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Beyond Violence
Conflict Resolution Process in Northern Ireland
Series: UNU Policy Perspectives
( Print: November 2002
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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
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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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Green Growth Indicators
A Practical Approach for Asia and the Pacific
Series: Greening of Economic Growth Series
( PDF: April 2016
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The conventional “grow first, clean up later” approaches to economic growth are increasingly placing the futures of regional economies and societies at risk. The forward-thinking policymaker is tasked...
The conventional “grow first, clean up later” approaches to economic growth are increasingly placing the futures of regional economies and societies at risk. The forward-thinking policymaker is tasked...
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Overview of Green Business
Enabling Policies and Private Sector Examples
Series: Greening of Economic Growth Series
( PDF: April 2016
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The conventional “grow first, clean up later” approaches to economic growth are increasingly placing the futures of regional economies and societies at risk. The forward-thinking policymaker is tasked...
The conventional “grow first, clean up later” approaches to economic growth are increasingly placing the futures of regional economies and societies at risk. The forward-thinking policymaker is tasked...
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Innovative Socio-economic Policy for Improving Environmental Performance
Payments for Ecosystem Services
Series: Greening of Economic Growth Series
( PDF: April 2016
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The conventional “grow first, clean up later” approaches to economic growth are increasingly placing the futures of regional economies and societies at risk. The forward-thinking policymaker is tasked...
The conventional “grow first, clean up later” approaches to economic growth are increasingly placing the futures of regional economies and societies at risk. The forward-thinking policymaker is tasked...
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Shifting from Quantity to Quality
Growth with Equality, Efficiency, Sustainability and Dynamism
Series: Greening of Economic Growth Series
( PDF: April 2016
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The conventional “grow first, clean up later” approaches to economic growth are increasingly placing the futures of regional economies and societies at risk. The forward-thinking policymaker is tasked...
The conventional “grow first, clean up later” approaches to economic growth are increasingly placing the futures of regional economies and societies at risk. The forward-thinking policymaker is tasked...
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World Social Report 2020
Inequality in a Rapidly Changing World
Series: World Social Report
( Print: February 2020,
PDF: February 2020
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This report examines the links between inequality and other major global trends (or megatrends), with a focus on technological change, climate change, urbanization and international migration. The...
This report examines the links between inequality and other major global trends (or megatrends), with a focus on technological change, climate change, urbanization and international migration. The...
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World Social Report 2021
Reconsidering Rural Development
Series: World Social Report
( Print: May 2021,
PDF: May 2021
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The World Social Report 2021 points to new directions in which rural development strategies need to be reconsidered. It offers certain strategic principles, programmes of action, and a set of concrete...
The World Social Report 2021 points to new directions in which rural development strategies need to be reconsidered. It offers certain strategic principles, programmes of action, and a set of concrete...
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Inter-linkages
The Kyoto Protocol and the International Trade and Investment Regimes
Series: UNU Policy Perspectives
( Print: June 2001
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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...
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World Social Report 2023
Leaving No One Behind in an Ageing World
Series: World Social Report
( Print: January 2023,
PDF: January 2023
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The report takes a lifecycle approach to the ageing process. The report looks at the situation of older persons while addressing links between population ageing and selected Sustainable Development...
The report takes a lifecycle approach to the ageing process. The report looks at the situation of older persons while addressing links between population ageing and selected Sustainable Development...
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Financing for Development
Proposals from Business and Civil Society
Series: UNU Policy Perspectives
( Print: January 2002
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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...