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Report on the World Social Situation 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...
Report on the World Social Situation 2013
Inequality Matters
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...
The Report on the World Social Situation 2016
Leaving no one Behind: The Imperative of Inclusive Development
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...
The Report on the World Social Situation 2018
Promoting Inclusion through 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...
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...
Welfare Policies in the UNECE Region
Why so Different?
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...
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...
Inventory of Main Standards and Parameters of the E Waterway Network
Blue Book, First Revised Edition
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...
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...
Inventaire des Normes et Paramètres Principaux du Réseau des Voies Navigables E
Livre Bleu Première Edition Révisée
Inventory of Main Standards and Parameters of the E Waterway Network
Blue Book First Revised Edition (Russian language)
Sustaining Growth in a Resource-based Economy
The Main Issues and the Specific Case of Russia
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 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...
Report on the World Social Situation 2003
Social Vulnerability - Sources and Challenges
The Report on the World Social Situation 2003 examines the issue of social vulnerability. It identifies the sources of social vulnerabilities and explores strategies to reduce them within selected...
The Report on the World Social Situation 2003 examines the issue of social vulnerability. It identifies the sources of social vulnerabilities and explores strategies to reduce them within selected...
Accession of Central European Countries to the European Union, The
The Trade and Investment Effects on Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine
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...
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...
Role of Institutions in Economic Development, The
Gunnar Myrdal Lecture
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 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...
Report on the World Social Situation 2010
Rethinking Poverty
The 2010 issue of the Report on the World Social Situation focuses on the challenge of achieving poverty reduction. The Millennium Development Goals seek to halve, by 2015, the level of extreme...
The 2010 issue of the Report on the World Social Situation focuses on the challenge of achieving poverty reduction. The Millennium Development Goals seek to halve, by 2015, the level of extreme...
Process of European Integration and the Future of Europe, The
Gunnar Myrdal Lecture
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...
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...
What's Going On? Series (Set of 10 DVDs)
This groundbreaking 10-part family television series explores critical global issues such as war, environmental degradation, discrimination and poverty through the eyes of a child. The goal is to...
This groundbreaking 10-part family television series explores critical global issues such as war, environmental degradation, discrimination and poverty through the eyes of a child. The goal is to...
What's Going On? AIDS in the Caribbean (DVD)
In “AIDS in the Caribbean”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actor Danny Glover travels to Port of Spain to witness the effects of HIV/AIDS on children and teenagers. He...
In “AIDS in the Caribbean”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actor Danny Glover travels to Port of Spain to witness the effects of HIV/AIDS on children and teenagers. He...
What's Going On? Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone (DVD)
In “Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actor Michael Douglas hosts a sobering look at exploited children in this war-torn country where...
In “Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actor Michael Douglas hosts a sobering look at exploited children in this war-torn country where...
What's Going On? Poverty in America (DVD)
In “Poverty in America”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actor Tim Robbins meets Jessica, who cares for siblings while her dad works long hours for low pay, and J.R., who...
In “Poverty in America”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actor Tim Robbins meets Jessica, who cares for siblings while her dad works long hours for low pay, and J.R., who...
What's Going On? Refugees in Tanzania (DVD)
In “Refugees in Tanzania”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actress Angelina Jolie works with children victimized by long years of civil strife. She introduces the Fataki...
In “Refugees in Tanzania”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actress Angelina Jolie works with children victimized by long years of civil strife. She introduces the Fataki...
What's Going On? Child Labor in Brazil (DVD)
In “Child Labor in Brazil”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actress Susan Sarandon interviews 12-year-old Eleandra, who picks garbage seven days a week, and a boy named...
In “Child Labor in Brazil”, part of this groundbreaking 10-part family television series, actress Susan Sarandon interviews 12-year-old Eleandra, who picks garbage seven days a week, and a boy named...