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This publication provides the new lens which can be used to tackle obstacles towards enhanced equity and efficiency, development and peace. The papers presented in this book address pivotal aspects of...

This study analyzes the growing institutionalization of savings in industrial countries, particularly in the form of mutual and pension funds, and the implications of this trend for developing...

This book argues that the prevailing definitions of development are becoming increasingly inadequate and argues for a new concept of sustainable human development.

This book assesses the performance of structural adjustment programmes, emphasizing sustainable development.

The reader is presented here with an analytical framework for understanding the health effects of macroeconomic change as well as the importance of sound social policies in development.

Discussing unemployment, this book shows how incentives for states and firms in the global economy drive a wedge between economic processes and human goals. A policy agenda for further discussion and...

Various explanations of the 'Asian miracle' are presented and debated in this study which draws on insights presented by Asian economists.

Development specialists, policy-makers and academics give us their views and observations on this particular study and share important information on their own work in this area. The prospects for...

The report proposes a new approach to development cooperation that seeks whenever possible to be based on the mutual interests of people. It explores innovative ways to make the most of North-South...

This report discusses the recent surge in foreign capital inflows in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico; evaluates policy experiences in these countries; and draws conclusions concerning the most...

As official development assistance and finance are reduced, there is a growing emphasis on finding new and additional resources for environmentally sound development. Private investment may be the...

This book offers an innovative way of preventing environmental degradation and sharing its risks and costs. A proposed International Bank for Environmental Settlements would trade leases and emission...

As demand outstrips the supply of traditional development aid, the new joint venture between public and private sectors in financing development has become central to the discussion of what...

The experience of 20 years of international financial liberalization is assessed in this study, which argues that the results did not conform to standard expectations. This study provides some...

The challenge of working in situations of actual or unresolved conflict is not new, but it has a greater impetus and commands more attention today than in the past. This publication aptly addresses...

The success of disaster mitigation as well as disaster relief operations depends on teamwork and teamwork depends on communication. The areas of coverage in this publication include: the unrestricted...

The world community has come to realise that the clearance of land mines is essential. This publication addresses such areas as: education as an important link in clearance continuum, new technologies...

The number of humanitarian disasters vying for the world's attention has increased steadily in the last decade. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 shared many elements with more recent emergencies...

In the past decades, natural and human systems have grown greatly intertwined and the distinction between 'acts of Man' and 'acts of Nature' has become increasingly blurred. This publication discusses...

The linkage between disasters and development is well recognized, as is our growing ability to counter the threat. This publication offers an understanding of the devastating impacts of disasters and...