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WORLD ECON SITUAT PROSPECTS 2023

World Economic Situation and Prospects 2023

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World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP)
25 Jan 2023
The world continues to confront multiple, inter-connected crises. Amid a slow recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is facing a food and energy crisis exacerbated by the war in Ukraine with record high inflation unleashing a cost-of-living crisis. Developing countries are i...
EMISSIONS GAP RPT 2022

Emissions Gap Report 2022

The Closing Window. Climate Crisis Calls for Rapid Transformation of Societies

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The Emissions Gap Report
14 Dec 2022
Every year, the negative impacts of climate change become more intense. Every year, they bring more misery and pain to hundreds of millions of people across the globe. Every year, they become more a problem of the here and now, as well as a warning of tougher consequences to come. We are in a cli...
INTL TRADE STAT YRBK 2021 V2

International Trade Statistics Yearbook 2021, Volume II

Trade by Product

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International Trade Statistics Yearbook (Ser. G)
25 Jan 2023
This report contains detailed tables showing international trade for 258 individual commodities, for the 11 main Extended Balance of Payments Services categories, and world/regional trade tables or figures presenting statistics up to the year 2021. The information in the publication is based on d...
GLOBAL RPT TRAFFICK IN PERSON 2022

Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2022

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Global Report on Trafficking in Persons
24 Jan 2023
The 2022 UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons is the seventh of its kind mandated by the General Assembly through the 2010 United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. This edition of the Global Report provides a snapshot of the trafficking patterns and flows de...
TREATY SERIES 3033

Treaty Series 3033

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United Nations Treaty Series / Recueil des Traites des Nations Unies
30 Dec 2022
In accordance with Article 102 of the Charter and the relevant General Assembly Resolutions, every treaty and international agreement registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat since 1946 is published in the United Nations Treaty Series. At present, the collection includes about 30,000...
WORLD AIDS DAY RPT 2022

World AIDS Day Report 2022

Dangerous Inequalities

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World AIDS Day Report
29 Nov 2022
New infections are rising in many parts of the world but resources for the response have stagnated at levels that are wholly inadequate to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. This report unpacks the impact that gender inequalities, inequalities faced by key populations, and inequalities b...
TRANS CORP V29 #3

Transnational Corporations Vol.29 No.3

Investment and Development

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Transnational Corporations
30 Dec 2022
Transnational Corporations is a longstanding, policy-oriented, refereed research journal on issues related to investment, multinational enterprises and development. It is an official journal of the United Nations, managed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). As such...
UNE LESSONS DEC EMIS GAP ASSES

Lessons From a Decade of Emissions Gap Assessments

28 Oct 2022
This publication has been prepared by the scientific editors of the UN Environment Emissions Gap Reports: John Christensen (UNEP DTU Partnership) and Anne Olhoff (UNEP DTU Partnership). UN Environment warmly thanks all the authors, the members of the steering committee and the reviewers of the...
TRNSPRT TRADE FACLTATN SERIES 19

National Trade Facilitation Committees in the Quest for Sustainability

Transport and Trade Facilitation Series, No. 19

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Transport and Trade Facilitation Series
20 Jan 2023
National Trade Facilitation Committees (NTFCs) are the coordinating bodies for trade facilitation initiatives at national level. They have existed in different forms in a limited number of countries since the 1950s. This report provides an update to previous UNCTAD studies on NTFCs. It is the mos...
GLOB EDUCAT MONITOR RPT 2021/2

Global Education Monitoring Report 2021/2

Non-state Actors in Education: Who Chooses? Who Loses?

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Global Education Monitoring Report
4 Nov 2022
Non-state actors’ role extends beyond provision of schooling to interventions at various education levels and influence spheres. Alongside its review of progress towards SDG 4, including emerging evidence on the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact, the 2021/2 Global Education Monitoring Report urges gover...
EMISSIONS GAP RPT 2019

Emissions Gap Report 2019

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The Emissions Gap Report
28 Oct 2022
This is the tenth edition of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report. It provides the latest assessment of scientific studies on current and estimated future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and compares these with the emission levels permissible for the world to progre...
REVISTA DE LA CEPAL #137 08/2022

Revista de la CEPAL No. 137, Agosto 2022

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Revista de la CEPAL
4 Nov 2022
La Revista CEPAL se fundó en 1976 y es una publicación cuatrimestral de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, de las Naciones Unidas, con sede en Santiago de Chile. El objetico de la Revista es contribuir al examen de los problemas del desarrollo socioeconómico de la región, con ...
REVISTA DE LA CEPAL #136 04/2022

Revista de la CEPAL No. 136, Abril 2022

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Revista de la CEPAL
4 Nov 2022
La Revista CEPAL se fundó en 1976 y es una publicación cuatrimestral de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, de las Naciones Unidas, con sede en Santiago de Chile. El objetico de la Revista es contribuir al examen de los problemas del desarrollo socioeconómico de la región, con ...
CEPAL REVIEW #136 04/2022

