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Bulletin of Industrial Statistics for the Arab Countries - Fourth Issue

Series: Bulletin of Industrial Statistics in the Arab Region
( Print: April 2000 )

The data in this Bulletin were derived from national sources and specialized agencies. The Bulletin presents statistics for 19 Arab countries on gross domestic product (GDP), industrial statistics...

The data in this Bulletin were derived from national sources and specialized agencies. The Bulletin presents statistics for 19 Arab countries on gross domestic product (GDP), industrial statistics...


Common Standardized Methodology for the Measurement of Defence Spending

Series: Seminarios y Conferencias
( Print: February 2002 )

This technical study was done in response to a request by the Governments of Argentina and Chile, to propose a common, standardized methodology for the measurement of defence spending. The first...

This technical study was done in response to a request by the Governments of Argentina and Chile, to propose a common, standardized methodology for the measurement of defence spending. The first...


Metodología Estandarizada Común para la Medición de los Gastos de Defensa

Series: Seminarios y Conferencias
( Print: January 2002 )

El estudio técnico incluido en la presente publicación fue realizado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, como respuesta a la solicitud de los gobiernos de Argentina y Chile para...

El estudio técnico incluido en la presente publicación fue realizado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, como respuesta a la solicitud de los gobiernos de Argentina y Chile para...


Memorias del Seminario Internacional de Ecoturismo

Políticas Locales para Oportunidades Globales, Mayo de 2001

Series: Seminarios y Conferencias
( Print: February 2002 )

El ecoturismo es una de las formas de turismo que exhiben mayor crecimiento a escala mundial. En la última década, América Latina y el Caribe presentan un aumento exponencial de la oferta de productos...

El ecoturismo es una de las formas de turismo que exhiben mayor crecimiento a escala mundial. En la última década, América Latina y el Caribe presentan un aumento exponencial de la oferta de productos...


Quinta Conferencia Interparlamentaria de Minería y Energía para América Latina (CIME 2001)

Series: Seminarios y Conferencias
( Print: March 2002 )

Esta Conferencia facilita a las delegaciones asistentes información sistematizada sobre la legislación vigente en los países de América Latina sobre minería, electricidad, petróleo y gas así como...

Esta Conferencia facilita a las delegaciones asistentes información sistematizada sobre la legislación vigente en los países de América Latina sobre minería, electricidad, petróleo y gas así como...


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Hacia la Institucionalización del Enfoque de Género en las Políticas Económico-laborales en América...

Series: Seminarios y Conferencias
( Print: March 2002 )

El documento aborda tanto las exposiciones que se hicieron durante el Seminario como los comentarios a las presentaciones y el debate suscitado. El informe está organizado según la secuencia de...

El documento aborda tanto las exposiciones que se hicieron durante el Seminario como los comentarios a las presentaciones y el debate suscitado. El informe está organizado según la secuencia de...


Restructuring of Peripheral Villages in Northwestern Russia, The

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

The Restructuring of Peripheral Villages in Northwestern Russia explores the socio-economic restructuring in two rural areas to discover the development processes, social changes and everyday...

The Restructuring of Peripheral Villages in Northwestern Russia explores the socio-economic restructuring in two rural areas to discover the development processes, social changes and everyday...


Urban Challenge, The

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

The Urban Challenge reviews the impact of current trends in the field of globalization, liberalization and structural adjustment on the development of human settlements and cities. The publication is...

The Urban Challenge reviews the impact of current trends in the field of globalization, liberalization and structural adjustment on the development of human settlements and cities. The publication is...


Development, Aid and Conflict

Reflections from the Case of Rwanda

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

Development, Aid and Conflict: Reflections from the Case of Rwanda discusses the relationship between the processes that brought about genocide in Rwanda and the 'development enterprise.' The analysis...

Development, Aid and Conflict: Reflections from the Case of Rwanda discusses the relationship between the processes that brought about genocide in Rwanda and the 'development enterprise.' The analysis...


Age of Humanitarian Emergencies, The

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

The Age of Humanitarian Emergencies is a pathbreaking effort as it seeks to define complex humanitarian emergencies, indicate what they are, where they have occurred in recent years and how to...

