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EXPORT PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGICAL

Export Performance, Technological Upgrading and Foreign Direct Investment Strategies in the Asian Newly Industrializing Economies with Special Reference to Singapore

Series:
Desarrollo Productivo
9 Feb 2001
This paper analyzes the competitiveness and structure of manufactured exports by leading Latin American and Asian economies for 1980-97. It explains East Asian performance with reference to the strategies adopted for technological development, focusing on foreign direct investment (FDI) strategie...
TRANSFORMATION OF THE NORTH AMERIC

Transformation of the North American Apparel Industry

Is NAFTA a Curse or a Blessing?

Series:
Desarrollo Productivo
1 Dec 2000
The apparel industry, a buyer-driven commodity chain, contains three types of lead firms: retailers, marketers and branded manufacturers. This publication uses the global commodity chains framework to explain the transformations in production, trade and corporate strategies that altered the globa...
TRADE & INVESTMENT PROMOTION BET

Trade Investment Promotion between Asia-Pacific and Latin America

Present Position and Future Prospects

Series:
Comercio Internacional
9 Feb 2001
This publication provides an overview of trade relations between Asia and the Pacific and Latin America and explores the possibilities for expanding the economic relations between the two regions. The analysis covers 12 countries in Asia and Oceania and 11 members of the Latin American Integratio...
USING CEDAW AT THE GRASS ROOTS

Using CEDAW at the Grass Roots

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in the Pacific

4 May 2001
This publication is based on a project that was implemented in 1998 and 1999 to support the networking efforts of NGOs in promoting the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. It features country activity reports from four countries of the Pacific and discusses...
WOMEN IN ASIA THE PACIFIC HIGH LEV

Women in Asia and the Pacific

High-level Intergovernmental Meeting to Review Regional Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action

4 May 2001
This publication reports on the progress made and obstacles encountered in implementing the recommendations of the Beijing Platform for Action. Specific gaps in the implementation of the 12 critical areas of the Platform for Action, especially in the area of women and poverty, and suggested meas...
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ENVIRO

Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific 2000

Ministerial Declaration, Regional Action Programme (2001-2005) and Kitakyushu Initiative for a Clean Environment

4 May 2001
The publication is based on the outcomes of the Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific 2000 held at Kitakyushu, Japan, 31 August to 5 September 2000. The discussions include the eight priority programme areas: environmental quality and human health, biodiver...
REVIEW POLICIES STRATEGIES ACTIVIT

Review of Policies, Strategies and Activities in Sustainable Development of Land and Mineral Resources in Asia and the Pacific

Series:
Mineral Resources Assessment, Development and Management Series
19 Oct 2001
This publication presents a series of papers that highlight strategic policy re-orientation related to foreign direct investment (FDI) in the mining sector. It reviews the current policy initiatives and strategies in development of land and mineral resources. It also focuses on emerging issues su...
WORLD INVESTMENT DIRECTORY V7 2000

World Investment Directory 2000

Asia and the Pacific - Foreign Direct Investment and Corporate Data

1 Dec 2000
Foreign direct investment continues to gain in importance as a form of international economic transactions and as an instrument of international economic integration. This Directory presents a comparative look into the world of investment in the Asia and the Pacific region. It contains a comprehe...
USOI LANDSLIDE DAM & LAKE SAREZ

USOI Landslide Dam and Lake Sarez

An Assessment of Hazard and Risk in the Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan

Series:
ISDR Prevention Series
11 Oct 2000
Lake Sarez, which is located in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, was created in 1911. A massive landslide, triggered by an earthquake, blocked the Murgab River valley, creating a natural dam, which was called Usoi. In 1999, the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction Secretariat led...
STATE OF THE ENVIRO ASIA 2000

State of the Environment in Asia and the Pacific

24 Aug 2001
The present report is the fourth in a series of reports published every five years on environmental trends in the region. The report looks at the prevailing environmental conditions in the terrestrial, aquatic and atmospheric systems and highlights the responses to environmental problems. It exam...
STAT INDICATORS ASIA PACIFI V30 #3

Statistical Indicators for Asia and the Pacific, September 2000

26 Jan 2001
Issued four times a year, this publication provides data for assessing demographic and economic trends in countries and areas of the Asia and the Pacific region. Data presented for multiple years on a month-by-month basis, facilitate comparative studies.
ASIA PACIF DEV JRNL V7 #2 12/2000

Asia-Pacific Development Journal Vol.7 No.2, December 2000

Series:
Asia-Pacific Development Journal
4 May 2001
The primary emphasis of the Journal is the publishing 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. This issue discusses the fo...
EVALUATION COST EFFECTIVE SYSTEM

