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MONDE MEILLEUR POUR TOUS 2000, UN

Monde Meilleur pour Tous, Un

1 Dec 2000
Les objectifs du développement international sont ceux qui visent à la réalisation des désirs humains les plus fondamentaux : un monde délivré de la pauvreté et de la misère qu'engendre la pauvreté. Le présent rapport a mis l'accent sur sept objectifs qui, s'ils sont réalisés d'ici les 15 années...
BETTER WORLD FOR ALL 2000

Better World for All 2000, A

Progress towards the International Development of Goals

1 Dec 2000
A Better World for All: Progress Towards the International Development Goals addresses that most compelling of human desires - a world free of poverty and free of the misery that poverty breeds. In words and pictures, with numbers and charts, it describes progress towards the goals, what have bee...
REBUILDING EFFECTIVE GOV LOCAL

Rebuilding Effective Government

Local-level Initiatives in Transition

11 Oct 2002
Expanded Local Governments can and should transform state shrinking into positive state restructuring, but only if certain supporting conditions are present. A clear legal framework, independent revenue raising authority, the professionalization of local government management, genuine participati...
HUMAN DEV RPT LATVIA 1999

Human Development Report 1999

National - Latvia

13 Oct 2000
The focus of the Latvia Human Development 1999 is on globalization and its impact on the country from the perspective of sustainable human development. The publication offers comprehensive review and analysis of important dimensions of the challenge of globalization for economic policy-making, fo...
MICROSTART MANUEL DE PREPARATION

MICROSTART

Manuel de Preparation, D'instalation et de Gestion D'un Programme de Microfinance

1 Sep 2000
Le Guide MicroStart est destiné à préparer, démarrrer et gérer un projet de microfinance. Il a été réalisé dans le but d'aider les organisations ou les individus qui souhaitent initier ou renforcer des programmes de microfinance.
ELECTORAL MANAGEMENT BODIES AS INS

Electoral Management Bodies as Institutions of Governance

10 Nov 2000
Electoral systems are the primary vehicle for choice and representational governance. Effective management of these electoral systems requires institutions that are inclusive, sustainable, just and independent. Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs) as Institutions of Governance provides the first em...
RAPPORT MONDIAL DEV HUMAIN 2000

Rapport Mondial sur le Développement Humain 2000

Droits de l'homme et développement humain

Series:
Rapport sur le Développement Humain 
18 Aug 2000
Le rapport mondial sur le développement humain 2000 propose des stratégies visant à favoriser le développement tout en protégeant et en faisant progresser les droits de la personne humaine. Il étudie comment les idées et les accords touchant aux droits de l'homme apportent vigueur et richesse aux...
HUMAN DEV RPT 2000/02 (CD)

Human Development Report 2000, 2001 and 2002 (CD-ROM)

Series:
Human Development Report
8 Apr 2005
This CD-ROM includes the complete searchable texts of Human Development Reports (HDR) 2000, 2001 and 2002, along with data from the indicator tables of HDR 2003. It includes technical notes on computing human development indices, country fact sheets listing key data from the Human Development Ind...
BEYOND TRANSITON TEN YEARS AFTER

Beyond Transition

Ten Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall

13 Oct 2000
Looking back on a decade of transition in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, this publication presents an analysis of the transformations that have taken place and the policies that drove the process. This collection of up-to-date material examines a variety of topics that ar...
HUMAN DEV RPT 2000

Human Development Report 2000

Human Rights and Human Development

Series:
Human Development Report
7 Jul 2000
The Report provides a thought provoking analysis of these two interrelated and intertwined issues. Human rights and human development are mutually reinforcing and culminate in enlarged human freedom. The Report traces the history of struggle for human rights as a common human experience and outli...
INFORME DEL PNUD SOBRE LA POBREZA

Informe del PNUD sobre la Pobreza

Superar la Pobreza Humana

7 Jul 2000
El Informe del PNUD sobre la Pobreza 2000 ha hecho un esfuerzo especial por evaluar una gran variedad de programas contra la pobreza nacional para determinar qué funciona y qué no funciona, y para aprender de la experiencia a fin de formular mejores normas. Hay una enseñanza clara: los programas ...
RAPPORT DU PNUD SUR PAURETE 2000

Rapport du PNUD sur la Pauvreté

Vaincre la Pauvreté Humaine

7 Jul 2000
Ce rapport du PNUD coïncide avec l'évaluation quinquennale des progrès réalisés contre la pauvreté à la suite du Sommet mondial pour le développement social en 1995. Il présente un certain nombre d'initiatives appuyées par le PNUD et montre comment les approches multidimensionnelles de la pauvre...
WORLD ENERGY ASSESSMENT ENERGY

World Energy Assessment

Energy and the Challenge of Sustainability

19 Dec 2000
Energy is central to achieving the interrelated economic, social and environmental aims of sustainable human development. The World Energy Assessment affirms that solutions to the many urgent problems are possible and that the future is much more a matter of choice than destiny. It analyses the s...
UN INTER AGENCY RESOURCE GUIDE FOR

