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Selected Bibliography of Published Market Reports covers various sectors, products and services of possible interest to developing countries and economies in transition of markets in Africa, Asia...

This is a directory of databases accessible online or through other electronic media, giving product, market, trade and economic information. Each entry gives host, type and category of information...

This directory contains contact information for the following: ministries, trade promotion organizations, import promotion offices, operational trade points, trade associations, chambers of commerce...

This paper discusses why the UNECE countries have chosen rather different models of welfare state and, more generally, alternative policies to fight poverty. In particular, the paper focuses upon why...

The objective of the “Blue book” is to establish an inventory of existing and envisaged standards and parameters of E waterways and ports in Europe and to show, on an internationally comparable basis...

This Paper argues that the challenges posed by resource dependence can be overcome if accompanied by the right economic policies. It then analyzes what these policies are, and how to set up economic...

This thesaurus is intended to be used for trade information services in developing countries for bibliographical description and indexing of information materials and sources in both printed and...

The continued growth of the European Union (EU) will have important economic consequences both for the EU member states and for their trading partners, especially those at the new borders of the...

This paper discusses the role of institutions in economic development. The author puts forward an argument that the considerable gap in real income per capita between richer and poorer countries...

This Directory includes government ministries, trade promotion organizations, import promotion offices, chambers of commerce in principal business centres and/or federations of chambers of commerce...

The Mydral Lecture, delivered by Nobel laureate Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on 11 February 2004 is presented in this paper. In his lecture, Prof. Stiglitz offers...

This paper addresses some aspects of the mobilization of domestic financial resources for development in the ECE emerging market economies, focusing in the interrelation between national savings...

Once a year, on the occasion of the Annual Session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the ECE invites a distinguished economist to deliver the Myrdal Lecture on a major...

This directory contains contact information for the following: ministries, trade promotion organizations, import promotion offices, operational trade points, trade associations, chambers of commerce...

The present Directory includes ministries, trade promotion organizations, import promotion offices, chambers of commerce and industry, federations of chambers of commerce and industry, trade...

Aimed at enterprise managers in developing counties, this guide discusses how to make use of commercial possibilities of the Internet. It reviews fundamental technical concepts and aspects of the...

This trilingual directory (English, French and Spanish) lists associations by country with product groups of interest, classified according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC...

This directory lists enterprises by country, with full address information (as available), type of activity and products handled. It also lists enterprises by product group and in alphabetical order.