Evaluation of Cost-effective Systems for Railway Level-crossing Protection

4 May 2001
Each year accidents at level crossings in Asia and Pacific not only cause the death or serious injuries to many of road users and railway passengers, but also impose heavy financial burden to railway. This study is intended to help the railway administrations in Asia and the Pacific to strengthen...
INDUSTRIAL & TECHN DEV NEWS #26

Industrial and Technological Development News for Asia and the Pacific

19 Oct 2001
This study reports on industrial progress in the Pacific region including public sector and privatization issues, regional cooperation, transfer of technology and human resources development. Also presented are tables on merchandise imports and exports of the region.
IMPLICATIONS OF GENERAL AGRMT

Implications of General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) for Asia-Pacific Economies

Series:
ESCAP Studies in Trade and Investment
15 Sep 2000
This publication examines the implications of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) for developing countries of Asia and the Pacific region. It also considers alternative scenarios as countries prepare for further multilateral negotiations in the service sector. It is hoped that this ...
FUTURE WTO AGENDA & DEV CTRIES

Future WTO Agenda and Developing Countries, The

Series:
ESCAP Studies in Trade and Investment
15 Sep 2000
This publication examines the implications of the World Trade Organization's (WTO) agenda for developing countries of Asia and the Pacific region. As countries are about to enter into new negotiations, it is encouraging to note that some of the turmoil of the past two years has abated. If these p...
EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF CHINA

Evolutionary Dynamics of China's Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises in the 1990s, The

Series:
World Development Studies
13 Oct 2000
This volume presents a review of the dynamic changes going on in the Chinese economic system. In particular it analyzes the amazing rapid growth of the township and village enterprise (TVE) sector, successful as a development instrument in remote poverty-stricken areas as well as in the highly co...
IMF MODEL & RESOURCE ABUNDANT

IMF Model and Resource-abundant Transition Economies, The

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Series:
UNU/WIDER Working Papers
13 Oct 2000
This publication examines economies of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan through the discussion of the IMF model of the economic transition. The publication demonstrates the flaws in the IMF model by pointing out slower economic recovery of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan than predicted. The paper explains how...
DELHI DECLARATION & STRATEGY & ACT

Delhi Declaration and Strategy and Action Plan on Space Technology Applications in Asia and the Pacific for the New Millennium

Second Ministerial Conference on Space Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific

4 May 2001
Everyone involved in or interested in space technology applications and development in the Asia-Pacific region will find this publication a handy compilation of basic documents which were unanimously adopted in 1999 by the Second Ministerial Conference on Space Applications for Sustainable Develo...
PERSPECT TRAFFICKING OF MIGRANTS

Perspectives on Trafficking of Migrants

13 Oct 2000
This publication focuses on trafficking, viewed from both regional and theoretical perspectives. It discusses trafficking with respect to Asia and to Europe, permitting comparisons and evaluations of the nature of trafficking on the two continents. Perspectives on Trafficking of Migrants also exa...
ASSESS WATER RESOURCES NEPAL

Assessment of Water Resources and Water Demand by User Sector in Nepal

26 Jan 2001
Although Nepal has abundant water resources, it faces shortages of water of the quality and quantity desired for its national, social and economic development. Based on an analysis of information from previous studies and recent data, this publication addresses the water resources availability an...
MACROECONOMIC MODEL OF A DEVELOPIN

Macroeconomic Model of a Developing Country Endowed with a Natural Resource, A

Series:
UNU/WIDER Working Papers
15 Sep 2000
This publication presents a short-run theoretical macroeconomic model of a small open economy endowed with a natural resource exporting sector. The paper attempts to differentiate between the economic development experience of East Asia and Latin America. The economy in the model here explained i...
MONITORING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Monitoring Reproductive Health

Series:
Asian Population Studies Series
26 Jan 2001
The Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) recommends that governments set up national databases to provide necessary baseline data and information that may be used to measure the progress of ICPD goals that include reproductive health and family ...
RUBBER & THE ENVIRO PROCEEDINGS

Rubber and the Environment

Proceedings of the Joint Workshop of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the International Rubber Study Group

Series:
Analytical Studies on Trade, Environment and Development
4 Aug 2000
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 possible. On this subject the publication presents a paper on the North American (U.S.A. and Canada) e...
SMALL ARMS PROBLEM IN CENTRAL ASIA

Small Arms Problem in Central Asia, The

Features and Implications

4 Aug 2000
This publication examines and maps the different dimensions of the small arms problem in the region. It attempts to highlight the gravity of the situation by describing the ways in which the small arms problem manifests itself within the Central Asian context. The study is organized into three su...