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The world survey explores the increasing role of women in the development of society. It examines the effects of the crisis on the advancement of women and the progress of women's participation in...

Ensuring women’s economic empowerment and access to and control over resources requires an integrated approach to growth and development, focused on gender-responsive employment promotion and informed...

Strategic planning for local economic development is a cornerstone of sustainable development. It involves wise resource use, integrating values and thinking ahead. The LED Training Series uses case...

This publication focuses on the ways in which the nexus of time and income poverty shapes or constraints the lives of women. It argues that addressing this double bind is critical to achieving...

A gender perspective is essential to understanding both the causes and consequences of international migration. Female migrants are increasingly part of worker flows, moving on their own to become the...

This four volume set is designed to cover all aspects of sound financial management for local governments in developed and developing countries and economies in transition. Concepts of good governance...

Ensuring women’s economic empowerment and access to and control over resources requires an integrated approach to growth and development, focused on gender-responsive employment promotion and informed...

The Asian continent represents the world’s most populous region with most of the world’s largest cities and it is the global economic powerhouse of the future. Almost two-thirds of the global...

Excreta and wastewater sludge are resources. Finding ways to put them to their best uses is part of developing sustainable human communities. But if not managed properly, excreta and sludge can be...

The world survey explores the increasing role of women in the development of society. It examines the effects of the crisis on the advancement of women and the progress of women's participation in...