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Technology and Innovation Report 2015

Fostering Innovation Policies for Industrial Development

Series: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Technology and Innovation Report (TIR)
( Print: January 2016, PDF: December 2015 )

This report focuses on how innovation policies can expressly promote industrial development, and what lessons can be learnt from existing experiences of countries, both developing and developed. It...

This report focuses on how innovation policies can expressly promote industrial development, and what lessons can be learnt from existing experiences of countries, both developing and developed. It...


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Leaving No One Behind

Humanitarian Effectiveness in the Age of the Sustainable Development Goals

Series: OCHA Policy and Studies Series
( Print: December 2015, PDF: June 2016 )

This study explores elements critical to effective humanitarian assistance and protection. It details global trends that shape humanitarian needs, risks and response expectations. It situates the...

This study explores elements critical to effective humanitarian assistance and protection. It details global trends that shape humanitarian needs, risks and response expectations. It situates the...


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Technology and Innovation Report 2018

Harnessing Frontier Technologies for Sustainable Development

Series: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Technology and Innovation Report (TIR)
( Print: December 2018, PDF: September 2018 )

The Technology and Innovation Report 2018 discusses the role of frontier technologies in sustainable development. It outlines the main features and the manifold ways in which they can accelerate...

The Technology and Innovation Report 2018 discusses the role of frontier technologies in sustainable development. It outlines the main features and the manifold ways in which they can accelerate...


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Breaking the Impasse

Reducing Protracted Internal Displacement as a Collective Outcome

Series: OCHA Policy and Studies Series
( Print: September 2017, PDF: August 2017 )

The global number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has reached an all-time high, as an increasing number of IDPs remain displaced for years or even decades. Tens of millions of IDPs are...

The global number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has reached an all-time high, as an increasing number of IDPs remain displaced for years or even decades. Tens of millions of IDPs are...


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Technology and Innovation Report 2021

Catching Technological Waves - Innovation With Equity

Series: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Technology and Innovation Report (TIR)
( Print: April 2021, PDF: April 2021 )

The UNCTAD Technology and Innovation Report 2021 examines the likelihood of frontier technologies widening existing inequalities and creating new ones. It also addresses the national and international...

The UNCTAD Technology and Innovation Report 2021 examines the likelihood of frontier technologies widening existing inequalities and creating new ones. It also addresses the national and international...


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Technology and Innovation Report 2023

Opening Green Windows: Technological Opportunities for a Low-carbon World

Series: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Technology and Innovation Report (TIR)
( Print: March 2023, PDF: March 2023 )

We live in a time of rapid technological change, at the height of the digital transformation and the early stages of the Industry 4.0 revolution. When guided by an inclusive and sustainable compass...

We live in a time of rapid technological change, at the height of the digital transformation and the early stages of the Industry 4.0 revolution. When guided by an inclusive and sustainable compass...


Quaternary Stratigraphy of Asia and the Pacific IGCP 296 (ESCAP Atlas of Stratigraphy XIII)

Series: Mineral Resources Development
( Print: May 1996 )

Contains an overview of the progress made by quaternary specialists, a bibliography of papers on the quaternary of east and southeast Asia and a summary of French literature on the quaternary of...

Contains an overview of the progress made by quaternary specialists, a bibliography of papers on the quaternary of east and southeast Asia and a summary of French literature on the quaternary of...


Quaternary Stratigraphy of Asia and the Pacific IGCP 296 (ESCAP Atlas of Stratigraphy XII)

Series: Mineral Resources Development
( Print: March 1994 )

Contains an overview of the progress made by quaternary specialists, a bibliography of papers on the quaternary of east and southeast Asia and a summary of French literature on the quaternary of...

Contains an overview of the progress made by quaternary specialists, a bibliography of papers on the quaternary of east and southeast Asia and a summary of French literature on the quaternary of...


Stratigraphic Correlation Between Sedimentary Basins of the ESCAP Region (ESCAP Atlas of...

Series: Mineral Resources Development
( Print: January 1985 )

This study will enhance and facilitate our understanding of this important and complicated subject. It will enlighten all on Triassic history and will advance the study of biological and sedimentary...

This study will enhance and facilitate our understanding of this important and complicated subject. It will enlighten all on Triassic history and will advance the study of biological and sedimentary...


