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Persons with disabilities are often the most marginalized and vulnerable groups in the Asia-Pacific region. This paper assesses quantitatively the importance of living or working environmental...

This document reviews the literature on the relationship between agricultural trade policy reform and poverty, and the results of recent detailed simulation studies applied to economies in the ESCAP...

(Re)democratization in much of Latin America has had to confront a legacy of civil war or political repression, as well as the social dilemmas inherent in the integration of the region into the global...

This is the official records of Financial Report and Audited Financial Statements and Report of the Board of Auditors: United Nations Office for Project Services for the Biennium Ended 31 December...

Official Records of the Financial Report and Audited Financial Statements for the Biennium Ended 31 December 2009 and Report of the Board of Auditors: United Nations Office for Project Services.

The transition of the former socialist countries and East and Central Europe to a pluralistic, democratic system of governance and a modern market economy has involved historically-unparalleled...

In a number of states of East and Southeast Asia, democratization occurred or was consolidated in the early 1990s but irrespective of the level of democratization, economic performance has been a...

Official Records of the Financial Report and Audited Financial Statements for the biennium Ended 31 December 2014 and Report of the Board of Auditors: United Nations Office for Project Services.

Official Records of the Financial Report and Audited Financial Statements for the biennium Ended 31 December 2013 and Report of the Board of Auditors: United Nations Office for Project Services.

Official Records of the Financial Report and Audited Financial Statements for the Biennium Ended 31 December 2011 and Report of the Board of Auditors: United Nations Office for Project Services.

Official Records of the Financial Report and Audited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2012 and Report of the Board of Auditors: United Nations Office for Project Services.

This publication addresses a number of key issues that would determine the success or failure of sustainable democratization in the countries of the Middle East. Drawing on conceptual and country...

Official Records of the Financial Report and Audited Financial Statements for the biennium Ended 31 December 2015 and Report of the Board of Auditors: United Nations Office for Project Services.

This paper examines the impact of workers’ remittances on growth and poverty reduction in developing Asia-Pacific countries using panel data over the period 1993-2003. The results suggests that, while...

Road transport is the most important mode of freight transportation in terms of output in almost all countries in the world, in particular in Asia and the Pacific region. Longer combination vehicles...