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GUIDE DES INDICATIONS GEOGRAPHIQUE

Guide des Indications Géographiques

Faire le Lien entre les Produits et Leur Origines

7 May 2010
Etude portant sur les indications géographiques (IG) - souligne les meilleures pratiques et tire les enseignements d’un certain nombre d’études de cas réalisées dans ce domaine; étudie le potentiel de développement pour les pays désireux d’utiliser les IG; définit les éléments constitutifs des st...
LATIN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE PENSION

The Latin American Experience in Pension System Reform

Coverge, Fiscal Issues and Possible Implications for China

Series:
Financiamiento del Desarrollo
20 Sep 2009
In the past two decades, Latin American countries reformed their pension systems focusing mainly on addressing the weaknesses of the contributory schemes – fiscal unsustainability, low coverage levels and a high degree of segmentation – and barely addressed the non-contributory element. The refor...
SOUTH ASIA IN ACTION PREVENTING

South Asia in Action

Preventing and Responding to Child Trafficking - Analysis of Anti-trafficking Initiatives in the Region

Series:
Insight Innocenti
3 Dec 2009
Addressing the human cost and practical challenges imposed by child trafficking in South Asia, governments in the region, along with partners, have in recent years undertaken a range of initiatives grounded in the principles of child rights. This Innocenti Insight presents an analysis of anti-tra...
REVIEW INFO TECHN COMM DEV #11 (A)

Review of Information Technology and Communications for Development in Western Asia, Issue 11 (Arabic language)

Series:
Review of Information Technology and Communications for Development in Western Asia (Arabic)
11 Nov 2009
This issue tackles cyberspace legislation and its role in strengthening confidence in electronic services. It contains an overview of the status of cyberspace legislation in the ESCWA region underlining its shortcomings and available means for addressing them. It also reviews the progress achieve...
EOR 2009 SUPP19 ANNUAL RPT ESCAP

Annual Report of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 2009

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Annual Report 1 May 2008-29 April 2009, Economic and Social Council Official Records, 2009 - Supplement No.19


Series:
Annual Report of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
20 Oct 2009
The sixty-fifth session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific was held against the backdrop of an economic crisis, food/fuel price volatility and climate change, a triple threat that could roll back development gains. The implications of this triple threat for the Asia-Pa...
DETERMINACION LOS ELEMENTOS BASICO

Determinación de los Elementos Básicos de los Acuerdos de Inversión de la Región del APEC

Series:
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Series on International Investment Policies for Development
9 Aug 2009
El presente documento es parte de una Colección de publicaciones de la UNCTAD sobre temas relacionados con las políticas internacionales de inversión para el desarrollo, que es continuación de la Colección de publicaciones de la UNCTAD sobre temas relacionados con los acuerdos internacionales de ...
ASIA PACIF TRADE & INV RPT 2009

Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2009

Trade-led Recovery and Beyond

Series:
Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report
23 Apr 2010
When the economic crisis hit Asia and the Pacific in the course of 2008, exports and economic growth rates tumbled while unemployment rose sharply and results for 2009 look set to be even worse. The objective of this report is to sensitize policymakers to various trade policy tools which could be...
ASIA PACIF DEV JRNL V16 #2 12/2009

Asia-Pacific Development Journal Vol.16 No.2, December 2009

Series:
Asia-Pacific Development Journal
26 Aug 2010
The primary emphasis of the Journal is the publication of empirically based, policy-oriented articles, which can engage the attention of policy makers, academicians and researchers. The articles analyze development issues and problems relevant to the Asia-Pacific region. The Asia-Pacific Developm...
HYDROPOL VULNERAB & RESILE ASIA

Hydropolitical Vulnerability and Resilience along International Waters

Asia

17 Oct 2009
Water scarcity heightens the potential for conflicts among riparian countries in Asia and increases their vulnerability. A regional water resource cooperation mechanism would enhance collaboration and increase resilience so that water becomes an instrument for cooperation and unity rather than c...
BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYSIS GUIDE

Business Process Analysis Guide to Simplify Trade Procedures

23 Aug 2010
The Guide offers a simple methodology to elicit, document, and analyze the existing “as-is” business processes involved in international trade, as well as aid in developing recommendations to further improvement. It suggests a set of practical steps and activities, from setting the scope of the b...
ENVIRO PERF REV KYRGYZSTAN 2ND

Environmental Performance Reviews: Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan - Second Review

Series:
ECE Environmental Performance Reviews Series
5 Oct 2009
The report takes stock of the progress made by Kyrgyzstan in the management of its environment since the country was first reviewed in 2000. It assesses the implementation of the recommendations in the first review. It also covers nine issues of importance to Kyrgyzstan concerning policymaking, p...
ASIA PACIF DEV JRNL V16 #1 06/2009

Asia-Pacific Development Journal Vol.16 No.1, June 2009

Series:
Asia-Pacific Development Journal
22 Apr 2010
The primary emphasis of the Journal is the publication of empirically based, policy-oriented articles, which can engage the attention of policy makers, academicians and researchers. The articles analyze development issues and problems relevant to the Asia-Pacific region. The Asia-Pacific Developm...
ASIA PACIF POP JRNL V24 #1 2009

Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol.24, No.1, April 2009

Series:
Asia-Pacific Population Journal
8 Jan 2009
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...
GENDER REMITTANCES & DEV 2009

