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ASIA PACIF DEV JRNL V17 #1 06/2010

Asia-Pacific Development Journal Vol.17 No.1, June 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...
IDENTIFICATION DES ASPECTS ESSENTI

Identification des aspects essentiels des accords d'investissement dans la région de l'APEC

Études de la CNUCED sur les politiques d’investissement international au service du développement

Series:
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Series on International Investment Policies for Development
28 Apr 2010
Le secrétariat de la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le commerce et le développement (CNUCED) administre un programme concernant les accords en matière d’investissement international. Celui-ci vise à aider les pays en développement à participer aussi efficacement que possible à la définition de ...
ENVIRO PERF REV UZBEKISTAN 2ND

Environmental Performance Reviews: Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan - Second Review

Series:
ECE Environmental Performance Reviews Series
18 Aug 2010
This is the second Environmental Performance Review (EPR) of Uzbekistan published by UNECE. The report takes stock of the progress made by Uzbekistan in the management of its environment since the country was first reviewed in 2001. It assesses the implementation of the recommendations in the fir...
IMPORTANCE CHINA FOREST PROD UNECE

The Importance of China's Forest Products Markets to the UNECE Region

Series:
Geneva Timber and Forest Discussion Papers
16 Jul 2010
This publication provides insights of China’s forest products markets and its importance to the UNECE region. China’s forest sector has been developing rapidly in the past decade. It is now the largest manufacturer of forest products in the world. China is an important trading partner for the UNE...
ASSESS DEV RESULTS MALDIVES

Assessment of Development Results - Maldives

Evaluation of UNDP Contribution

Series:
Assessment of Development Results
16 Aug 2010
The evaluation found that in the past six years UNDP in the Maldives has coped with two major transformational events: the 2004 tsunami and the changes in political system. It concludes that UNDP has been particularly effective in its support at the policy level, especially in the area of governa...
POWER VOICE & RGHTS TURNING POINT

Power, Voice, and Rights

A Turning Point for Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific

22 Apr 2010
Women still confront multiple forms of discrimination in every Asia-Pacific country. Despite robust growth and progress on many fronts, gender inequality persists and deprives the region of a significant source of human potential. Countries in the region that have done the most to tap women’s tal...
ASIA PACIF POP JRNL V24 #3 2009

Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol.24, No.3, December 2009

Series:
Asia-Pacific Population Journal
23 Aug 2010
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...
ACHIEVING MILL DEV GOALS IN ERA

Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in an Era of Global Uncertainty

23 Aug 2010
The Asia-Pacific region comprising the bulk of the world's poor, hungry and sick people presented a mixed and uneven picture in its progress toward the Millennium Development Goals’ (MDGs) targets at the time of the last assessment. This Report takes stock of the status of achievement of MDGs in ...
MONITORING & EVAL SYSTEM OVERV

Monitoring & Evaluation System Overview And Evaluation Guidelines

20 Dec 2010
The present document responds to requests made by the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) of the General Assembly and the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) of the United Nations Secretariat. The purpose of the document is to provide an overview of the m...
REVIEW DEV TRANSPORT ASIA 2009

Review of Developments in Transport in Asia and the Pacific 2009

Series:
Review of developments in transport in Asia and the Pacific
15 Sep 2011
The Review of Developments in Transport in Asia and the Pacific is a biennial publication of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The Review is structured into three main parts. Part I describes the environment within which the transport sector is de...
POLICY OPTIONS FOR EFFECT IMPLEMEN

Policy Options for Effective Implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action in Asia and the Pacific

Developing Innovative Strategies for Flood Resilient Cities

Series:
Water Resources Series
15 Sep 2011
This report offers an overview of issues and challenges in managing urban flood risks which reviews socio-economic impacts of flooding. Impacts of urban development on flood risks are described in the context of adapting to climate change. The report comprises a synthesis of recent developments i...
REVIEW INFO TECHN COMM DEV #12 (A)

Review of Information Technology and Communications for Development in Western Asia, Issue 12 (Arabic Language)

Series:
Review of Information Technology and Communications for Development in Western Asia (Arabic)
20 Sep 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...
FINANC INCLUSIVE GREEN FUTURE

Financing an Inclusive and Green Future

A Supportive Financial System and Green Growth for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific

23 Aug 2010
The Asia-Pacific region has made considerable progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but the region is still off track on many crucial MDG indicators. This publication considers the challenges the region faces for achieving the Goals and shows that they are still within reach, ...
ESTABLISH RESOURCE CIRCUL SOC ASIA

Establishing a Resource-circulating Society in Asia

Challenges and Opportunities

1 Jul 2011
This publication addresses the issues associated with sustainable resource-circulating societies. It focuses on Asia, where both population growth and economic growth are increasingly prominent in the global context. It covers topics related to technological or socioeconomic issues or a combinati...
OLDER AGE PARENTS & AIDS EPIDEMIC

