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Impact of Living or Working Environments on Persons with Disabilities
Series: UNESCAP Working Papers
( Print: December 2007,
PDF: April 2007
)
Persons with disabilities are often the most marginalized and vulnerable groups in the Asia-Pacific region. This paper assesses quantitatively the importance of living or working environmental...
Persons with disabilities are often the most marginalized and vulnerable groups in the Asia-Pacific region. This paper assesses quantitatively the importance of living or working environmental...
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Agricultural Trade Reform and Poverty in the Asia-Pacific
A Survey and Some New Results
Series: UNESCAP Working Papers
( Print: January 2009,
PDF: March 2013
)
This document reviews the literature on the relationship between agricultural trade policy reform and poverty, and the results of recent detailed simulation studies applied to economies in the ESCAP...
This document reviews the literature on the relationship between agricultural trade policy reform and poverty, and the results of recent detailed simulation studies applied to economies in the ESCAP...
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Workers' Remittances, Economic Growth and Poverty in Developing Asia and the Pacific Countries
Series: UNESCAP Working Papers
( Print: December 2007,
PDF: April 2007
)
This paper examines the impact of workers’ remittances on growth and poverty reduction in developing Asia-Pacific countries using panel data over the period 1993-2003. The results suggests that, while...
This paper examines the impact of workers’ remittances on growth and poverty reduction in developing Asia-Pacific countries using panel data over the period 1993-2003. The results suggests that, while...
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Longer Combination Vehicles (LCV) for Asia and the Pacific Region
Some Economic Implications
Series: UNESCAP Working Papers
( Print: December 2007,
PDF: April 2007
)
Road transport is the most important mode of freight transportation in terms of output in almost all countries in the world, in particular in Asia and the Pacific region. Longer combination vehicles...
Road transport is the most important mode of freight transportation in terms of output in almost all countries in the world, in particular in Asia and the Pacific region. Longer combination vehicles...
Providing Food Security for All
Series: IFAD Studies in Rural Poverty
( Print: September 1991
)
This study by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) examines global food security focused at the household level. Filled with dozens of charts and tables including a food security...
This study by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) examines global food security focused at the household level. Filled with dozens of charts and tables including a food security...
Empresas Transnacionales y la Divulgación de la Información sobre los Riesgos de la Industria
Series: Serie del Medio Ambiente
( Print: August 1992
)
En este informe se examinan los sistemas de reglamentación para la divulgación de información ambiental y los riesgos para la salud en los países industrializados; también se formulan propuestas...
En este informe se examinan los sistemas de reglamentación para la divulgación de información ambiental y los riesgos para la salud en los países industrializados; también se formulan propuestas...
Ghana Under Structural Adjustment
the Impact on Agriculture and the Rural Poor
Series: IFAD Studies in Rural Poverty
( Print: April 1992
)
Agriculture is the mainstay of the Ghanaian economy, providing food for its population and accounting for a large part of the nation's foreign exchange earnings. This study looks at rural poverty and...
Agriculture is the mainstay of the Ghanaian economy, providing food for its population and accounting for a large part of the nation's foreign exchange earnings. This study looks at rural poverty and...