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WORLD INVESTMENT RPT 2021

World Investment Report 2021

Investing in Sustainable Recovery

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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report (WIR)
17 Aug 2021
This report examines how foreign direct investment (FDI) can support sustainable post-pandemic recovery, drawing lessons from the impact of past global crises on FDI and the response of multinational enterprises and international investors that are still relevant today. It further identifies prio...
ESTUDIO ECON AMER LATINA 2020

Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe 2020

Principales condicionantes de las políticas fiscal y monetaria en la era pospandemia de COVID-19

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Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe
15 Apr 2021
En esta edición se analizan los efectos y desafíos que la pandemia de la enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19) plantea en la región en 2020 y el panorama que se perfila para los años venideros. En la primera se resume el desempeño de la economía regional en 2019 y se analiza la evolución durante ...
ECON SURV LAT AMER CARIB 2020

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020

Main Conditioning Factors of Fiscal and Monetary Policies in the Post-COVID-19 Era

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Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean
15 Apr 2021
This publication outlines the region’s economic performance in 2019 and analyses trends in the early months of 2020, as well as the outlook for the rest of the year. It examines the external and domestic factors that have influenced the region’s economic performance, analyses the characteristics ...
WORLD WATER DEV RPT 2021

The United Nations World Water Development Report 2021

Valuing Water

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The United Nations World Water Development Report
22 Mar 2021
Water is a finite and non-substitutable resource. As the foundation of life, societies and economies, it carries multiple values and benefits. But unlike most other natural resources, it has proven extremely difficult to determine its true ‘value’. The 2021 edition of the United Nations World Wat...
GUIDELINES MAINSTREAMING AGEING

Guidelines for Mainstreaming Ageing

4 Jun 2021
Population ageing is recognized as one of the global demographic megatrends with continued and lasting impacts on sustainable development and the way we live and work in our societies. Accounting for around 30 per cent of the world’s population aged 65 years and older, the UNECE region constitute...
ASIA PACIFIC CTRIES SPEC NEED 2021

Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report 2021

Strengthening the Resilience of Least Developed Countries in the Wake of the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic

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Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report
27 Sep 2021
The Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report is a recurrent ESCAP annual publication that discusses issues of interest for Asia-Pacific least developed countries (LDCs), landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) and small island developing States (SIDS), collectively referred to...
TRNSPRT TRADE FACLTATN SERIES 15

COVID-19 and Maritime Transport: Impact and Responses

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Transport and Trade Facilitation Series
28 Feb 2021
The report describes and analyses the impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on the maritime supply chain. It also identifies response measures adopted and sets out a list of lessons learned and good practices in resilience building and disruption management.
COMP NATL AUT INTL DRUG TRTY 2020

Competent National Authorities Under the International Drug Control Treaties 2020

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Competent National Authorities under the International Drug Control Treaties
15 Apr 2021
This annual directory lists competent national authorities empowered to issue certificates and authorization for the import and export of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances as well as competent national authorities empowered to regulate or enforce national controls over precursors and ess...
STOP THE VIRUS OF DISINFORMATION

Stop the Virus of Disinformation

The Malicious use of Social Media by Terrorist, Violent Extremist and Criminal Groups During the COVID-19 Pandemic

30 Jan 2021
The Report describes how terrorist, violent extremist and organized criminal groups are trying to take advantage of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic to expand their activities and jeopardize the efficacy and credibility of response measures by governments. The COVID-19 crisis has amplified mis...
EMISSIONS GAP RPT 2020

Emissions Gap Report 2020

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The Emissions Gap Report
21 Jan 2021
This eleventh edition of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report has been produced in a year where the COVID-19 crisis has dominated the news and policymaking and has caused immense suffering and economic and social disruption worldwide. This economic disruption has b...
PRECURSORS CHEMICAL FREQ USED 2020

Precursors and Chemicals Frequently Used in the Illicit Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 2020

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Precursors and Chemicals Frequently Used in the Illicit Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
20 May 2021
This report summarizes the actions taken by Governments and by the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) on precursors to prevent chemical diversion and to implement the provisions of the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 198...
PRECURSORS CHEMICAL FREQ 2020 (A)

Precursors and Chemicals Frequently Used in the Illicit Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 2020 (Arabic language)

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Precursors and Chemicals Frequently Used in the Illicit Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Arabic)
14 May 2021
This report summarizes the actions taken by Governments and by the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) on precursors to prevent chemical diversion and to implement the provisions of the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 198...
PRECURSEUR PROD CHIMIQU 2020

Précurseurs et produits chimiques fréquemment utilises dans la fabrication illicite de stupéfiants et de substances psychotropes 2020

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Précurseurs et Produits Chimiques Fréquemment Utilisés dans la Fabrication Illicite de Stupéfiants et de Substances Psychotropes
14 May 2021
La Convention des Nations Unies contre le trafic illicite de stupéfiants et de substances psychotropes de 1988 dispose que l’Organe international de contrôle des stupéfiants présente chaque année à la Commission des stupéfiants un rapport sur l’application de l’article 12 de la Convention et que ...
PRECURSORES SUSTAN QUIMI 2020

Precursores y sustancias químicas frecuentemente utilizados para la fabricación ilícita de estupefacientes y sustancias sicotrópicas 2020

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Precursores y sustancias químicas frecuentemente utilizados para la fabricación ilícita de estupefacientes y sustancias sicotrópicas
14 May 2021
Desde hace más de 20 años y de conformidad con el mandato que se le encomendó en virtud de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas contra el Tráfico Ilícito de Estupefacientes y Sustancias Sicotrópicas de 1988, así como las distintas resoluciones aprobadas por el Consejo de Seguridad, el Consejo Eco...
PRECURSORS CHEMICAL FREQ 2020 (C)

