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ASIA PACIF DEV JRNL V18 #2 12/2011

Asia-Pacific Development Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2, December 2011

Series:
Asia-Pacific Development Journal
12 Jun 2012
The Asia-Pacific Development Journal is published twice a year by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Its primary objective is to provide a medium for the exchange of knowledge,experience, ideas, information and data on all aspects of economic and social development in th...
ASIA PACIFIC REG MDG RPT 2011/12

Asia-Pacific Regional MDG Report 2011/12

Accelerating Equitable Achievement of the MDGs - Closing Gaps in Health and Nutrition Outcomes

Series:
Asia-Pacific MDG Study Series
19 Sep 2012
Chapter 1, Taking stock of updated MDG status and trends, present the MDG progress in the Asia-Pacific region using the “traffic lights” method demonstrating the slow progress, off-track, on-track and early achiever MDG targets, highlighting the progress and challenges among countries in the regi...
ASIA PACIF POP JRNL V25 #2 2010

Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol.25, No.2, December 2010

Series:
Asia-Pacific Population Journal
26 Oct 2011
Issued three times a year, the Asia-Pacific Population Journal is an invaluable resource containing opinions and analysis by experts on important issues related to population. It provides a medium for the international exchange of knowledge, experience, ideas, technical information and data on al...
ASIA PACIF TRADE & INV RPT 2011

Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2011

Post-crisis Trade and Investment Opportunities

Series:
Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report
9 Feb 2012
This report identifies the challenges and opportunities for trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region concluding that with the right policies and strengthened regional cooperation, the region will be able to continue strong trade- and investment-led growth. With the continued stalling of th...
ASIA PACIF DEV JRNL V18 #1 06/2011

Asia-Pacific Development Journal Vol. 18 No.1, June 2011

Series:
Asia-Pacific Development Journal
14 May 2012
The Asia-Pacific Development Journal (APDJ) is published by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. The primary objective is to provide a platform for the exchange of knowledge, experience, ideas, information and data on all aspects of economic and social devel...
CROSS BORDER GOVERNANCE IN ASIA

Cross-Border Governance in Asia

Regional Issues and Mechanisms

17 Mar 2011
Rapid globalization has led to increased flows of capital, services, ideas, information and people between countries. Problems that face one nation often have a rippling impact throughout the region and globally. This growing list of cross-border challenges cannot be resolved by isolated policy a...
PROMISE PROTECTION SOCIAL PROT

The Promise of Protection

Social Protection and Development in Asia and the Pacific

15 Sep 2011
A contribution to the policy discourse on the direction and impact of social protection in Asia and the Pacific, this report presents the political and economic case for social protection and the need to bring social protection into the mainstream of development policy formulation. While many cou...
ECON SOC SURVEY ASIA PAC 2011

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2011

Sustaining Dynamism and Inclusive Development - Connectivity in the Region and Productive Capacity in Least Developed Countries

Series:
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
15 Sep 2011
The oldest and most comprehensive annual review of economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific outlines policies to sustain dynamic growth and make it inclusive, such as boosting internal demand, enhancing connectivity to create a seamless and region-wide market, and building producti...
TRADE LED GROWTH SOUND STRAT ASIA

Trade-led Growth

A Sound Strategy for Asia

19 Sep 2012
The global economic crisis triggered changes in real economies and trade in all countries, including those in Asia, which adopted the so-called export-led growth model. With these drastic changes in trade flows, and the need to counteract potential adverse effects, the old debate on the advantage...
FIGHTING IRRELEVANCE

Fighting Irrelevance

The Role of Regional Trade Agreements in International Production Networks in Asia

19 Dec 2011
The linkages between existing regional trade agreements and international production networks in Asia/Pacific are explored in this book. New evidence is provided from selected sectors of certain Asian economies on the linkages between international production networks and regional trade agreement...
ASIA PACIF DEV JRNL V17 #2 12/2010

Asia-Pacific Development Journal Vol.17 No.2, December 2010

Series:
Asia-Pacific Development Journal
15 Sep 2011
The Asia-Pacific Development Journal is published twice a year by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Its primary objective is to provide a medium for the exchange of knowledge,experience, ideas, information and data on all aspects of economic and social development in th...
REVIEW INFO TECHN COMM DEV #14 (A)

Review of Information Technology and Communications for Development in Western Asia, Issue 14 (Arabic language)

Series:
Review of Information Technology and Communications for Development in Western Asia (Arabic)
21 Sep 2011
This issue of the Review of Information and Communications Technology for Development in Western Asia addresses the reality and prospects of the Free and Open Source Software in the Arab region, with a focus on its impact on development, which is manifested in giving opportunities to build local ...
PRIVATE PUBLIC ALLIANCE EXPERT DEV

Private-Public Alliances for Export Development

The Korean Case

Series:
Comercio Internacional
13 Dec 2010
The present report explains the development path of Korea, from a country which started its development with a lack of natural resources, industrial facilities, sufficient foreign reserves and business experiences and with human resources as its only productive factor at the disposal, to its succ...
ENVIRO PERF REV AZERBAIJAN 2ND

Environmental Performance Reviews

Azerbaijan - Second Review

Series:
ECE Environmental Performance Reviews Series
5 May 2011
This second environmental performance review covers the nine issues of importance to Azerbaijan related to policymaking, planning and implementation, the financing of environmental policies and projects, and the integration of environmental concerns into economic sectors, in particular the sustai...
PATHS TO 2015 MDG PRIORITIES ASIA

