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Trade, Environment, and the Millennium
( Print: November 2000
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The relationship between trade policy and environment policy remains a complex one. There has been much debate and discussion at the World Trade Organization (WTO) meetings but so much more is yet to...
The relationship between trade policy and environment policy remains a complex one. There has been much debate and discussion at the World Trade Organization (WTO) meetings but so much more is yet to...
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States, Markets and Just Growth
Development in the Twenty-first Century
Series: United Nations System in the 21st Century, The
( Print: April 2003
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This publication examines the common concerns of developing countries seeking just and fair growth and at the same time highlights their special regional needs. It addresses the following topics: the...
This publication examines the common concerns of developing countries seeking just and fair growth and at the same time highlights their special regional needs. It addresses the following topics: the...
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Beyond Violence
Conflict Resolution Process in Northern Ireland
Series: UNU Policy Perspectives
( Print: November 2002
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After almost thirty years of bloody conflict, the opposing parties in Northern Ireland eventually signed an agreement about how to share power, thus bringing to an end the conflict that had claimed...
After almost thirty years of bloody conflict, the opposing parties in Northern Ireland eventually signed an agreement about how to share power, thus bringing to an end the conflict that had claimed...
Globalization
The United Nations Development Dialogue - Finance, Trade, Poverty, Peace-building
This publication contains statements and other materials from the past two years, 1998-1999, of debate and dialogue in the Economic and Social Council. The aim is to bring the Organization's work to a...
This publication contains statements and other materials from the past two years, 1998-1999, of debate and dialogue in the Economic and Social Council. The aim is to bring the Organization's work to a...
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Global Governance and the United Nations System
( Print: April 2002
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This publication offers a wide-ranging analysis of changing world order at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The contributors to this volume discuss various aspects of this transformation...
This publication offers a wide-ranging analysis of changing world order at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The contributors to this volume discuss various aspects of this transformation...
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Conflict Prevention
Path to Peace or Grand Illusion?
Series: Foundations of Peace
( Print: February 2003
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This publication evaluates the institutional record on conflict prevention, identifies current trends in conflict prevention practice, and makes recommendations on improving organizational capacity...
This publication evaluates the institutional record on conflict prevention, identifies current trends in conflict prevention practice, and makes recommendations on improving organizational capacity...
Globalization and the Sustainability of Cities in the Asia Pacific Region
( Print: January 2002
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In this publication, scholars from around the region analyze the impact of globalization on cities in Asia and the Pacific. This collection of essays forms a useful, comprehensive, and ambitious study...
In this publication, scholars from around the region analyze the impact of globalization on cities in Asia and the Pacific. This collection of essays forms a useful, comprehensive, and ambitious study...
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Democracy in Latin America
(Re)Constructing Political Society
Series: Changing Nature of Democracy, The
( Print: March 2002
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(Re)democratization in much of Latin America has had to confront a legacy of civil war or political repression, as well as the social dilemmas inherent in the integration of the region into the global...
(Re)democratization in much of Latin America has had to confront a legacy of civil war or political repression, as well as the social dilemmas inherent in the integration of the region into the global...
Human Development and the Environment
Challenges for the United Nations in the New Millennium
Series: UNU Millennium Series
( Print: April 2002
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The new millennium sees humankind living in a vastly more complex, inter-linked, and mutually dependent world. There are increasing numbers of actors in world affairs today, as private and public non...
The new millennium sees humankind living in a vastly more complex, inter-linked, and mutually dependent world. There are increasing numbers of actors in world affairs today, as private and public non...
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Trade, Environment, and the Millennium
( Print: May 2002
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While most trade officials and others who have a direct interest in multilateral trade policy consider the multilateral system to be a major contributor to the enormous growth of world trade and...
While most trade officials and others who have a direct interest in multilateral trade policy consider the multilateral system to be a major contributor to the enormous growth of world trade and...
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East Asian Experience in Environmental Governance
Response in a Rapidly Developing Region
The East Asian region has seen considerable growth in its economy, industrial base, and population in the last two decades. Incidentally, all three of these factors are often linked to over...
The East Asian region has seen considerable growth in its economy, industrial base, and population in the last two decades. Incidentally, all three of these factors are often linked to over...
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Enhancing Global Governance
Towards a New Diplomacy
Series: Foundations of Peace
( Print: September 2002
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This publication examines the institutional bases and diplomatic practices that underpin global governance. It analyzes the means by which global governance has been promoted by innovative diplomatic...
This publication examines the institutional bases and diplomatic practices that underpin global governance. It analyzes the means by which global governance has been promoted by innovative diplomatic...
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From Civil Strife to Civil Society
Civil and Military Responsibilities in Disrupted States
Series: Foundations of Peace
( Print: September 2003
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In the 1990s the United Nations, the militaries of key member states, and Non-Governmental Organizations became increasingly entangled in the complex affairs of disrupted states. In some situations...
In the 1990s the United Nations, the militaries of key member states, and Non-Governmental Organizations became increasingly entangled in the complex affairs of disrupted states. In some situations...
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Niña and Its Impacts, La
Facts and Speculation
La Niña, the result of air-sea interaction, can be described as the appearance of cold surface water in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. While people around the globe have become...
La Niña, the result of air-sea interaction, can be described as the appearance of cold surface water in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. While people around the globe have become...
Conducting Environmental Impact Assessment for Developing Countries
( Print: June 1999
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Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a policy and management tool for planning and decision-making. This publication includes an introduction to EIA and explains its process, methods and tools. It...
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a policy and management tool for planning and decision-making. This publication includes an introduction to EIA and explains its process, methods and tools. It...
Crucibles of Hazard
Mega-cities and Disasters in Transition
As a result of repeated experience with devastating earthquakes, storms, floods and wildfires, places like Tokyo, Mexico City, San Francisco and Los Angeles are already identified with catastrophe in...
As a result of repeated experience with devastating earthquakes, storms, floods and wildfires, places like Tokyo, Mexico City, San Francisco and Los Angeles are already identified with catastrophe in...
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Oceanic Circle, The
Governing the Seas as a Global Resource
The Oceanic Circle discusses the importance of the oceans within the global life support system, the cultural dimension of ocean space, the oceans and warfare, the wealth of the ocean and its market...
The Oceanic Circle discusses the importance of the oceans within the global life support system, the cultural dimension of ocean space, the oceans and warfare, the wealth of the ocean and its market...
Local Economic Development
A Geographical Comparison of Rural Community Restructuring
Restructuring is a widely used concept, which denotes rapid and often far-reaching, socio-economic transformation processes in communities, localities, regions and nations. This book seeks to explain...
Restructuring is a widely used concept, which denotes rapid and often far-reaching, socio-economic transformation processes in communities, localities, regions and nations. This book seeks to explain...
Model, Myth or Miracle? Reassessing the Role of Governments in the East Asian Experience
( Print: April 1999
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Until recently, the East Asian experience was hailed as a miracle and a model of successful development. Now it is being called a myth and a bad example that should not be emulated by other developing...
Until recently, the East Asian experience was hailed as a miracle and a model of successful development. Now it is being called a myth and a bad example that should not be emulated by other developing...
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Management of Latin American River Basins
Amazon, Plata and Sao Francisco
Series: Water Resources Management and Policy
( Print: August 1999
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The Bolivia Summit of the Americas declared in 1996 that despite extensive efforts by countries in the Americas to improve water use and management, demand continues to rise while contamination has...
The Bolivia Summit of the Americas declared in 1996 that despite extensive efforts by countries in the Americas to improve water use and management, demand continues to rise while contamination has...