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ORDOS PLATEAU OF CHINA ENDANGERED

Ordos Plateau of China, The

An Endangered Environment

Series:
UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
14 Jan 2000
The Ordos Plateau of China is an account of the regional human-environmental history of the Ordos Plateau, a dryland region inhabited by Chinese farmers and Mongolian shepherds. It surveys environmental changes in vegetation and soil during 1949-1992, examines such societal factors as government ...
DEMOCRACY GOVERNANCE & ECON PERF

Democracy Governance and Economic Performance

East and Southeast Asia

Series:
Changing Nature of Democracy, The
14 Apr 2000
In a number of states of East and Southeast Asia, democratization occurred or was consolidated in the early 1990s but irrespective of the level of democratization, economic performance has been a primary source of political legitimacy. Yet the levels of development vary markedly. This study focus...
INSTITUTION & HUMAN RESOURCE CAPAC

Institution and Human Resource Capacity Building in ASEAN

21 Jul 2000
Most South East Asian countries have had a long period of rapid and reasonably equitable growth achieved largely because sound policies were implemented effectively by capable institutions staffed by competent human resources. This publication takes a look at institution and human resource capaci...
STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING

Strategic Environmental Planning

11 Feb 2000
Developing countries in the Asia and Pacific region face conflicts in according priority to policy for promoting economic growth or for protecting the fragile environment. Policy makers are increasingly being called upon to devise new ways of promoting growth in a sustainable way. This publicatio...
STAT INDICATORS ASIA PACIFI V29 #2

Statistical Indicators for Asia and the Pacific

15 Oct 1999
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.
ATLAS MINERAL RES THE ESCAP MONGOL

Atlas of Mineral Resources of the ESCAP Region

Geology and Mineral Resources of Mongolia

Series:
Mineral Resources
11 Feb 2000
This series shows the distribution of mineral deposits and occurrences in the countries of the Asia and Pacific region irrespective of their economic significance and provides information on their contained commodities, reserves, geographic locations, their relation to the geological environment ...
ATLAS MINERAL RES THE ESCAP KYRG

Atlas of Mineral Resources of the ESCAP Region

Geology and Mineral Resources of Kyrgyzstan

Series:
Mineral Resources
24 Mar 2000
This series shows the distribution of mineral deposits and occurrences in the countries of the Asia and Pacific region irrespective of their economic significance and provides information on their contained commodities, reserves, geographic locations, their relation to the geological environment ...
ASIA PACIF DEV JRNL V5 #2 12/1998

Asia-Pacific Development Journal, Vol.5, No.2, December 1998

Series:
Asia-Pacific Development Journal
1 Oct 1999
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 Develop...
SUSTAINAB DEV LAND MINERAL RESOURC

Sustainable Development of Land and Mineral Resources in Asia and the Pacific

National Policy Initiatives and Trends in Mining Taxation

Series:
Mineral Resources Assessment, Development and Management Series
11 Feb 2000
The sustainable development of land and mineral resources in Asia and the Pacific is being given priority attention by governments of the countries in this region in an attempt to formulate and adopt strategic policy initiatives. This publication presents a discussion in two parts: part one discu...
INTEGR ENVIRO CONSIDER INTO V3

Integrating Environmental Considerations into Economic Policy Making Processes

Background Readings - Institutional Arrangements and Mechanism at Sector Levels, Country Studies on the Agriculture Sector in Malaysia, the Mining Sector in Papua New Guinea,

25 Feb 2000
Development strategies in the Asia and the Pacific region are heavily focused on fostering economic growth and do not always focus on the detrimental environmental effects of the modalities used to implement the strategy. Focusing on the agriculture sector in Malaysia, the mining sector in Papua ...
ESTABLISHING SOCIAL DEV INFO SYSTE

Establishing a Social Development Management Information System

Issues and Perspectives

11 Feb 2000
This publication highlights pertinent issues and perspectives in a preliminary framework for countries in the Asia and the Pacific region, interested in developing an integrated social development management information system. It presents a review of the status of social indicators and social de...
INTEGR ENVIRO CONSIDER INTO V1

Integrating Environmental Considerations into Economic Policy Making Processes

Background Readings - Institutional Arrangements and Mechanisms at National Level, Country Studies on Fiji, Nepal, Philippines and Tonga

25 Feb 2000
Development strategies in the Asia and the Pacific region are heavily focused on fostering economic growth and do not always focus on the detrimental environmental effects of the modalities used to implement the strategy. Focusing on Fiji, Nepal, Philippines and Tonga, this publication presents e...
ASIAN PACIF REMOTE SENSING V10 #2

Asian-Pacific Remote Sensing and GIS Journal, January 1998

11 Feb 2000
This journal, published twice a year, is a collection of articles written by scientists on remote sensing, GIS development and application related to the countries and areas of Asia and the Pacific. An important aim of the publication is to serve as a source of reference for the numerous governme...
SOCIAL DEV INFO EXCHANGE

