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This publication presents a recommended list of statistics which countries should consider for compilation and offers information on sources and methods of collection.

This report presents the results and methods of the European Comparison Programme for 1990, which covers twenty-five European countries.

Data editing methods and techniques may significantly influence the quality of statistical data, as well as the cost efficiency of statistical production. This publication presents a detailed...

This publication seeks to give a comprehensive description of the linkages between the actual environmental effects and the physical, social and economic characteristics of agricultural production...

This book argues that the prevailing definitions of development are becoming increasingly inadequate and argues for a new concept of sustainable human development.

This book assesses the performance of structural adjustment programmes, emphasizing sustainable development.

The reader is presented here with an analytical framework for understanding the health effects of macroeconomic change as well as the importance of sound social policies in development.

Discussing unemployment, this book shows how incentives for states and firms in the global economy drive a wedge between economic processes and human goals. A policy agenda for further discussion and...

Various explanations of the 'Asian miracle' are presented and debated in this study which draws on insights presented by Asian economists.

Development specialists, policy-makers and academics give us their views and observations on this particular study and share important information on their own work in this area. The prospects for...

The report proposes a new approach to development cooperation that seeks whenever possible to be based on the mutual interests of people. It explores innovative ways to make the most of North-South...

This report discusses the recent surge in foreign capital inflows in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico; evaluates policy experiences in these countries; and draws conclusions concerning the most...

Based on practical examples from different statistical agencies, this publication offers guidelines on how to design sets of edits, what to do when an edit fails and how to evaluate the editing...

Selected case studies which all statistical offices can use as an aid in planning future population and housing censuses. An important amount of descriptive material is included for all the case...

This report presents the results and methods of the European price and volume comparison programme for 1993, which covers twenty-five European countries.

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...

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...

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...

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...