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World Investment Report 1999

Foreign Direct Investment and the Challenge of Development

Series: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report (WIR)
( Print: October 1999, PDF: December 1999 )

Recognized as the most up-to-date and comprehensive source of information and analysis regarding foreign direct investment (FDI), the World Investment Report 1999, presents a special focus on FDI and...

Recognized as the most up-to-date and comprehensive source of information and analysis regarding foreign direct investment (FDI), the World Investment Report 1999, presents a special focus on FDI and...


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World Investment Report 2001

Promoting Linkages

Series: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report (WIR)
( Print: October 2001, PDF: December 2001 )

The World Investment Report (WIR) is the leading publication on global trends and development relating to foreign direct investment (FDI) and transnational corporations (TNCs). The report analyzes the...

The World Investment Report (WIR) is the leading publication on global trends and development relating to foreign direct investment (FDI) and transnational corporations (TNCs). The report analyzes the...


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World Investment Report 1998

Trends and Determinants

Series: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report (WIR)
( Print: January 1999, PDF: December 1998 )

Prepared by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the World Investment Report 1998 (WIR98) provides an analysis of current trends at the global and regional levels in...

Prepared by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the World Investment Report 1998 (WIR98) provides an analysis of current trends at the global and regional levels in...


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World Investment Report 2002

Transnational Corporations and Export Competitiveness

Series: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report (WIR)
( Print: October 2002, PDF: October 2006 )

This report is recognized worldwide as an authoritative source of information and analysis on foreign direct investment. This year’s Report focuses on the role of transnational corporations (TNCs) in...

This report is recognized worldwide as an authoritative source of information and analysis on foreign direct investment. This year’s Report focuses on the role of transnational corporations (TNCs) in...


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World Investment Report 2003

FDI Policies for Development - National and International Perspectives

Series: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report (WIR)
( Print: September 2003, PDF: October 2006 )

This Report is recognized worldwide as an authoritative source of information and analysis on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). This year’s Report looks in detail at the forces behind the continued...

This Report is recognized worldwide as an authoritative source of information and analysis on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). This year’s Report looks in detail at the forces behind the continued...


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World Investment Report 2004

The Shift towards Services (Set of Book & CD-ROM)

Series: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report (WIR)
( Print: October 2004 )

The World Investment Report is recognized worldwide as an authoritative source of information and analysis on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). It focuses on FDI trends at the regional and country...

The World Investment Report is recognized worldwide as an authoritative source of information and analysis on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). It focuses on FDI trends at the regional and country...


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Investing in Development

A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

We have the opportunity in the coming decade to cut world poverty by half. Billions more people could enjoy the fruits of the global economy. Tens of millions of lives can be saved. The practical...

We have the opportunity in the coming decade to cut world poverty by half. Billions more people could enjoy the fruits of the global economy. Tens of millions of lives can be saved. The practical...


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Halving Hunger

It Can Be Done

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

This Millennium Project Task Force Report examines current world progress towards eliminating hunger, and calls for the implementation of seven recommendations in the areas of: political action...

This Millennium Project Task Force Report examines current world progress towards eliminating hunger, and calls for the implementation of seven recommendations in the areas of: political action...


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Toward Universal Primary Education

Investments, Incentives, and Institutions

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

Better education is fundamental to the prospects for economic and social development and the end of world poverty. This Millennium Project Task Force Report offers a rigorous set of interventions that...

Better education is fundamental to the prospects for economic and social development and the end of world poverty. This Millennium Project Task Force Report offers a rigorous set of interventions that...


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Taking Action

Achieving Gender Equality and Empowering Women

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

There are many practical steps that can be taken to reduce inequalities based on gender, which hinder the potential to reduce poverty and achieve high levels of well-being in societies around the...

There are many practical steps that can be taken to reduce inequalities based on gender, which hinder the potential to reduce poverty and achieve high levels of well-being in societies around the...


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Who's Got the Power? Transforming Health Systems for Women and Children

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

The central thrust of this Millennium Project Task Force Report is that dramatic, meaningful, sustainable progress toward decreasing child and maternal mortality requires an intense focus on improving...

The central thrust of this Millennium Project Task Force Report is that dramatic, meaningful, sustainable progress toward decreasing child and maternal mortality requires an intense focus on improving...


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Combating AIDS in the Developing World

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

HIV/AIDS is a global catastrophe, threatening social and economic stability in the most affected areas, while spreading relentlessly into new regions. Over the past year, 3 million people died of AIDS...

HIV/AIDS is a global catastrophe, threatening social and economic stability in the most affected areas, while spreading relentlessly into new regions. Over the past year, 3 million people died of AIDS...


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Coming to Grips with Malaria in the New Millennium

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

This Millennium Project Task Force Report presents an innovative strategic framework for relieving the burden that malaria imposes on society through the implementation of tried and tested anti...

This Millennium Project Task Force Report presents an innovative strategic framework for relieving the burden that malaria imposes on society through the implementation of tried and tested anti...


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Investing in Strategies to Reverse the Global Incidence of TB

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

Nearly 2 million people die each year from TB. However, real progress has been made over the last decade in implementing DOTS, an effective intervention against TB. This Millennium Project Task Force...

Nearly 2 million people die each year from TB. However, real progress has been made over the last decade in implementing DOTS, an effective intervention against TB. This Millennium Project Task Force...


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Prescription for Healthy Development

Increasing Access to Medicines

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

Access to essential medicines is vital for the health and prosperity of people in developing countries. This Millennium Project Task Force Report presents authoritative and in depth strategies for...

Access to essential medicines is vital for the health and prosperity of people in developing countries. This Millennium Project Task Force Report presents authoritative and in depth strategies for...


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Environment and Human Well-being

A Practical Strategy

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

Achieving human development while overcoming, rather than exacerbating environmental challenges – such as the degradation of land; watersheds and marine fisheries; deforestation; pollution; and...

Achieving human development while overcoming, rather than exacerbating environmental challenges – such as the degradation of land; watersheds and marine fisheries; deforestation; pollution; and...


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Health, Dignity, and Development

What Will It Take?

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

At least 1.1 billion people lack access to safe water and 2.6 billion lack access to basic sanitation, resulting in the deaths of 3900 children per day. This Millennium Project Task Force Report...

At least 1.1 billion people lack access to safe water and 2.6 billion lack access to basic sanitation, resulting in the deaths of 3900 children per day. This Millennium Project Task Force Report...


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Home in the City, A

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

More than 900 million people currently live in urban slums and the number is growing as rapid urbanization continues in the developing world. This Millennium Project Task Force Report urges countries...

More than 900 million people currently live in urban slums and the number is growing as rapid urbanization continues in the developing world. This Millennium Project Task Force Report urges countries...


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Trade for Development

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

The current international trading system is stacked against developing countries, a situation that severely hampers development and ongoing attempts to eradicate poverty. This Millennium Project Task...

The current international trading system is stacked against developing countries, a situation that severely hampers development and ongoing attempts to eradicate poverty. This Millennium Project Task...


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Innovation

Applying Knowledge in Development

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

This Millennium Project Task Force Report makes a powerful case for development policies to focus on key sources of economic growth, particularly the use of scientific and technological knowledge and...

This Millennium Project Task Force Report makes a powerful case for development policies to focus on key sources of economic growth, particularly the use of scientific and technological knowledge and...