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Promoting Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS

Series: Trade and Investment Guides
( Print: October 2000 )

Today, there are over 20 countries classified as transition economies. It is undeniable that a basic and essential challenge for all transition economies is still the attraction of investment and, in...

Today, there are over 20 countries classified as transition economies. It is undeniable that a basic and essential challenge for all transition economies is still the attraction of investment and, in...


Standards and Regulations in International Trade

Series: Trade and Investment Guides
( Print: August 2000 )

This publication summarizes the proceedings of the Round Table on Standards, Norms and Regulations and their Impact on International Trade, focused primarily on central and eastern European countries...

This publication summarizes the proceedings of the Round Table on Standards, Norms and Regulations and their Impact on International Trade, focused primarily on central and eastern European countries...


Polish Experience of Transition, The

Accomplishments and Problems

Series: Trade and Investment Guides
( Print: February 2001 )

This publication discusses the different aspects of transition Poland has experienced during the last decade. The guide looks at encouraging private entrepreneurship; problems of stock exchanges in a...

This publication discusses the different aspects of transition Poland has experienced during the last decade. The guide looks at encouraging private entrepreneurship; problems of stock exchanges in a...


African Statistical Yearbook 1997

Vol.II, Part 4 - East Africa

Series: African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
( Print: February 2000 )

The statistics presented are arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as: population; national accounts; agriculture, forestry and fishing; industry; transport, communications and...

The statistics presented are arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as: population; national accounts; agriculture, forestry and fishing; industry; transport, communications and...


African Statistical Yearbook 1997

Vol.II, Part 5 - Southern Africa

Series: African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
( Print: April 2000 )

This publication which constitutes the fifth part of Volume II covers the eleven countries in Southern Africa. The statistics presented are arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as...

This publication which constitutes the fifth part of Volume II covers the eleven countries in Southern Africa. The statistics presented are arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as...


Trade Finance in Transition Economies

Practical Ways to Support Exports and Imports

Series: Trade and Investment Guides
( Print: August 1999 )

The development of foreign trade in the transition economies depends largely on the availability of competitive exports and convertible currency funds for imports. This publication addresses practical...

The development of foreign trade in the transition economies depends largely on the availability of competitive exports and convertible currency funds for imports. This publication addresses practical...


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African Statistical Yearbook 2000

Vol.I, Part 2 - West Africa

Series: African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
( Print: October 2002 )

This publication which constitutes the second part of Volume I covers the fifteen countries in West Africa. The statistics presented are arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as: population...

This publication which constitutes the second part of Volume I covers the fifteen countries in West Africa. The statistics presented are arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as: population...


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African Statistical Yearbook 2000

Vol.II, Part 3 - Central Africa

Series: African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
( Print: November 2002 )

This publication presents statistics arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as: population, national accounts, agriculture, forestry and fishing, industry, transport, communications and...

This publication presents statistics arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as: population, national accounts, agriculture, forestry and fishing, industry, transport, communications and...


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African Statistical Yearbook 2000

Vol.II, Part 4 - East Africa

Series: African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
( Print: October 2002, PDF: October 2006 )

This publication, which constitutes the fourth part of Volume II, covers the thirteen countries in East Africa. The statistics presented are arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as...

This publication, which constitutes the fourth part of Volume II, covers the thirteen countries in East Africa. The statistics presented are arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as...


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African Statistical Yearbook 2000

Vol.2, Part 5 - Southern Africa

Series: African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
( Print: November 2002 )

This publication presents statistics arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as: population, national accounts, agriculture, forestry and fishing, industry, transport, communications and...

This publication presents statistics arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as: population, national accounts, agriculture, forestry and fishing, industry, transport, communications and...


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Services in Transition Economies

Series: Trade and Investment Guides
( Print: July 2002 )

The rapid development of the services sector in domestic and international trade has been a major feature of the world’s economic development over the last thirty or more years. At the same time...

The rapid development of the services sector in domestic and international trade has been a major feature of the world’s economic development over the last thirty or more years. At the same time...


African Statistical Yearbook 1999

Vol.I, Part 2 - West Africa

Series: African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
( Print: January 2001 )

This publication which constitutes the second part of Volume I covers the fifteen countries in West Africa. The statistics presented are arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as: population...

This publication which constitutes the second part of Volume I covers the fifteen countries in West Africa. The statistics presented are arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as: population...


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African Statistical Yearbook

Vol.II, Part 4 - East Africa

Series: African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
( Print: January 2002 )

This publication which constitutes the fourth part of Volume II covers the thirteen countries in East Africa. The statistics presented are arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as...

This publication which constitutes the fourth part of Volume II covers the thirteen countries in East Africa. The statistics presented are arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as...


African Statistical Yearbook

Vol.II, Part 5 - Southern Africa

Series: African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
( Print: January 2004, PDF: October 2006 )

This publication which constitutes the fifth part of Volume II covers the eleven countries in South Africa. The statistics presented are arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as: population...

This publication which constitutes the fifth part of Volume II covers the eleven countries in South Africa. The statistics presented are arranged on a country basis and cover such areas as: population...


Report on the World Social Situation 2001

Series: Report on the World Social Situation
( Print: November 2001 )

This Report offers new insights into the nature and magnitude of the pressing social problems and the national and international policies required to address them. It examines the core social issues...

This Report offers new insights into the nature and magnitude of the pressing social problems and the national and international policies required to address them. It examines the core social issues...


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Report on the World Social Situation 2013

Inequality Matters

Series: Report on the World Social Situation
( Print: February 2014, PDF: December 2013 )

The 2013 report examines key drivers of inequality that have emerged in the recent past and the impact of rising inequality. It examines trends in social, economic and spatial inequalities and...

The 2013 report examines key drivers of inequality that have emerged in the recent past and the impact of rising inequality. It examines trends in social, economic and spatial inequalities and...


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African Statistical Yearbook 2015

Series: African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
( Print: January 2017, PDF: November 2016 )

The Yearbook series is a result of collaborative efforts by major African regional organizations to set up a joint data collection mechanism of socioeconomic data on African countries, as well as the...

The Yearbook series is a result of collaborative efforts by major African regional organizations to set up a joint data collection mechanism of socioeconomic data on African countries, as well as the...


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The Report on the World Social Situation 2016

Leaving no one Behind: The Imperative of Inclusive Development

Series: Report on the World Social Situation
( Print: November 2016, PDF: November 2016 )

In adopting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, world leaders committed themselves to leaving no one behind in pursuit of the eradication of extreme poverty and protection of the planet...

In adopting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, world leaders committed themselves to leaving no one behind in pursuit of the eradication of extreme poverty and protection of the planet...


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African Statistical Yearbook 2016

Series: African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
( Print: June 2017, PDF: January 2017 )

The African Statistical Yearbook 2016 is the eighth edition jointly produced by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC), and the United Nations Economic Commission for...

The African Statistical Yearbook 2016 is the eighth edition jointly produced by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC), and the United Nations Economic Commission for...


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The Report on the World Social Situation 2018

Promoting Inclusion through Social Protection

Series: Report on the World Social Situation
( Print: October 2018, PDF: September 2018 )

This report discusses the contribution of social protection to social inclusion focusing, in particular, on the extent to which such groups are effectively covered by existing social protection...

This report discusses the contribution of social protection to social inclusion focusing, in particular, on the extent to which such groups are effectively covered by existing social protection...