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Beyond Violence

Conflict Resolution Process in Northern Ireland

Series: UNU Policy Perspectives
( Print: November 2002 )

After almost thirty years of bloody conflict, the opposing parties in Northern Ireland eventually signed an agreement about how to share power, thus bringing to an end the conflict that had claimed...

After almost thirty years of bloody conflict, the opposing parties in Northern Ireland eventually signed an agreement about how to share power, thus bringing to an end the conflict that had claimed...


Global Financial Turmoil and Reform

A United Nations Perspective

Series: UNU Policy Perspectives
( Print: July 1999 )

As Asia's financial and economic crisis which started in 1997, deepened and spread around the world, United Nations economists on five continents shared notes to understand the upheaval and suggest...

As Asia's financial and economic crisis which started in 1997, deepened and spread around the world, United Nations economists on five continents shared notes to understand the upheaval and suggest...


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Unpacking Deprivation Bundles to Reduce Multidimensional Poverty

Unpacking Deprivation Bundles to Reduce Multidimensional Poverty

Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2022

Series: Human Development Perspectives
( PDF: October 2022 )

The 2022 MPI Report finds that reducing poverty at scale is possible and unveils new 'poverty profiles' that can offer a breakthrough in development efforts to tackle the interlinked aspects of...

The 2022 MPI Report finds that reducing poverty at scale is possible and unveils new 'poverty profiles' that can offer a breakthrough in development efforts to tackle the interlinked aspects of...


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Inter-linkages

The Kyoto Protocol and the International Trade and Investment Regimes

Series: UNU Policy Perspectives
( Print: June 2001 )

In 1997, delegates to the third session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) agreed by consensus to adopt the Kyoto Protocol under which...

In 1997, delegates to the third session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) agreed by consensus to adopt the Kyoto Protocol under which...


Characterisation and Assessment of Groundwater Quality Concerns in Asia-Pacific Region

Series: Environment Information and Assessment Report
( Print: December 1996 )

The purpose of this special report is both to inform and advise. It assesses the current and likely future groundwater quality problems, both natural and anthropogenic, in the region and identifies...

The purpose of this special report is both to inform and advise. It assesses the current and likely future groundwater quality problems, both natural and anthropogenic, in the region and identifies...


Air Quality Management and Assessment Capabilities in 20 Major Cities

Series: Environment Information and Assessment Report
( Print: April 1997 )

Urban air quality is increasingly being recognized as a major public health and environmental issue in both developed and developing nations. This review provides policy-relevant information and...

Urban air quality is increasingly being recognized as a major public health and environmental issue in both developed and developing nations. This review provides policy-relevant information and...


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Financing for Development

Proposals from Business and Civil Society

Series: UNU Policy Perspectives
( Print: January 2002 )

In Financing for Development, twenty-one authors, including business executives and civil-society activists from developing and developed countries, address the question of how to boost the financing...

In Financing for Development, twenty-one authors, including business executives and civil-society activists from developing and developed countries, address the question of how to boost the financing...