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International Financial Reform

The Broad Agenda

Series: Temas de Coyuntura
( Print: November 1999 )

This publication argues that the agenda for international financial reform must be broadened in at least two senses. First of all, it should go beyond the issues of financial prevention and resolution...

This publication argues that the agenda for international financial reform must be broadened in at least two senses. First of all, it should go beyond the issues of financial prevention and resolution...


Algunas Características de la Economía Brasileña desde la Adopción del Plan Real

Series: Temas de Coyuntura
( Print: December 1999 )

En el presente documento se examinan los principales resultados del plan de estabilización aplicado en Brasil, desde su adopción hace cinco años, en julio de 1994. Luego de analizar el desempeño de la...

En el presente documento se examinan los principales resultados del plan de estabilización aplicado en Brasil, desde su adopción hace cinco años, en julio de 1994. Luego de analizar el desempeño de la...


Petites Economies d'Amerique Latine at des Caraïbes

Croissance, Overture Commerciale et Relations Inter-regionales

Series: Temas de Coyuntura
( Print: March 2002 )

Analyse des principales caractéristiques des petites économies d'Amérique Latine et des Caraïbes, ainsi que de leurs implications sur leur croissance et leurs options de politique économique. L...

Analyse des principales caractéristiques des petites économies d'Amérique Latine et des Caraïbes, ainsi que de leurs implications sur leur croissance et leurs options de politique économique. L...


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Progress of the World's Women 2015-2016

Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights

Series: Progress of the World’s Women
( Print: July 2015, PDF: December 2015 )

This UN Women’s flagship report shows that, all too often, women’s economic and social rights are held back, because they are forced to fit into a ‘man’s world’. But, it is possible to move beyond the...

This UN Women’s flagship report shows that, all too often, women’s economic and social rights are held back, because they are forced to fit into a ‘man’s world’. But, it is possible to move beyond the...


Finding Solutions to the Debt Problems of Developing Countries

Series: Temas de Coyuntura
( Print: October 1999 )

Foreign debt has been the focus of much attention and contention over the years. The debt 'hangover' of many developing countries and particularly of the heavily indebted poor countries has not been...

Foreign debt has been the focus of much attention and contention over the years. The debt 'hangover' of many developing countries and particularly of the heavily indebted poor countries has not been...


Reforming the International Financial Architecture

Consensus and Divergence

Series: Temas de Coyuntura
( Print: October 1999 )

This publication reviews the current controversy on the reform of the international financial architecture. It discusses essential propositions for a relevant reform, areas of growing consensus and...

This publication reviews the current controversy on the reform of the international financial architecture. It discusses essential propositions for a relevant reform, areas of growing consensus and...


América Latina en la Agenda de Transformaciones Estructurales de la Unión Europea

Series: Temas de Coyuntura
( Print: October 1999 )

Este documento examina la posición de los países latinoamericanos en el comercio de bienes y servicios y en la inversión extranjera directa de la Unión Europea (UE). También describe, en forma...

Este documento examina la posición de los países latinoamericanos en el comercio de bienes y servicios y en la inversión extranjera directa de la Unión Europea (UE). También describe, en forma...


Economía Brasileña ante el Plan Real y su Crisis, La

Series: Temas de Coyuntura
( Print: October 1999 )

El Plan Real, identificado en ocasiones sólo como un plan de estabilización, fue diseñando como un programa de cambios profundos de la economía y la sociedad brasileñas. En este trabajo se describe la...

El Plan Real, identificado en ocasiones sólo como un plan de estabilización, fue diseñando como un programa de cambios profundos de la economía y la sociedad brasileñas. En este trabajo se describe la...


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Disability at a Glance 2015

Strengthening Employment Prospects for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific

Series: Disability at a Glance
( Print: February 2016, PDF: March 2016 )

This publication focuses on barriers to the employment of persons with disabilities in the Asia-Pacific region and offers solutions to strengthen their employment prospects. It offers a regional...

This publication focuses on barriers to the employment of persons with disabilities in the Asia-Pacific region and offers solutions to strengthen their employment prospects. It offers a regional...


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Disability at a Glance 2006

A Profile of 28 Countries and Areas in Asia and the Pacific

Series: Disability at a Glance
( Print: January 2007, PDF: October 2006 )

The Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons started with the premise of promoting a paradigm shift from a welfare-based to a rights-based approach towards disability. The current publication aims...

The Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons started with the premise of promoting a paradigm shift from a welfare-based to a rights-based approach towards disability. The current publication aims...


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Progress of the World's Women 2005

Women, Work and Poverty

Series: Progress of the World’s Women
( Print: October 2005 )

2005 marks the fifth anniversary of the UN Millennium Declaration, adopted in 2000 and the tenth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995. In the decade since Beijing, the number of...

2005 marks the fifth anniversary of the UN Millennium Declaration, adopted in 2000 and the tenth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995. In the decade since Beijing, the number of...


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Disability at a Glance 2023

Disability at a Glance 2023

Catalysts of Change: Disability Inclusion in Business in Asia and the Pacific

Series: Disability at a Glance
( Print: January 2024, PDF: December 2023 )

The private sector has a pivotal role to play in accelerating disability-inclusive sustainable development. Mainstreaming disability inclusion into every aspect of business presents opportunities for...

The private sector has a pivotal role to play in accelerating disability-inclusive sustainable development. Mainstreaming disability inclusion into every aspect of business presents opportunities for...


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Disability at a Glance 2021

The Shaping of Disability-inclusive Employment in Asia and the Pacific

Series: Disability at a Glance
( Print: January 2022, PDF: January 2022 )

Disability-inclusive employment has yet to be achieved in the Asia-Pacific region, home to 472 million working-age persons with disabilities. Employment data concerning persons with disabilities are...

Disability-inclusive employment has yet to be achieved in the Asia-Pacific region, home to 472 million working-age persons with disabilities. Employment data concerning persons with disabilities are...


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Progress of the World's Women 2019-2020

Families in a Changing World

Series: Progress of the World’s Women
( Print: August 2019, PDF: June 2019 )

This report provides an extensive assessment of the reality of families today. It brings together global, regional and national data, and in-depth analysis about core issues of concern, including...

This report provides an extensive assessment of the reality of families today. It brings together global, regional and national data, and in-depth analysis about core issues of concern, including...


Hacia un Sistema Financiero Internacional Estable y Predecible y su Vinculación con el Desarrollo...

Series: Temas de Coyuntura
( Print: June 2000 )

Los días 5 y 6 de septiembre de 1999 tuvo lugar la Reunión Regional de Alto Nivel 'Hacia un sistema financiero internacional estable y predecible y su vinculación con el desarrollo social'. Esta...

Los días 5 y 6 de septiembre de 1999 tuvo lugar la Reunión Regional de Alto Nivel 'Hacia un sistema financiero internacional estable y predecible y su vinculación con el desarrollo social'. Esta...


Supervisión Bancaria en América Latina en los Noventa, La

Series: Temas de Coyuntura
( Print: December 2000 )

Durante los años noventa el proceso de transformación de los sistemas financieros ha sido profundo. Sin embargo, las reformas adoptadas no siempre estuvieron acompañadas de un fortalecimiento de la...

Durante los años noventa el proceso de transformación de los sistemas financieros ha sido profundo. Sin embargo, las reformas adoptadas no siempre estuvieron acompañadas de un fortalecimiento de la...


Bond Markets for Latin American Debt in the 1990s

Series: Temas de Coyuntura
( Print: February 2001 )

This publication investigates the role of bonds as a source of external finance in Latin America in the 1990s. It also examines why financial volatility and contagion were particularly relevant to...

This publication investigates the role of bonds as a source of external finance in Latin America in the 1990s. It also examines why financial volatility and contagion were particularly relevant to...


Fortaleciendo la Institucionalidad Financiera en Latinoamérica

Series: Temas de Coyuntura
( Print: February 2001 )

Las fuertes crisis financieras internacionales que han sacudido a las economías latinoamericanas en las últimas dos décadas sugieren que el sistema financiero internacional adolece de serios defectos...

Las fuertes crisis financieras internacionales que han sacudido a las economías latinoamericanas en las últimas dos décadas sugieren que el sistema financiero internacional adolece de serios defectos...


Developing Countries Anti-cyclical Policies in a Globalized World

Series: Temas de Coyuntura
( Print: February 2001 )

The volatility and contagion characteristic of international financial markets has dominated emerging economies during the 1990s. This paper looks at the role of developing countries' domestic...

The volatility and contagion characteristic of international financial markets has dominated emerging economies during the 1990s. This paper looks at the role of developing countries' domestic...