CEPAL Review No. 136, April 2022

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CEPAL Review
4 Nov 2022
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...
WOMEN IN BUSINESS

Women in Business

Building Purpose-Driven Enterprise Amid Crises

9 Dec 2022
A third of all entrepreneurs in the world are women. Their contribution to development is clear: as their business grow, they inspire, create jobs, and offer themselves, their families, and their communities a chance for a better, more inclusive future. But a third is still too low and women busi...
ENG YNG PPLE IMPLMT ESD ECE REG

Engaging Young People in the Implementation of ESD in the UNECE Region

Good Practices in the Engagement of Youth in Education for Sustainable Development

11 Nov 2022
Ever since Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) was officially embedded in the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, many assumed that ESD had arrived in formal education settings. In reality however, this is only true to quite a small degree. Its uptake within the UNECE region has been s...
STAT YRBK 2022 65TH ISS

Statistical Yearbook 2022, Sixty-fifth Issue

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United Nations Statistical Yearbook / Annuaire Statistique des Nations Unies (Ser. S)
4 Nov 2022
The Statistical Yearbook is an annual compilation of a wide range of international economic, social and environmental statistics on over 200 countries and areas, compiled from sources including UN agencies and other international, national and specialized organizations. The 2022 edition contains ...
MIG DEV WITHIN ACROSS BORDERS

Migration and Development Within and Across Borders

Research and Policy Perspectives on Internal and International Migration

30 Sep 2022
Research and policy interest in the linkages between migration and development is probably at an all-time high, with numerous meetings, studies and publications devoted to the subject. At the international level there are renewed efforts to promote policy dialogue between states concerned with is...
UNCTAD HNDBK STAT 2022

UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2022

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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Handbook of Statistics / Manuel de Statistiques de la CNUCED
13 Jan 2023
The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics was first launched in 1967. Over the past 50 years, the handbook has evolved to incorporate new statistics and ensure that readers have access to the best possible information available. The 2021 edition of the Handbook continues in this tradition of excellence a...
PROCEEDINGS UNECE MIN CONF AGEING

A Sustainable World for All Ages: Joining Forces for Solidarity and Equal Opportunities Throughout Life

Proceedings of the 2022 UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing Rome, Italy, 16-17 June 2022

9 Dec 2022
This publication will document the fourth cycle review and appraisal of the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action and its Regional Implementation Strategy (MIPAA/RIS, 2002) in UNECE member States between 2017 and 2022. The regional review will conclude with the 5th UNECE Minis...
UNCITRAL ARBITRATION RULES 2021

UNCITRAL Expedited Arbitration Rules 2021

Rules on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration.

27 Sep 2022
Recalling its resolution 2205 (XXI) of 17 December 1966, by which it established the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law with a mandate to further the progressive harmonization and unification of the law of international trade and in that respect to bear in mind the interests of ...
SME COMPETITIVENESS OUTLOOK 2022

SME Competitiveness Outlook 2022

Connected Services, Competitive Businesses

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SME Competitiveness Outlook
6 Oct 2022
Our services sectors are key to an economic transformation. This report calls them ‘connected services. Transport and logistics, financial services, information and communication technologies, and business and professional services contribute directly to economic growth – with an increasing share...
ECLAC METHODOLOGIES NO. 1

Index Numbers and Their Relationship With the Economy

Eclac Methodologies No. 1

4 Nov 2022
Index numbers are the basic instrument for synthesizing economic statistics so that the formulas used make it possible to express and describe, for example, the economic growth of a country or the inflation rate of an economy, and also to make international comparisons. If different formulas are ...
REVIEW MARITIME TRANS 2022

Review of Maritime Transport 2022

Navigating Stormy Waters

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Review of Maritime Transport
20 Jan 2023
he Review of Maritime Transport (RMT) has been published annually since 1968. The flagship report provides an analysis of structural and cyclical changes affecting seaborne trade, ports and shipping, as well as an extensive collection of statistics. Around 80% of the volume of international trade...
UNITED NATIONS YRBK 2015 V69

Yearbook of the United Nations 2015

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Yearbook of the United Nations
9 Dec 2022
Since the founding of the United Nations, the Yearbook of the United Nations has stood as the authoritative reference work on the annual actions and achievements of the Organization. As with the preceding sixty-eight volumes of the Yearbook, the present—sixty-ninth—volume composes a peerless reso...
OVRCM INQLTY TWRD NEW ECO SOC CON

Overcoming Inequalities: Towards a New Eco-social Contract

31 Aug 2022
This Strategy sets out the priorities and themes of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development over the period 2021–2025. It integrates research, communications, policy engagement, results and impact—and is calibrated against the fast-moving social, economic and political contex...