economic and Social Survey (WESS) is a yearly publication that provides objective analysis of pressing long-term social and economic development issues, and discusses the positive and...
The World Economic and Social Survey (WESS) is a yearly publication that provides objective analysis of pressing long-term social and economic development issues, and discusses the positive and...
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World Economic and Social Survey 2013
Sustainable Development Challenges
Series: World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
( Print: July 2013,
PDF: June 2013
)
The 2015 deadline to meet the targets of the Millennium Development Goals is fast approaching. There has been significant progress, but it is uneven. Meanwhile the context within which development...
The 2015 deadline to meet the targets of the Millennium Development Goals is fast approaching. There has been significant progress, but it is uneven. Meanwhile the context within which development...
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World Economic and Social Survey 2016
Climate Change Resilience - An Opportunity for Reducing Inequalities
Series: World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
( Print: October 2016,
PDF: October 2016
)
This edition of the World Economic and Social Survey contributes to the debate on the implementation challenges of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In addressing the specific challenge of...
This edition of the World Economic and Social Survey contributes to the debate on the implementation challenges of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In addressing the specific challenge of...
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World Economic and Social Survey 2017
Reflecting on Seventy Years of Development Policy Analysis
Series: World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
( Print: July 2017,
PDF: July 2017
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The aim of WESS 2017 is to document the intellectual influence of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs through this flagship publication on its 70th Anniversary. First published in 1948, the...
The aim of WESS 2017 is to document the intellectual influence of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs through this flagship publication on its 70th Anniversary. First published in 1948, the...
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World Economic and Social Survey 2018
Frontier Technologies for Sustainable Development
Series: World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
( Print: October 2018,
PDF: October 2018
)
This publication reviews the advances in frontier technologies — including automation, robotics, renewable energy technologies, electric vehicles, biotechnologies and artificial intelligence — and...
This publication reviews the advances in frontier technologies — including automation, robotics, renewable energy technologies, electric vehicles, biotechnologies and artificial intelligence — and...
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World Economic and Social Survey 2010
Retooling Global Development
Series: World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
( Print: June 2010,
PDF: July 2010
)
The Survey points out promising directions for reform, including strengthening government capacities for formulating and implementing national development strategies; doing more to ensure that...
The Survey points out promising directions for reform, including strengthening government capacities for formulating and implementing national development strategies; doing more to ensure that...
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World Economic and Social Survey 2009
Promoting Development, Saving the Planet
Series: World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
( Print: July 2009,
PDF: December 2009
)
The separation in practice of climate change and development agendas has distorted the global debate on the two biggest policy challenges facing the international community. According to the Survey...
The separation in practice of climate change and development agendas has distorted the global debate on the two biggest policy challenges facing the international community. According to the Survey...
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Estudio Económico y Social Mundial, 2009
Promover el Desarrollo, Salvar el Planeta
Series: Estudio Económico y Social Mundial
( Print: May 2011,
PDF: December 2009
)
En el área del cambio climático, la separación entre práctica y planes de desarrollo ha distorsionado el debate mundial sobre los dos mayores retos de la comunidad internacional en materia de política...
En el área del cambio climático, la separación entre práctica y planes de desarrollo ha distorsionado el debate mundial sobre los dos mayores retos de la comunidad internacional en materia de política...
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Étude sur la Situation Économique et Sociale dans le Monde, 2009
Promouvoir le Développement, Protéger la Planète – Aperçu général
Series: Étude sur la Situation Économique et Sociale dans le Monde
( Print: April 2011,
PDF: December 2010
)
Alors que les négociations en vue d'un nouvel accord sur le changement climatique entrent dans leurs phases finales avant la Conférence sur le changement climatique de Copenhague en décembre prochain...
Alors que les négociations en vue d'un nouvel accord sur le changement climatique entrent dans leurs phases finales avant la Conférence sur le changement climatique de Copenhague en décembre prochain...
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World Economic and Social Survey 2011
The Great Green Technological Transformation
Series: World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
( Print: June 2011,
PDF: July 2011
)
This survey explains why the Great Green Technological Transformation will have to be fully realized in developing countries if they are to achieve food security and rural development, minimize the...
This survey explains why the Great Green Technological Transformation will have to be fully realized in developing countries if they are to achieve food security and rural development, minimize the...
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Estudio Económico y Social Mundial, 2007
El Desarrollo en un Mundo que Envejece
Series: Estudio Económico y Social Mundial
( Print: November 2008
)
La presente edición explica la evolución de la población mundial que envejece pero también la contribución de las personas de edad en nuestra sociedad. Luego se describen las repercusiones económicas...
La presente edición explica la evolución de la población mundial que envejece pero también la contribución de las personas de edad en nuestra sociedad. Luego se describen las repercusiones económicas...
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World Economic and Social Survey 2008
Overcoming Economic Insecurity
Series: World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
( Print: June 2008,
PDF: July 2008
)
According to the Survey, economic insecurity arises from the exposure of individuals, communities and countries to adverse events, and from their inability to cope with and recover from the downside...
According to the Survey, economic insecurity arises from the exposure of individuals, communities and countries to adverse events, and from their inability to cope with and recover from the downside...
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Estudio Económico y Social Mundial 2008
Superación de la Inseguridad Económica
Series: Estudio Económico y Social Mundial
( Print: April 2010
)
According to the Survey, economic insecurity arises from the exposure of individuals, communities and countries to adverse events, and from their inability to cope with and recover from the downside...
According to the Survey, economic insecurity arises from the exposure of individuals, communities and countries to adverse events, and from their inability to cope with and recover from the downside...
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Étude sur la Situation Économique et Sociale dans le Monde, 2008
Vaincre L'insécurité Économique
Series: Étude sur la Situation Économique et Sociale dans le Monde
( Print: October 2010
)
Ces risques économiques accrus et les menaces complexes qui en découlent one souvent donne lieu à une réaction qui consiste à dire que les forces qui les expliquent sont autonomes et irrésistible et...
Ces risques économiques accrus et les menaces complexes qui en découlent one souvent donne lieu à une réaction qui consiste à dire que les forces qui les expliquent sont autonomes et irrésistible et...