Stratigraphic Correlation between Sedimentary Basins of the ESCAP Region (ESCAP Atlas of...

Series: Mineral Resources Development
( Print: January 1986 )

This study will enhance and facilitate our understanding of this important and complicated subject. It will enlighten all on Triassic history and will advance the study of biological and sedimentary...

This study will enhance and facilitate our understanding of this important and complicated subject. It will enlighten all on Triassic history and will advance the study of biological and sedimentary...


Stratigraphic Correlation Between Sedimentary Basins of the ESCAP Region (ESCAP Atlas of...

Series: Mineral Resources Development
( Print: January 1986 )

This study will enhance and facilitate our understanding of this important and complicated subject. It will enlighten all on Triassic history and will advance the study of biological and sedimentary...

This study will enhance and facilitate our understanding of this important and complicated subject. It will enlighten all on Triassic history and will advance the study of biological and sedimentary...


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Technology and Innovation Report 2010

Enhancing Food Security in Africa through Science, Technology and Innovation

Series: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Technology and Innovation Report (TIR)
( Print: June 2010, PDF: August 2010 )

The 2010 Technology and Innovation Report - Enhancing Food Security in Africa Through Science, Technology and Innovation - focuses on the challenges of improving agricultural performance in Africa and...

The 2010 Technology and Innovation Report - Enhancing Food Security in Africa Through Science, Technology and Innovation - focuses on the challenges of improving agricultural performance in Africa and...


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Technology and Innovation Report 2011

Powering Development with Renewable Energy Technologies

Series: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Technology and Innovation Report (TIR)
( Print: January 2013, PDF: February 2012 )

This report argues that responding to the dual challenge of reducing energy poverty and mitigating climate change requires a new energy paradigm. Such a paradigm would have renewable energy...

This report argues that responding to the dual challenge of reducing energy poverty and mitigating climate change requires a new energy paradigm. Such a paradigm would have renewable energy...


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Technology and Innovation Report 2012

Innovation, Technology and South-South Collaboration

Series: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Technology and Innovation Report (TIR)
( Print: December 2012, PDF: December 2012 )

This Technology and Innovation Report argues that with the growing importance of developing countries globally, the time is ripe to move beyond analyzing current trends in South-South trade and...

This Technology and Innovation Report argues that with the growing importance of developing countries globally, the time is ripe to move beyond analyzing current trends in South-South trade and...


Quaternary Stratigraphy of Asia and the Pacific IGCP 296

China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Republic of Korea, Australia and New Zealand

Series: Mineral Resources Development
( Print: January 1992 )

Contains an overview of the progress made by quaternary specialists, a bibliography of papers on the quaternary of east and southeast Asia and a summary of French literature on the quaternary of...

Contains an overview of the progress made by quaternary specialists, a bibliography of papers on the quaternary of east and southeast Asia and a summary of French literature on the quaternary of...


Quaternary Stratigraphy of Asia and the Pacific IGCP 296 (1990) China, Hong Kong, Lao PDR, Malaysia...

Series: Mineral Resources Development
( Print: January 1992 )

Contains an overview of the progress made by quaternary specialists, a bibliography of papers on the quaternary of east and southeast Asia and a summary of French literature on the quaternary of...

Contains an overview of the progress made by quaternary specialists, a bibliography of papers on the quaternary of east and southeast Asia and a summary of French literature on the quaternary of...


Stratigraphic Correlation Between Sedimentary Basins of the ESCAP Region (ESCAP Atlas of...

Afghanistan and Australia)

Series: Mineral Resources Development
( Print: October 1990 )

This study will enhance and facilitate our understanding of this important and complicated subject. It will enlighten all on Triassic history and will advance the study of biological and sedimentary...

This study will enhance and facilitate our understanding of this important and complicated subject. It will enlighten all on Triassic history and will advance the study of biological and sedimentary...


Stratigraphic Correlation between Sedimentary Basins of the ESCAP Region (ESCAP Atlas of...

Series: Mineral Resources Development
( Print: April 1991 )

This study will enhance and facilitate our understanding of this important and complicated subject. It will enlighten all on Triassic history and will advance the study of biological and sedimentary...

This study will enhance and facilitate our understanding of this important and complicated subject. It will enlighten all on Triassic history and will advance the study of biological and sedimentary...