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HUMAN DEV RPT 2005

Human Development Report 2005

International Cooperation at a Crossroads: Aid, Trade and Security in an Unequal World

Series:
Human Development Report
9 Sep 2005
The Human Development Report 2005 examines the scale of the challenge facing the world at the start of the ten year countdown to the 2015 Millennium Development Goals mark. The Report focuses on three pillars of cooperation, each of which is in urgent need of renovation. The first pillar is inter...
REVERSING THE EPIDEMIC FACTS

Reversing the Epidemic

Facts and Policy Options - HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States

20 May 2005
Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States have some of the fastest growing rates of HIV/AIDS infection in the world. This report offers the first comprehensive profile of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 28 countries of East and South Eastern Europe, the Baltics and the Commonwealth o...
ENVIRO & HUMAN WELL BEING

Environment and Human Well-being

A Practical Strategy

Series:
UN Millennium Development Library
17 Jun 2005
Achieving human development while overcoming, rather than exacerbating environmental challenges – such as the degradation of land; watersheds and marine fisheries; deforestation; pollution; and climate change – is an immense but central challenge to humanity. This Millennium Project Task Force Re...
ARAB HUMAN DEV RPT 2004 (A)

Arab Human Development Report 2004 (Arabic language)

Freedom through Good Governance

Series:
Arab Human Development Report (Arabic language)
8 Apr 2005
The new edition of the Report describes free societies, in their normative dimension, as fundamental contrasts with present-day Arab countries. Caught between oppression at home and violation from abroad, Arabs are increasingly excluded from determining their own future. Their challenge will be t...
INFORME SOBRE DESARR HUMANO 2004

Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano 2004

La Libertad Cultural en el Mundo Diverso de Hoy

Series:
Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano
16 Jul 2004
En la versión 2004, el Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano incluye un análisis sobre los vínculos que existen entre desarrollo humano y libertades culturales; identifica las exclusiones por el modo de vida, así como aquellas políticas, económicas y sociales (exclusión de la participación) que enfrent...
RAPPORT MONDIAL DEV HUMAIN 2004

Rapport sur le Développement Humain 2004

La Liberté Culturelle dans un Monde Diversifié

Series:
Rapport sur le Développement Humain 
16 Jul 2004
Dans un monde divers, plus des deux tiers des pays abritent des groupes minoritaires constituant plus de 10% de leur population, et presque un milliard de personnes font partie de groupes en butte à une forme ou une autre d’exclusion. L’édition 2004 du rapport mondial sur le développement humain ...
HUMAN DEV RPT 2004

Human Development Report 2004

Cultural Liberty in Today's Diverse World

Series:
Human Development Report
16 Jul 2004
The Human Development Report 2004: Cultural Liberty in Today’s Diverse World argues that states must actively devise multicultural policies to prevent discrimination on cultural grounds – religious, ethnic and linguistic. The Report states that the expansion of cultural freedoms, not suppression,...
LANDS OF THE POOR LOCAL ENVIRO

Lands of the Poor

Local Environmental Governance and Decentralized Management of Natural Resources

16 Jul 2004
This book focuses on local environmental governance and decentralized natural resource management. It has overlapping and complementary objectives: to review the lessons learned from past and ongoing UNCDF projects; to better understand current thinking and debater on environmental issues; to pos...
WORLD ENERGY ASSESSMENT 2004 UPDAT

World Energy Assessment 2004 Update

Overview

25 Jun 2004
World Energy Assessment 2004 describes energy’s fundamental relationship to sustainable development and analyses how energy can serve as an instrument to reach that goal. Current information on energy production and consumption patterns, technology trends, and important decisions and recommendati...
ARAB HUMAN DEV RPT 2004

Arab Human Development Report 2004

Towards Freedom in the Arab World

Series:
Arab Human Development Report
6 Apr 2005
The new edition of the Report describes free societies, in their normative dimension, as fundamental contrasts with present-day Arab countries. Caught between oppression at home and violation from abroad, Arabs are increasingly excluded from determining their own future. Their challenge will be t...
IMPULSO DEL EMPRESARIADO POTENCIAL

