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DEV CHALLENGES SUBSAHARAN AFRICA

Development Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa and Post-conflict Countries

Report of the Committee for Development Policy on the Seventh Session (14-18 March 2005)

18 Nov 2005
Far from the widespread hope for peace and harmony at the end of the Cold War, over one hundred armed conflicts have taken place since 1989 in sub-Saharan Africa. The present report contains the main findings and recommendations of the seventh session of the Committee for Development Policy. The ...
SURV ECON SOC DEV ESCWA 2004/05

Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the ESCWA Region 2004-2005

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Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the Arab Region
3 Nov 2005
This annual Survey reviews economic and social trends in the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) region. It evaluates the region’s performance in areas such as economic development, population growth, health conditions, education and gender affairs. This year's Survey warns th...
CEPAL REVIEW #83 08/2004

CEPAL Review No.83, August 2004

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CEPAL Review
3 Nov 2005
Cepal Review is the leading journal for the study of economic and social development issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. Edited by the Economic Commission for Latin America, each issue focuses on economic trends, industrialization, income distribution, technological development and monetar...
STATE WORLD POPUL RPT 2005 (R)

State of World Population 2005 (Russian language)

The Promise of Equality - Gender Equity, Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals

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State of World Population (Russian language)
3 Nov 2005
How do we improve the lives of the nearly 3 billion individuals living on less than two dollars a day? How can we enable all individuals — male and female, young and old — to protect themselves from HIV? To save the lives of more than 500,000 women who die each year in childbirth? What will it ta...
STATE WORLD POPUL RPT 2005 (A)

State of World Population 2005 (Arabic language)

The Promise of Equality - Gender Equity, Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals

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State of World Population
3 Nov 2005
The Promise of Equality: Gender Equity, Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals
How do we improve the lives of the nearly 3 billion individuals living on less than two dollars a day? How can we enable all individuals — male and female, young and old — to protect themselves from H...
PROGRESS WORLDS WOMEN 2005

Progress of the World's Women 2005

Women, Work and Poverty

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Progress of the World’s Women
7 Oct 2005
2005 marks the fifth anniversary of the UN Millennium Declaration, adopted in 2000 and the tenth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995. In the decade since Beijing, the number of people living on less than $1 a day has fallen; the gender gap in primary and (to a lesser extent) se...
COLLECTION OF CASES OF FINANCING

Collection of Cases of Financing ICT for Development in Asia and the Pacific

7 Oct 2005
This publication provides information on different financing mechanisms for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) projects in rural areas in particular. It considers cases from China, India, Malaysia, Nepal and Thailand which have some uniqueness in order to transform existing digital di...
INFORME SOBRE DESARR HUMANO 2005

Informe Sobre Desarrollo Humano 2005

La Cooperación Internacional ante una Encrucijada Ayuda al Desarrollo, Comercio y Seguridad en un Mundo Desigual

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Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano
23 Sep 2005
El Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano de este año evalúa la situación del desarrollo humano y su progreso hacia la consecución de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (ODM). Más allá de las estadísticas, destaca los costos humanos de no alcanzar las metas y no cumplir las promesas. Según el infor...
PANORAMA SOCIAL AMERICA LATIN 2004

Panorama Social de América Latina 2004

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Panorama Social de América Latina
23 Sep 2005
En la edición 2004 del Panorama Social de América Latina se analizan las tendencias recientes en materia de pobreza y distribución del ingreso en los países latinoamericanos, junto con las importantes transformaciones demográficas registradas en las últimas décadas en la región. Se analiza con es...
INFORME SOBRE DES HUMANO

Informe Sobre Desarrollo Humano 2004 - México

El Reto del Desarrollo Local

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Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano
23 Sep 2005
Este informe nacional presenta el panorama del desarrollo humano en el país, a partir del análisis de las desigualdades regionales, e indaga las condiciones que favorecen y restringen el desarrollo local. El informe plantea que una parte importante de las desigualdades entre individuos y entre re...
BUSINESS UNUSUAL FACILITAT UNITED

Business UNusual

Facilitating United Nations Reform Through Partnerships

23 Sep 2005
This publication presents an assessment of the partnership agenda across the United Nations system. The report explores how partnerships with business act as a catalyst for reform and institutional innovation throughout the UN organization by infusing private sector management practices and perf...
RAPPORT MONDIAL DEV HUMAIN 2005

Rapport Mondial sur le Développement Humain 2005

La Coopération Internationale á la Croisée des Chemins - L'Aide, le Commerce et la Sécurité dans un Monde Marqué par les Inégalités

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Rapport sur le Développement Humain 
23 Sep 2005
Le Rapport sur le développement humain 2005 fait le point sur le développement humain, y compris sur les progrès réalisés concernant les ODM. En regardant par-delà les statistiques, il met en avant le coût humain des cibles manquées et des promesses non tenues. Les inégalités extrêmes entre les p...
WORLD ECON SOCIAL SURV 2005