Precursors and Chemicals Frequently Used in the Illicit Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 2020 (Chinese language)

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Precursors and Chemicals Frequently Used in the Illicit Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Chinese)
14 May 2021
This report summarizes the actions taken by Governments and by the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) on precursors to prevent chemical diversion and to implement the provisions of the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 198...
PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES STAT 2020

Psychotropic Substances 2020

Statistics for 2019 - Assessments of Annual Medical and Scientific Requirements for 2021

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Psychotropic Substances / Substances Psychotropes / Sustancias Sicotrópicas
30 Apr 2021
On an annual basis the Psychotropics Control Section of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) secretariat publishes a technical report that provides an overview of the worldwide licit manufacture, export, import, stocks and consumption of substances controlled under the Convention on P...
PAND CRISIS TRADE RLTD RESP

White Paper Pandemic Crisis

Trade-related Response

20 Apr 2021
This paper provides clear, accessible, and concise best practice guidelines to enable efficient control, clearance, and release facilitation measures, and outlines standard operating measures for pandemic situations. These guidelines are consistent with existing relevant frameworks and legislatio...
WORLD AIDS DAY RPT 2020

World AIDS Day Report 2020

Prevailing Against Pandemics by Putting People at the Centre

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World AIDS Day Report
3 Dec 2020
As this report shows, the global HIV response was off track even before the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, but the collision of COVID-19 and HIV has sent it back further. The Fast-Track Targets, which expire at the end 2020, will not be achieved. some 38 million people are living with HIV, with...
SOCIO ECON IMPLS COVID PANDEMIC V2

The Socio-Economic Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ideas for Policy Action: Volume 2 - Country Notes

30 Nov 2021
To promote a collective reflection that offers guidance for the response to the COVID-19 health crisis and its economic and social effects on our societies. The UNDP Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean launched the series of documents compiled in this book. The second volume is a ...
SOCIO ECON IMPLS COVID PANDEMIC V1

The Socio-Economic Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ideas for Policy Action: Volume 1 - Cross-sectional Visions

29 Nov 2021
To promote a collective reflection that offers guidance for the response to the COVID-19 health crisis and its economic and social effects on our societies. The UNDP Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean launched the series of documents compiled in this book. The first volume reflec...
INTERMDL TRANSPORT COVID-19

Intermodal Transport in the Age of COVID-19 - Practices, Initiatives and Responses

Building Pandemic Resilient Transport Systems

15 Apr 2021
This publication provides an overview of the work of the UNECE Sustainable Transport Division in supporting countries to overcome challenges faced by their inland transport systems related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Covering five thematic areas, it assesses the different impacts for each area and ...
GLOBAL SYNTHETIC DRUGS ASSESS 2020

Global Synthetic Drugs Assessment 2020

8 Jun 2021
The Global Synthetic Drugs Assessment 2020 provides an analysis of the global synthetic drugs market in two parts. The first part of this report presents a global thematic analysis of the key trends and emerging developments of the synthetic drugs market as well as the recent trends in the manufa...
INFORME ESP COVID-19 CEPAL #8

Pactos políticos y sociales para la igualdad y el desarrollo sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe en la recuperación pos-COVID-19

Informe Especial COVID-19 Nº 8

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Informe Especial COVID-19 de la CEPAL
30 Nov 2020
La pandemia de la enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19) llegó a América Latina y el Caribe en un momento difícil desde el punto de vista económico, social y medioambiental. Para hacer frente a la crisis sanitaria, cuya duración ha sido mayor de lo que se había previsto, y a sus graves efectos eco...
ECLAC SPECIAL RPT COVID-19 #8

Political and Social Compacts for Equality and Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Post-COVID-19 Recovery

Special Report COVID-19 No. 8

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ECLAC COVID-19 Special Report
30 Nov 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic hit Latin America and the Caribbean in a period of economic, social and environmental vulnerability. Tackling the health crisis —which has outlasted initial forecasts— and its deleterious economic and social effects will require political and socia...
INFORME ESP COVID-19 CEPAL #7

Universalizar el acceso a las tecnologías digitales para enfrentar los efectos del COVID-19

Informe Especial COVID-19 Nº 7

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Informe Especial COVID-19 de la CEPAL
27 Nov 2020
Este Informe Especial es el séptimo de una serie que elabora la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) sobre la evolución y los efectos de la pandemia de COVID-19 (coronavirus) en América Latina y el Caribe. En él, se examina el papel clave de las tecnologías digitales en la p...
ECLAC SPECIAL RPT COVID-19 #7

Universalizing Access to Digital Technologies to Address the Consequences of COVID-19

Special Report COVID-19 No. 7

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ECLAC COVID-19 Special Report
27 Nov 2020
This Special Report is the seventh in a series by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on the evolution and impacts of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean. It examines the key role of digital technologies in the pandemic prompted b...
INFORME ESP COVID-19 CEPAL #6

Los efectos del COVID-19 en el comercio internacional y la logística

Informe Especial COVID-19 Nº 6

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Informe Especial COVID-19 de la CEPAL
26 Nov 2020
Este Informe Especial es el sexto de una serie que elabora la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) sobre la evolución y los efectos de la pandemia de COVID-19 (coronavirus) en América Latina y el Caribe. En él se entregan estimaciones del impacto de la pandemia en las export...