Impulso del Empresariado, El

El Potencial de las Empresas al Servicio de los Pobres

30 Apr 2004
En este documento se ofrecen recomendaciones a los gobiernos, instituciones públicas, al Sector Privado y las organizaciones de la sociedad civil (OSC) para modificar sus actuaciones y estrategias con el objeto de mejorar la capacidad del sector privado para promover el desarrollo.
UNLEASHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP MAKIN

Unleashing Entrepreneurship

Making Business Work for the Poor

30 Apr 2004
This report offers recommendations on how major actors such as governments, public development institutions, the private sector and civil society organizations can modify their actions and approaches to enhance the ability of the private sector to advance the development process. It highlights th...
REDUCING DISASTER RISK

Reducing Disaster Risk

A Challenge for Development - A Global Report

16 Apr 2004
Reducing Disaster Risk: A Challenge for Development looks at disasters through a “human development”lens. This global Report aims to explain the linkages between development and disaster. It introduces a pioneering Disaster Risk Index (DRI) that measures the relative vulnerability of countries to...
ARAB HUMAN DEV RPT 2003 (A)

Arab Human Development Report 2003 (Arabic language)

Building a Knowledge Society

Series:
Arab Human Development Report (Arabic language)
21 Nov 2003
The Arab Human Development Report Series aims at building human development in the Arab world. The 2003 report surveys the most salient trends that influenced the process of human development in 2002-2003 and provides a thorough analysis of one of the major challenges the Region faces: its growin...
INFORME SOBRE DESARR HUMANO 2003

Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano 2003

Los Objectivos de Desarrollo del Milenio - Un Pacto entre las Naciones para Eliminar la Pobreza

Series:
Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano
24 Oct 2003
El Informe Sobre el Desarrollo Humano 2003 examina los logros y reveses de la última década y presenta un plan de acción valiente para lograr los Objetivos: el Pacto de Desarrollo del Milenio. Este plan promueve acciones en seis áreas de las políticas, destinadas a aquellos países que precisan ac...
EMPOWERING THE POOR LOCAL GOVERNA

Empowering the Poor

Local Governance for Poverty Reduction

30 Jan 2004
The reduction of poverty has become one of the highest priorities of international development. Empowering the Poor analyzes conceptual frameworks and initiatives related to poverty reduction and identifies approaches taken by major international organizations. It explores the conceptual dimensi...
RAPPORT MONDIAL DEV HUMAIN 2003

Rapport Mondial sur le Développement Humain 2003

Les Objectifs du Millénaire - Un Pacte entre les Pays pour Vaincre la Pauvreté Humaine

Series:
Rapport sur le Développement Humain 
24 Oct 2003
Ce nouveau siècle s’est ouvert sur une déclaration de solidarité sans précédent, affirmant la volonté de débarrasser la planète de la pauvreté. En 2000, par la Déclaration du Millénaire adoptée aux Nations Unies lors de la plus grande réunion de chefs d’États jamais convoquée, les pays, riches et...
ARAB HUMAN DEV RPT 2003

Arab Human Development Report 2003

Building a Knowledge Society

Series:
Arab Human Development Report
7 Nov 2003
The Arab Human Development Report Series aims at building human development in the Arab world. The 2003 report surveys the most salient trends that influenced the process of human development in 2002-2003 and provides a thorough analysis of one of the major challenges the Region faces: its growin...
HUMAN DEV RPT 2003

Human Development Report 2003

Millennium Development Goals: A Compact among Nations to End Human Poverty

Series:
Human Development Report
25 Jul 2003
Human Development Report 2003 overviews successes and failures of development over the last decade and presents a bold action plan on how nations can achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The plan, entitled “Millennium Development Compact,” lists six policy areas where a number of coun...
THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE FROM THO

Thinking the Unthinkable

From Thought to Policy - The Role of Think Tanks in Shaping Government Strategy

8 Aug 2003
The challenges of constructing effective governance systems in Central and South Eastern Europe during the past decade have been extensive. This publication looks at the linkages between these challenges and the experiences and best practices that have emerged, as well as the contributions of thi...
ENVIRO GOVERNANCE SOURCEBOOK

Environmental Governance Sourcebook

8 Aug 2003
The Environmental Governance Sourcebook is prepared primarily for countries with economies in transition. It is intended to provide guidance for members of municipal and county councils, organizations, and individuals who are involved in the decision making process, or implementing decisions that...