World Economic and Social Survey 2005

Financing for Development

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World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
23 Sep 2005
The World Economic and Social Survey 2005 focuses on the Monterrey Consensus as the current framework for international cooperation for development. The report examines the correspondingly broad agenda for action that was set out in the Consensus, recognizing numerous accomplishments to date and ...
REC TRANSP DANG GOODS TESTS #4.1

Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods: Manual of Tests and Criteria - Fourth Revised Edition, Amendment 1

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Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods: Tests and Criteria
26 Aug 2005
Amendment to the fourth revised edition of the Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods: Manual of Tests and Criteria. This publication presents a compilation of the various tests and criteria that enable the competent authority to classify explosive substances and articles. It focuses...
RPT WORLD SOCIAL SITUATION 2005

Report on the World Social Situation 2005

The Inequality Predicament

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Report on the World Social Situation
26 Aug 2005
The 2005 Report on the World Social Situation focuses on the international aspects of inequality. As emphasized by the ten-year review of the implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action, there has been uneven progress in many areas of social development, with important re...
INFORME SOBRE COMERCIO DESARR 2004

Informe sobre el Comercio y el Desarrollo 2004

Coherencia de las Políticas Económicas, Estrategias de Desarrollo e Integración en la Economía Mundial

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Informe sobre el comercio y el desarrollo
12 Aug 2005
El Informe sobre el Comercio y el Desarrollo de este año tiene por finalidad contribuir al debate sobre la coherencia de las políticas económicas. En él se examina la forma en que las relaciones comerciales internacionales se ven afectadas por los sistemas monetario y financiero internacionales y...
HUMAN DEV RPT 2005

Human Development Report 2005

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

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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...
STAT YRBK LATIN AMERICA 2004

Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2004 (Includes CD-ROM)

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Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean / Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe
15 Jul 2005
The 2004 edition of the Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean contains a selection of the main statistical series available on economic and social trends in the countries of the region. It represents an effort by the ECLAC Statistics and Economic Projections Division to harmoni...
FOSTERING ECONOMIC POLICY COORDINA

Fostering Economic Policy Coordination in Latin America

The REDIMA Approach to Escaping the Prisoner's Dilemma

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ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
1 Jul 2005
This work aims to provide some useful elements for addressing specific issues related to coordinating policies among sovereign nations in a world undergoing globalization and subject to increasing uncertainty. It has a twofold objective: to provide clear positions regarding options for Latin Amer...
OBJECTIFS MILLENAIRE DEV RPT 2005

Objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement: Rapport 2005

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Objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement
19 May 2006
Le rapport présente une évaluation annuelle du progrès global vers la réalisation des OMD, en indiquant les secteurs où des progrès ont été réalisés, ainsi que ceux qui restent à la traîne. Le rapport repose sur une base de données compilée par le Groupe interinstitutions et d’experts sur les ind...
PROTOCOL POLLUTANT RELEASE TRANSF

Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters

17 Jun 2005
The objective of this legally binding international instrument is to enhance public access to information through the establishment of coherent, nationwide pollutant release and transfer registers. Although regulating information on pollution, rather than pollution directly, the protocol is expec...
REVISTA DE LA CEPAL #85 APR 2005

Revista de la CEPAL No.85, Abril 2005

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Revista de la CEPAL
27 May 2005
El objetivo de esta revista es contribuir al examen de los problemas del desarrollo socioeconómico de la región, en especial mediante enfoques analíticos y de políticas, con artículos de expertos en economía y otras ciencias sociales, tanto de Naciones Unidas como fuera de ella.
CEPAL REVIEW #82 04/2004

CEPAL Review No.82, April 2004

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CEPAL Review
20 May 2005
Cepal Review is the leading journal for the study of economic and social development issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. Edited by the Economic Commission for Latin America, each issue focuses on economic trends, industrialization, income distribution, technological development and monetar...
SPORT FOR DEV & PEACE

Sport for Development and Peace

Towards Achieving the Millennium Development Goals

20 May 2005
The world of sport presents a natural partnership for the United Nations system. By its very nature sport is about participation. It is about inclusion and citizenship. Sport brings individuals and communities together, highlighting commonalties and bridging cultural or ethnic divides. This repor...
STAT YRBK 2002/04 49TH ISS

Statistical Yearbook 2002-2004, Forty-ninth Issue

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United Nations Statistical Yearbook / Annuaire Statistique des Nations Unies (Ser. S)
16 Dec 2005
This annual compilation of statistics for over 200 countries and areas of the world is organized in four parts: world and region summary; population and social statistics; economic activity; and international economic relations. This issue of the Yearbook presents 81 tables in the fields of demog...
ECONOMIA INFORMAL

Economía Informal, La

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Políticas Sociales
6 May 2005
El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar de qué manera las actividades desarrolladas por las empresas informales interactúan con las estructuras sociales existentes y las prácticas y políticas de fiscalización de los Estados nacionales. Es a través de estas interacciones como se pone de manifiesto...