Paths to 2015 MDG Priorities in Asia and the Pacific

15 Sep 2011
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are to be achieved by 2015. World leaders gathered again at the United Nations High-level Plenary Meeting on the MDGs in September 2010 in New York to assess some of the likely outcomes on present trends, identify some of the weakest areas of performance, a...
REVIEW MARITIME TRANS 2010 (R)

Review of Maritime Transport 2010 (Russian language)

Series:
Review of Maritime Transport (Russian)
21 Sep 2011
More than 80 per cent of international trade in goods is carried by sea, and an even higher percentage of developing-country trade is carried in ships. This annual publication is an important source of information on this vital sector. It closely monitors developments affecting world seaborne tra...
TRANSPORTE MARITIMO EN 2010

El transporte marítimo en 2010

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Transporte Marítimo, El
15 Sep 2011
Más del 80 por ciento del comercio internacional de mercancías se transporta por mar, y un porcentaje aún mayor del comercio de los países en desarrollo se realiza en los buques. Esta publicación anual es una importante fuente de información sobre este sector vital. Se sigue de cerca los aconteci...
REVIEW MARITIME TRANS 2010

Review of Maritime Transport 2010

Series:
Review of Maritime Transport
5 Apr 2011
More than 80 per cent of international trade in goods is carried by sea, and an even higher percentage of developing-country trade is carried in ships. This annual publication is an important source of information on this vital sector. It closely monitors developments affecting world seaborne tra...
DEV IMPACT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The Development Impact of Information Technology in Trade Facilitation

Series:
ESCAP Studies in Trade and Investment
15 Sep 2011
This publication brings together case studies from five different countries in Southeast and East Asia to examine the impact of IT-based trade facilitation measures already implemented, with a specific focus on their effect on small and medium sized-enterprises. The development of IT systems to s...
REVIEW INFO TECHN COMM DEV #13 (A)

Review of Information Technology and Communications for Development in Western Asia, Issue 13 (Arabic Language)

Series:
Review of Information Technology and Communications for Development in Western Asia (Arabic)
18 Nov 2010
This issue of the Bulletin of Information and Communications Technology for Development in Western Asia contains a review and analysis of the status of information society in the ESCWA region four years after the World Summit for Information Technology, through a follow-up of the implementation o...
ASIA PACIF POP JRNL V25 #1 2010

Asia-Pacific Population Journal Vol.25, No.1, June 2010

Series:
Asia-Pacific Population Journal
15 Sep 2011
Issued three times a year, the Asia-Pacific Population Journal is an invaluable resource containing opinions and analysis by experts on important issues related to population. It provides a medium for the international exchange of knowledge, experience, ideas, technical information and data on al...
CREATING BUSINESS & SOCIAL VALUE

Creating Business and Social Value

The Asian Way to Integrate CSR into Business Strategies

Series:
ESCAP Studies in Trade and Investment
15 Sep 2011
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is used to describe the voluntary efforts of companies to assume a larger responsibility for the effect of their operations on society. As such, CSR is an important complement to development efforts of governments. Companies in the Asia-Pacific region are bec...
STAT YRBK ASIA PACIF 2009

Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2009

Series:
Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
23 Aug 2010
The Yearbook is a leading regional reference on Asia and the Pacific. It is aimed at a non-specialized audience that is interested in the Asian and Pacific region – in its people, economies and environment. Rich in information content, the Yearbook includes data, charts and a textual overview of ...
POLITICAL VIOLENCE SOUTH & SOUTHEA

Political Violence in South and Southeast Asia

Critical Perspectives

30 Nov 2010
This volume explores the sources and manifestations of political violence in South and Southeast Asia and the myriad roles that it plays in everyday life. It considers and critiques the manner in which political violence is understood and constructed, and the common assumptions that prevail regar...
SINGAPORE SUCCESS STORY

Singapore Success Story, The

Public-Private Alliance for Investment Attraction, Innovation and Export Development

Series:
Comercio Internacional
21 Jun 2010
Singapore has been touted as a success story in development literature. Various theories have been offered to explain how and why the city-state has succeeded, but none of them have received unanimous approval. This report will look at one of the key elements of the Singapore experience: that of ...
ASSESS RPT ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Assessment Report on Energy Efficiency Institutional Arrangements in Asia

15 Sep 2011
The technical and economic viability of energy efficiency (EE) has become more pronounced as concerns about energy security, climate change and low carbon development intensify. Although the promotion of EE has long been identified as an effective policy tool to manage energy demand, active pursu...
EOR 2010 SUPP19 ANNUAL RPT ESCAP

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Annual Report (30 April 2009 - 19 May 2010)

Series:
Annual Report of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
15 Sep 2011
The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific held its sixty-sixth session in Incheon, Republic of Korea, from 13 to 19 May 2010. The present report, which covers the period from 30 April 2009 to 19 May 2010, contains an account of the discussions and the conclusions reached by the ...
BUILDING TRUST IN GOVERNMENT ASIA

Building Trust in Government

Innovations in Governance Reform in Asia

7 Jul 2010
The ability of governments and the global community to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, ensure security, and promote adherence to basic standards of human rights depends on people's trust in their government. This book seeks to answer many of the questions raised in reference to means of...