Gender, Remittances and Development

The Case of Filipino Migration to Italy

13 Jun 2009
This publication presents a summary of the main findings of the 2007 case study of Filipino migration to Italy, carried out by the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) ...
TRAFFICKING FOR SEXUAL EXPLIOTATIO

Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation and other Exploitative Purposes

20 Jun 2009
This report on the protection of children from commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking is comprised of an introduction to the topic and then examines law and policy on child trafficking in South Asia. The research initiative is particularly focused on South Asia. Included in the preliminar...
CHILDREN & DISABILITY IN TRANSIT

Children and Disability in Transition in CEE/CIS and Baltic States

Series:
Insight Innocenti
20 Jun 2009
This Innocenti Insight looks at how children with disabilities and their families fare in the rapidly changing environment of this wide region, since transition in the early 1980’s. It builds upon the significant body of research and policy reflections accrued at the UNICEF Innocenti Research Cen...
SOUTH ASIA IN ACTION PREVENTING

South Asia in Action

Preventing and Responding to Child Trafficking - Child Rights-based Programme Practices

Series:
Insight Innocenti
4 Jun 2009
The present study addresses programme practices that aim to combat child trafficking in South Asia. It presents three case studies of child rights-based initiatives, with a strong focus on prevention, along with other components of rights-based programming. These initiatives have been developed b...
STRENGTHENING LIFE SKILLS POSITIVE

Strengthening Life Skills for Positive Youth Health Behavior

An Overview and Discussion Paper

23 Apr 2010
Life skills education, using the peer-to-peer approach, can effectively promote youth health and protect young people from HIV, drugs, sexual abuse and other threats. This publication draws on experiences, lessons learned and recommendations from the 2005-2009 UNESCAP project “Strengthening Life ...
ASSESS DEV RESULTS LAO PDR

Assessment of Development Results - Lao PDR

Evaluation of UNDP's Contribution

Series:
Assessment of Development Results
10 May 2009
This report presents the findings of the country-level evaluation, Assessment of Development Results (ADR), undertaken by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Evaluation Office in 2006. The ADR is an independent evaluation of UNDP’s relevance and contribution to a country’s development...
EVAL UNDP CONTRIB SOUTH SOUTH COOP

Evaluation of UNDP Contribution to South-South Cooperation

South-South Partnerships

Series:
Thematic Evaluation Reports
5 Oct 2009
This report sets out the findings and recommendations of the evaluation of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) contribution to South-South cooperation. This evaluation focused on: the assessment of the Third Cooperation Framework for South-South Cooperation, managed by the Special Unit fo...
ECON SOC SURVEY ASIA PAC 2009

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2009

Addressing Triple Threats to Development

Series:
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
11 Jun 2009
The Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2009 analyses how three global crises of 2008 – Great Recession in developed countries, food and fuel price volatility and climate change - threaten the development in the Asia-Pacific region. The publication also talks about subregional vari...
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES SANITATION

Institutional Changes for Sanitation

Discussion Paper on the Institutional Changes Required to Achieve the MDG Target on Sanitation

11 Jun 2009
This report presents the institutional progress made in selected member countries towards achieving sanitation goals, as reported in an Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)-led survey. Institutional progress consists of changes in administrative, legal and financial rul...
TSUNAMI EARLY WARN SYST INDIAN

Tsunami Early Warning Systems in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia

Report on Regional Unmet Needs

19 Oct 2009
This Study contains an update of the original “Report on Regional Needs and Recommendations: Tsunami Early Warning Systems (TEWS) on the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia”. The Study aims to guide the policy and programming of the Fund as well as other initiatives in this area of work. There has be...
SUSTAINAB AGRICULT & FOOD SECURITY

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Asia and the Pacific

19 Oct 2009
The study is focused on the impact food insecurity on the Asia-Pacific region and how to deal with it. Access to food and not the supply of food is central to food security. Thus, Governments need to develop and strengthen social protection programmes and improve the availability of food at the n...
HUMAN INSECURITY IN EAST ASIA

Human Insecurity in East Asia

27 Jun 2009
Threats to human security do not necessarily take cataclysmic forms such as war or natural disaster. Nor does human insecurity exist solely within a suspended living environment like refugee camps. Often threats to human security are as subtle as a slow-rising tide, whose calamitous nature remain...
IMPACT TRADE FACILITAT EXPORT

Impact of Trade Facilitation on Export Competitiveness

A Regional Perspective

Series:
ESCAP Studies in Trade and Investment
26 Apr 2010
This study is aimed to identify the major issues Asian developing countries must address to enhance export competitiveness through trade facilitation. The paper is composed of four parts. Part 1 examines the definition and scope of trade facilitation; part 2 presents the concept of export competi...
HIV & AIDS IN ASIA & PACIFIC

HIV & AIDS in Asia and the Pacific

A Review of Progress Towards Universal Access

11 Jun 2009
This background paper reviews progress made in the Asian and Pacific region in line with international commitments, with particular attention to the Universal Access targets developed for low and concentrated epidemic countries in Asia and the Pacific through regional and civil society consultati...
ASIA PACIF TRADE & INV RPT 2008

Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Review, 2008

17 Oct 2009
The seventh issue of the Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Review begins with a special brief on termites in the trade system, followed by five research articles. The articles cover the topics on the rise of China; the main global IT services hub; East and South-East Asian free trade agreements; ...