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Beyond Violence

Conflict Resolution Process in Northern Ireland

Series: UNU Policy Perspectives
( Print: November 2002 )

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...


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Population and Development Report, No.3 (Arabic language)

Series: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Population and Development Report
( Print: July 2007 )

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Population and Development Report, Issue No.3

International Migration and Development in the Arab Region: Challenges and Opportunities

Series: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Population and Development Report
( Print: January 2008, PDF: December 2007 )

The Report considers the trends and patterns of Arab migration; addresses international migration and its relevance to development in Arab countries by discussing the relationship between...

The Report considers the trends and patterns of Arab migration; addresses international migration and its relevance to development in Arab countries by discussing the relationship between...


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Population and Development Report, Issue No.4

Youth in the ESCWA Region - Situation Analysis and Implications for Development Policies

Series: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Population and Development Report
( Print: March 2011, PDF: December 2010 )

This publication is one of a series of analytical Reports issued by the Population and Social Development Section of the Social Development Division at the Economic and Social Commission for Western...

This publication is one of a series of analytical Reports issued by the Population and Social Development Section of the Social Development Division at the Economic and Social Commission for Western...


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Population and Development Report, Issue No.5

Youth Exclusion in the ESCWA Region: Demographic, Economic, Educational and Cultural Factors

Series: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Population and Development Report
( Print: July 2013, PDF: December 2012 )

This publication is one of a series of analytical Reports issued by the Population and Social Development Section of the Social Development Division at the Economic and Social Commission for Western...

This publication is one of a series of analytical Reports issued by the Population and Social Development Section of the Social Development Division at the Economic and Social Commission for Western...


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Population and Development Report, Issue No.6

Development Policy Implications of Age-Structural Transitions in Arab Countries

Series: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Population and Development Report
( Print: September 2014, PDF: September 2014 )

This report shows that the Arab countries are currently undergoing profound age-structural transitions which will have significant implications for their development. It argues that countries can best...

This report shows that the Arab countries are currently undergoing profound age-structural transitions which will have significant implications for their development. It argues that countries can best...


Global Financial Turmoil and Reform

A United Nations Perspective

Series: UNU Policy Perspectives
( Print: July 1999 )

As Asia's financial and economic crisis which started in 1997, deepened and spread around the world, United Nations economists on five continents shared notes to understand the upheaval and suggest...

As Asia's financial and economic crisis which started in 1997, deepened and spread around the world, United Nations economists on five continents shared notes to understand the upheaval and suggest...


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Population and Development Report: Issue No. 7

Overcoming Population Vulnerability to Water Scarcity in the Arab Region

Series: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Population and Development Report
( Print: April 2016, PDF: December 2015 )

Population dynamics can contribute to unsustainable patterns of production and consumption, and as a consequence to water scarcity that consists of the most significant environmental challenge in the...

Population dynamics can contribute to unsustainable patterns of production and consumption, and as a consequence to water scarcity that consists of the most significant environmental challenge in the...


Population and Development Report (Arabic language)

Series: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Population and Development Report

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Population and Development Report, Issue No.2

The Demographic Window - An Opportunity for Development in the Arab Countries

Series: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Population and Development Report
( Print: July 2006, PDF: January 2008 )

The Population and Development Report, a series of analytical reports published biennially, aims to enhance knowledge about the vital relationship between population and development issues and to...

The Population and Development Report, a series of analytical reports published biennially, aims to enhance knowledge about the vital relationship between population and development issues and to...


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Inter-linkages

The Kyoto Protocol and the International Trade and Investment Regimes

Series: UNU Policy Perspectives
( Print: June 2001 )

In 1997, delegates to the third session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) agreed by consensus to adopt the Kyoto Protocol under which...

In 1997, delegates to the third session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) agreed by consensus to adopt the Kyoto Protocol under which...


Population and Development Report, Issue No.1

Programme of Action Adopted at the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo

Series: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Population and Development Report
( Print: May 1995 )

The stabilization of the world's population and the achievement of sustainable development was discussed at the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo in 1994. This volume...

The stabilization of the world's population and the achievement of sustainable development was discussed at the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo in 1994. This volume...


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Financing for Development

Proposals from Business and Civil Society

Series: UNU Policy Perspectives
( Print: January 2002 )

In Financing for Development, twenty-one authors, including business executives and civil-society activists from developing and developed countries, address the question of how to boost the financing...

In Financing for Development, twenty-one authors, including business executives and civil-society activists from developing and developed countries, address the question of how to boost the financing...