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The objective of this publication is to raise awareness in the international community to the problems that confront civil service in Africa. The first part of this study consists of the proceedings...

Provides a summary picture of recent trends for countries, sub-regions and the continent. It complements with graphs and data the African Statistics Yearbook.

Provides a summary picture of recent trends for countries, sub-regions and the continent. It complements with graphs and data the African Statistical Yearbook.

Published twice a year, African Water Journal, is a joint flagship publications of the major stakeholders of the African Water Sector. The Journal is intended to consolidate and disseminate the...

The African Women’s Report 2009 is based on the results of piloting the African Gender and Development Index (AGDI) in 12 African countries across the five subregions of the continent. Making a case...

This study was undertaken by the Center for Women (ECW) at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in the context of a regional programme to review progress made in...

Space activities, space technology and the resulting applications have benefited millions around the globe. This book discusses the key issues in bringing these benefits to all of humanity. The...

Ageing and Development is an authoritative analysis of the social and economic implications of this trend. Providing a wealth of statistical and quantitative evidence and complied by leading...

Population ageing, viewed as an almost universal and irreversible phenomenon, is changing family structures. The economic concern of ageing is on how it would affect worker's career programme and...

This unified approach can adequately serve as a guide to research and policy formulation. It identifies, analyzes and discusses the issues arising from the growth of cities and the increase in the...

The number of elderly in Asia will more than double by 2025: 705 million against 322 million in 2000. This publication addresses major policy implications of population ageing in Asia and the Pacific...

Over the past three decades most of the countries in the Asia and Pacific region have experienced rapid declines in mortality and fertility resulting in changes in their population structure...

The Regional Implementation Strategy for the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing 2002 was adopted at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Ministerial Conference on...

This report surveys the population ageing-related research in the European countries, identifies innovative data collection, research strategies and high-quality survey instruments that can be used...