United Nations Inter-agency Resource Guide for Small Enterprise Development

18 Aug 2000
The purpose of the Guide is to provide interested organizations and individuals with a guide to the key services, tools and methodologies offered by UN agencies on their small enterprise development (SED) activities. The Guide concentrates on theoretical and practical aspects of SED by offering a...
MOLDOVA NATIONAL HUMAN DEV RPT

National Human Development Report

Republic of Moldova 1999

14 Apr 2000
Today, after eight years of independence, the Republic of Moldova has come close to traditional democracies in terms of the organization of the state, public pluralism and individual liberties. However, the economic results of reforms are, unfortunately, very poor. The human costs of transition p...
UNDP POVERTY RPT 2000

UNDP Poverty Report

Overcoming Human Poverty

7 Jul 2000
The launch of Overcoming Human Poverty, precedes the five-year review of progress against poverty that will be soon conducted by the United Nations General Assembly, following the 1995 World Summit for Social Development. This publication reveals that progress has been minor, and that the number ...
CZECH REPUBLIC HUMAN DEV RPT 1998

Human Development Report, National

Czech Republic

26 Nov 1999
This publication discusses the socio-economic conditions in the Czech Republic. Issues discussed include: the role of the state in the bringing about of human development; globalization and economic transformation; economy of the Czech Republic; public finances; the consequences of economic trans...
MOLDOVA: NATIONAL HUMAN DEVELOPMEN

National Human Development Report

Republic of Moldova

29 Oct 1999
The Republic of Moldova is a young nation struggling with the complex issues of state and people, private and public, urban and rural, national and foreign. The Human Development Report attempts to provide a yardstick of these issues, to measure the present status and perceptions and to recommend...
COMP ONGOING INTERVENT 1998

Compendium of Ongoing Interventions

26 Nov 1999
This compendium offers a detailed summary of ongoing, approved development projects by source of funds, type of project, sponsoring agency, country, region and by classified subject (e.g. agriculture, education, health, trade and industry).
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT LATVIA 98

Human Development Report, National

Latvia

28 Jan 2000
The 1998 Latvia Human Development Report explores the relationship and interaction between the individual, the state and the private sector. On the basis of new and independent research, the report identifies a number of critical issues such as national legislation, public administration reform a...
BACKGRO PAPERS HUMAN DEV RPT 1999

Background Papers

Human Development Report 1999 - Globalization with a Human Face

14 Apr 2000
The theme of the 1999 Human Development Report (HDR) is 'Globalization with a Human Face.' The Background Papers presented in this publication highlight key defining characteristics of present-day globalization: shrinking space, shrinking time and disappearing borders, with new markets, new actor...
INFORME SOBRE DESARR HUMANO 2000

Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano 2000

Series:
Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano
18 Aug 2000
Los derechos humanos y el desarrollo humano comparten una misma visión y un mismo objetivo: garantizar, para todo ser humano, libertad, bienestar y dignidad. Divididos por la guerra fría, el programa de los derechos y el programa de desarrollo han marchado por caminos paralelos. En momentos de co...
HUMAN DEV RPT 1990/99 (CD)

Human Development Report 1990-1999 (CD-ROM)

Series:
Human Development Report
25 Feb 2000
The Human Development Report (HDR) CD-ROM is comprised of the complete texts from the HDRs 1990 through 1999, along with the full data set from HDR 1999. The statistical database contains data for 174 countries and some 300 indicators, and allows the user to export data into a wide variety of for...
HUMAN DEV RPT 1999

Human Development Report 1999

Globalization with a Human Face

Series:
Human Development Report
15 Oct 1999
The 1999 Human Development Report argues that globalization is more than the flow of money and commodities - it is the growing interdependence of the world's people through 'shrinking space, shrinking time and disappearing borders'. It notes that markets have been allowed to dominate the process ...
PROMOT DEV WHILE LIMITING GREEN

Promoting Development While Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Trends and Baselines

6 Aug 1999
This publication presents expert documentation on the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) impact of various macro-economic, structural and sector policies in Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, the African continent and the United Kingdom. The report identifies a set of policies and measures bei...
GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS INTL COOPERAT

Global Public Goods

International Cooperation in the 21st Century

6 Aug 1999
This ground-breaking book extrapolates the concept of 'public goods' from the national level to the global level transforming the dimensions of the debate and elevating the concept to a new and urgent plane of importance. Global Public Goods explores two main questions: first, whether and to what...
DEBT & SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOP

Debt and Sustainable Human Development

9 Jul 1999
There is no longer any doubt that unsustainable debt burdens, particularly in heavily indebted poor countries, have serious consequences for human development. These countries urgently need debt relief. This publication denotes how the United Nations Development Programme is playing a role in ass...
ENCOURAGING THE LONGER TERM INSTI

Encouraging the Longer Term

Institutional Investors and Emerging Markets - A Research Agenda

Series:
UNDP Discussion Papers Series
10 Mar 2000
This study analyzes the growing institutionalization of savings in industrial countries, particularly in the form of mutual and pension funds, and the implications of this trend for developing countries in attracting more long-term investment.
UZBEKISTAN: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPO

Human Development Report, National

Uzbekistan

26 Nov 1999
Human development is seen as the key to social development. The Human Development Report: Uzbekistan analyzes the role of the state in economic, social and democratic reforms in the period of transition to a market economy.