Social Development Information Exchange through the Internet

11 Feb 2000
This publication promotes the sharing and exchange of information on Social Development in the Asia and Pacific region at the national and regional levels, utilizing the Internet. Part I of this publication contains a brief report on social development information on the Internet; a manual for ac...
ASSESS WATER RESOURCES PHILIPINES

Assessment of Water Resources Demand by User Sectors in the Philippines

11 Feb 2000
Water resources assessment gives an overview of the physiographical and hydrological conditions and the availability of water resources in the different water resources regions in the Philippines. It identifies predominant issues affecting the water supply-demand situation and provides an overvie...
UNEMPLOYMENT LABOUR POLICIES AND H

Unemployment, Labour Policies and Health in Transition

Evidence from Kazakhstan

Series:
UNU/WIDER Working Papers
17 Sep 1999
This analytical study, which presents a wealth of information on unemployment, morbidity and mortality in Kazakhstan, confirms that there is a close association between unemployment and health status. It provides important information for those who are framing policies in this area.
STATE-OWNED VERSUS TOWNSHIP AND VI

State-Owned Versus Township and Village Enterprises in China

Series:
UNU/WIDER Working Papers
17 Sep 1999
This study presents a survey of the comparison between state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and township and village enterprises (TVEs) in China. It also discusses the need for both SOEs and TVEs to reform their ownership and governance structures.
ENHANCING SOCIO ECON POLICIES

Enhancing Socio-Economic Policies in the Least Developed Countries of Asia

23 Jul 1999
This publication analyses current trends in the socio-economic development of Asia's least developed countries and the policies, which appear to be necessary for raising the socio-economic status of those countries. Discussions surround such issues as: contemporary approach to social development;...
REMOTE SENSING FOR TROPIC ECOS #6

Remote Sensing for Tropical Ecosystem Management

Proceedings of the Sixth Regional Seminar on Earth Observation for Tropical Ecosystem Management, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, 3-7 November 1997

11 Feb 2000
Monitoring the Earth's environment by remote sensing provides an opportunity for greater information sharing and predicting changes in the Earth's environment. This publication creates an awareness among managers and planners concerned with natural resources and environmental management about the...
PATHS OF EXPLOITATION STUDIE TRAFF

Paths of Exploitation

Studies on the Trafficking of Women and Children Between Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam

3 Apr 1998
Exhaustive fieldwork and in-depth analysis merge in this publication offering the most comprehensive view on the trafficking of women and children in South East Asia to date. Focusing on trafficking between Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand, the study goes into the web of poverty, deception, danger ...
PROFILE & MIGRATION INTENTIONS

Profile and Migration Intentions of Crimean Tatars Living in Uzbekistan

26 May 2000
Based on an extensive survey, this study investigates the likelihood of a further wave of Crimean Tatars moving from Uzbekistan to their original homeland and looks into different factors discouraging them from returning. Among other issues, it analyzes the socio-economic characteristics of the C...
DEPORTED PEOPLES OF THE FORMER SOV

Deported Peoples of the Former Soviet Union

The Case of the Meskhetians

26 May 2000
This report is an up-to-date study of the Meskhetians, an ethnic group of Muslim background forcibly relocated from Georgia to Siberia and Central Asia during the Stalin era. Based on interviews with several key actors in Georgia and Azerbaijan, the report traces the migratory history of the Mesk...
STAT YRBK ASIA PACIF 1998

Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 1998

Series:
Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
1 Oct 1999
This annual report includes up-to-date statistics on 56 countries of the region. A wealth of data can be found for each country on topics such as: population, manpower, national accounts, agriculture, forestry and fishing, industry, energy production and consumption, transportation and communicat...
STAT INDICATORS ASIA PACIFI V29 #1

Statistical Indicators for Asia and the Pacific

20 Aug 1999
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 PACIFIC IN FIGURES 1998

Asia-Pacific in Figures

3 Sep 1999
This statistical pocketbook contains an aggregate of data for 56 countries or areas on population statistics, social statistics, employment, energy, national accounts, external trade, central government expenditure by function, finance, production, prices, land use, transport and tourism. Where o...
GLOBAL FINANCIAL TURMOIL & REFOR

Global Financial Turmoil and Reform

A United Nations Perspective

Series:
UNU Policy Perspectives
9 Jul 1999
As Asia's financial and economic crisis which started in 1997, deepened and spread around the world, United Nations economists on five continents shared notes to understand the upheaval and suggest reforms at national and international levels. The process led the Secretary-General to present a se...
UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

United Nations Peace-keeping Operations

A Guide to Japanese Policies

9 Jul 1999
Although Japan is among the United Nations' most enthusiastic supporters, it has only recently begun to send its Self-Defense Forces to assist UN peace operations. In this study, experts unravel the political and legal complexities that bedevil Japanese officials in their attempts to cooperate wi...
BIST-EC DEV PROG OVERVIEW

BIST-EC Development Programme Overview and Sectoral Cooperation

1 Mar 1999
While differences exist between countries in the BIST-EC subregion - Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand - opportunites for economic cooperation and exchange abound. Prepared by ECLAC at the request of the BIST-EC member countries, the focus of this report is on the status of, and prospects...