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Profiting from Green Consumerism in Germany, Opportunities for Developing Countries in Three Sectors
Leather and Footwear, Textiles and Clothing, and Furniture
Series: Analytical Studies on Trade, Environment and Development
( Print: October 1999
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Green consumerism has been on the rise in Germany and is increasingly bearing upon markets of key export interest to developing countries. This publication reviews the consequences of this phenomenon...
Green consumerism has been on the rise in Germany and is increasingly bearing upon markets of key export interest to developing countries. This publication reviews the consequences of this phenomenon...
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Progress of the World's Women 2015-2016
Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights
Series: Progress of the World’s Women
( Print: July 2015,
PDF: December 2015
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This UN Women’s flagship report shows that, all too often, women’s economic and social rights are held back, because they are forced to fit into a ‘man’s world’. But, it is possible to move beyond the...
This UN Women’s flagship report shows that, all too often, women’s economic and social rights are held back, because they are forced to fit into a ‘man’s world’. But, it is possible to move beyond the...
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Economic Aspects of Development of Agricultural Alternatives to Tobacco Production and Export...
Series: Analytical Studies on Trade, Environment and Development
( Print: September 2002
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This report assesses a number of potential agricultural alternatives to production and export marketing of tobacco from Malawi. It provides analysis and findings on current profitability of...
This report assesses a number of potential agricultural alternatives to production and export marketing of tobacco from Malawi. It provides analysis and findings on current profitability of...
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Progress of the World's Women 2005
Women, Work and Poverty
Series: Progress of the World’s Women
( Print: October 2005
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2005 marks the fifth anniversary of the UN Millennium Declaration, adopted in 2000 and the tenth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995. In the decade since Beijing, the number of...
2005 marks the fifth anniversary of the UN Millennium Declaration, adopted in 2000 and the tenth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995. In the decade since Beijing, the number of...
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Progress of the World's Women 2019-2020
Families in a Changing World
Series: Progress of the World’s Women
( Print: August 2019,
PDF: June 2019
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This report provides an extensive assessment of the reality of families today. It brings together global, regional and national data, and in-depth analysis about core issues of concern, including...
This report provides an extensive assessment of the reality of families today. It brings together global, regional and national data, and in-depth analysis about core issues of concern, including...
Rubber and the Environment
Proceedings of the Joint Workshop of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the...
Series: Analytical Studies on Trade, Environment and Development
( Print: August 2000
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This publication reviews two specific aspects of the cycle of rubber products. The first one, is the use of international instruments for making scrap tyre management as environmentally sound as...
This publication reviews two specific aspects of the cycle of rubber products. The first one, is the use of international instruments for making scrap tyre management as environmentally sound as...
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Progress of the World's Women 2011-2012
In Pursuit of Justice
Series: Progress of the World’s Women
( Print: July 2011,
PDF: August 2011
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The past century has seen a transformation in women's legal rights, with countries in every region expanding the scope of women's legal entitlements. Nevertheless for many of the world's women the...
The past century has seen a transformation in women's legal rights, with countries in every region expanding the scope of women's legal entitlements. Nevertheless for many of the world's women the...
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Progress of the World's Women 2008-2009
Who Answers to Women? Gender and Accountability
Series: Progress of the World’s Women
( Print: October 2008,
PDF: June 2009
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This volume of Progress of the World’s Women asks the question “Who answers to women?” at a pivotal moment. It demonstrates that the Millennium Development Goals and other international commitments to...
This volume of Progress of the World’s Women asks the question “Who answers to women?” at a pivotal moment. It demonstrates that the Millennium Development Goals and other international commitments to...
Manual on Technology Transfer Negotiations
Series: General Studies
( Print: October 1996
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Technology transfer is a key element in achieving international competitiveness. This Manual addresses the needs of the decision-maker in search of technology, its evaluation, selection and...
Technology transfer is a key element in achieving international competitiveness. This Manual addresses the needs of the decision-maker in search of technology, its evaluation, selection and...
Design and Manufacture of Bamboo and Rattan Furniture
Series: General Studies
( Print: December 1996
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This manual will increase the awareness of the results that can be achieved when rattan furniture factories are established according to rational industrial procedures. It will be of great use to...
This manual will increase the awareness of the results that can be achieved when rattan furniture factories are established according to rational industrial procedures. It will be of great use to...
Using Statistics for Process Control and Improvement
An Introduction to Basic Concepts and Techniques
Series: General Studies
( Print: April 1997
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A firm's prosperity, as well as a whole industrial sector's ability to compete in the international market, will depend on, among other elements, the adoption of techniques for continuous improvement...
A firm's prosperity, as well as a whole industrial sector's ability to compete in the international market, will depend on, among other elements, the adoption of techniques for continuous improvement...