The Age of Humanitarian Emergencies is a pathbreaking effort as it seeks to define complex humanitarian emergencies, indicate what they are, where they have occurred in recent years and how to...


Welfare Changes in China during the Economic Reforms

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

Welfare Changes in China during the Economic Reforms examines the welfare changes in China during the reform period which began in 1978, a process of large-scale socio-economic transformation...

Welfare Changes in China during the Economic Reforms examines the welfare changes in China during the reform period which began in 1978, a process of large-scale socio-economic transformation...


Banking System and Monetary Aggregates Following Financial Sector Reforms, The

Lessons from Indonesia

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

This study analyses the impact of financial sector reform which occurred in Indonesia in the late 1980s and provoked a surge in capital inflows. It is part of the Research for Action series which...

This study analyses the impact of financial sector reform which occurred in Indonesia in the late 1980s and provoked a surge in capital inflows. It is part of the Research for Action series which...


Dealing with Capital Inflows

Are There Any Lessons?

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

Dealing with Capital Inflows: Are There Any Lessons? reviews the experience of a heterogeneous group of developing countries in maintaining macroeconomic stability in the face of heavy capital inflows...

Dealing with Capital Inflows: Are There Any Lessons? reviews the experience of a heterogeneous group of developing countries in maintaining macroeconomic stability in the face of heavy capital inflows...


Russian Puzzle, A

What Makes the Russian Economic Transformation a Special Case

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

A Russian Puzzle: What Makes the Russian Economic Transformation a Special Case analyses both the objective and policy factors that contributed to the larger than expected decline in the Russian...

A Russian Puzzle: What Makes the Russian Economic Transformation a Special Case analyses both the objective and policy factors that contributed to the larger than expected decline in the Russian...


Tree Plantations in the Philippines and Thailand

Economic, Social and Environmental Evaluation

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

Tree Plantations in the Philippines and Thailand includes a general background, a discussion and outline on economic, social and environmental impacts of tree planting. The publication is part of the...

Tree Plantations in the Philippines and Thailand includes a general background, a discussion and outline on economic, social and environmental impacts of tree planting. The publication is part of the...


Why Humanitarian Emergencies Occur

Insights from the Interface of State, Democracy and Civil Society

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

Why Humanitarian Emergencies Occur explores reasons why emergencies have been so substantial in the 1990s. It uses economic analysis, as well as political analysis, to explain the causes of...

Why Humanitarian Emergencies Occur explores reasons why emergencies have been so substantial in the 1990s. It uses economic analysis, as well as political analysis, to explain the causes of...


Zaire after Mobutu

A Case of a Humanitarian Emergency

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

Zaire after Mobutu: A Case of a Humanitarian Emergency evaluates the sources of vulnerability in Zaire on three levels of analysis. Both state and individual levels of analysis help to point out the...

Zaire after Mobutu: A Case of a Humanitarian Emergency evaluates the sources of vulnerability in Zaire on three levels of analysis. Both state and individual levels of analysis help to point out the...


Polish Alternative, The

Old Myths, Hard Facts and New Strategies in the Successful Transformation of the Polish Economy

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

The Polish Alternative focuses on a discussion on Poland's transition to a market economy and it's policies to sustain economic development. It addresses the fundamental and still intriguing question...

The Polish Alternative focuses on a discussion on Poland's transition to a market economy and it's policies to sustain economic development. It addresses the fundamental and still intriguing question...


Food Marketing Reconsidered

An Assessment of the Liberalization of Food Marketing in Sub-Saharan Africa

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

Food Marketing Reconsidered analyses the impact of liberalization of three markets: food, exchange rate and other financial markets in Sub-Saharan Africa. The publication is part of the Research for...

Food Marketing Reconsidered analyses the impact of liberalization of three markets: food, exchange rate and other financial markets in Sub-Saharan Africa. The publication is part of the Research for...


Liberalization of Foreign Exchange Markets and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, The

Series: UNU/WIDER Research for Action
( Print: November 1998 )

The Liberalization of Foreign Exchange Markets and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa offers an historical rationale for intervention in foreign exchange markets to promote long-term development...

The Liberalization of Foreign Exchange Markets and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa offers an historical rationale for intervention in foreign exchange markets to promote long-term development...