Older-Age Parents and the AIDS Epidemic in Thailand

Changing Impacts in the Era of Antiretroviral Therapy

23 Aug 2010
The purpose of this publication is to disseminate the findings of the report on “Older-age parents and the AIDS epidemic in Thailand:Changing impacts in the era of Antiretroviral Therapy” to assist policymakers addressing similar contextual environments to further understand the epidemic and its ...
ESCWA POP & DEV RPT #4 2009

Population and Development Report, Issue No.4

Youth in the ESCWA Region - Situation Analysis and Implications for Development Policies

Series:
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Population and Development Report
8 Mar 2011
This publication is one of a series of analytical Reports issued by the Population and Social Development Section of the Social Development Division at the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). It aims to deepen knowledge of the interrelation between population and development ...
PACIFIC PERSPECT 2009 CRISES OPPOR

Pacific Perspectives 2009

Crises and Opportunities

6 May 2010
While annual economic growth rates have frequently reached double digits in Asia, in the Pacific the rate of economic growth has been slow, in some cases below the rate of population growth. The Pacific faces a multifaceted issue linked to slow fertility transition that results in high dependency...
STATE OF ENVIRO ASIA 2006/07

The State of the Environment in Asia 2006/2007

19 May 2010
The State of the Environment in Asia 2006/2007 is the fourth in a series of publications on Asia’s environmental landscape. Originally published in Japanese as Ajia Kankyo Hakusho 2006/2007, this English-translated edition serves as an indispensible source of information on the Asian environment ...
ENVIRO ASSESS GAZA STRIP

Environmental Assessment of the Gaza Strip

Following the Escalation of Hostilities in December 2008-January 2009

6 Jan 2010
This report presents the initial action undertaken by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) immediately following the cessation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip in January 2009, and summarizes the scientific findings of the complex assessment process carried out by UNEP at the request o...
INVESTOR INTEREST & CAPACITY (R)

Investor Interest and Capacity Building Needs (Report) (Russian Language)

Series:
ECE Energy Series (Russian)
7 May 2010
This Report has been prepared in the framework of the Financing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Investments for Climate Change Mitigation project. The Financing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Investments for Climate Change Mitigation project assists the countries of South-Eastern E...
INVEST INTEREST & CAPAC BUILD

Investor Interest and Capacity Building Needs

Series:
ECE Energy Series
8 Feb 2010
This Report has been prepared in the framework of the Financing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Investments for Climate Change Mitigation project. The Financing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Investments for Climate Change Mitigation project assists the countries of South-Eastern E...
ASIA PACIF POP JRNL V24 #2 2009

Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol.24, No.2, August 2009

Series:
Asia-Pacific Population Journal
23 Aug 2010
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...
ECON SOC SURVEY ASIA PAC 2010

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2010

Sustaining Recovery and Dynamism for Inclusive Development

Series:
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
24 Aug 2010
The 2010 edition of the oldest and most comprehensive annual review of economic and social development spanning all economies in this vast and diverse region, the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2010 assesses the critical issues, policy changes and risks that the region faces i...
ADDICTION CRIME & INSURGENCY

Addiction, Crime and Insurgency

The Transnational Threat of Afghan Opium

11 Nov 2009
Global opium production increasingly shifted from South- East Asia to Afghanistan during the 1990s. This trend increased in the first decade of the twenty-first century to the point that Afghanistan’s supply of opium exceeded world demand. Afghanistan is now the source for more than 90 per cent o...
COMMISSIONS BASSINS VERSANTS AUTR

Commissions de Bassins Versants et autres Institutions de Coopération Relative aux Eaux Transfrontières

Capacités de Coopération dans le Domaine de L'eau en Europe Orientale, dans le Caucase et en Asie Centrale

24 Aug 2010
La Convention de la CEE sur la protection et l’utilisation des cours d’eau transfrontières et des lacs internationaux, de 1992, insiste sur la coopération institutionnelle entre les pays. Elle invite les pays à conclure des accords et à créer des organismes communs, comme les commissions de bassi...
RIVER BASIN COMMISSIONS

River Basin Commissions and Other Institutions for Transboundary Water Cooperation

Capacity for Water Cooperation in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia

Series:
Capacity for Water Cooperation in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
2 Dec 2009
The UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes of 1992 places a significant emphasis on institutional cooperation between countries. It requires countries to enter into agreements and to establish joint bodies, such as river basin commissions ...
GUIA DE INDICACIONES GEOGRAFICAS

Guía de Indicaciones Geográficas

Vinculación de los Productos con su Origen

30 Apr 2010
Actualmente existen en todo el mundo unas 10.000 indicaciones geográficas o IG protegidas, cuyo valor comercial estimado sobrepasa los $EE.UU. 50.000 millones. Las IG se están convirtiendo en un tema de interés importante, y cada vez son más numerosos quienes las ven como una oportunidad en paíse...
GUIDE TO GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS

Guide to Geographical Indications

Linking Products and their Origins

8 Feb 2010
The guide is a reference book that provides a comprehensive view of all aspects of the cotton value chain from a market perspective, and an overview of the world cotton market. It outlines factors influencing supply and demand, and market trends; considers major issues of the sector, including tr...