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HUMAN DEV RPT 2020 (C)

Human Development Report 2020 (Chinese language)

The Next Frontier – Human Development and the Anthropocene

Series:
Human Development Report (Chinese Version)
1 Jun 2021
The 30th Anniversary 2020 Human Development Report is the latest in the series of global Human Development Reports published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 1990 as independent and analytically and empirically grounded discussions of major development issues, trends and p...
HUMAN DEV RPT 2020 (A)

Human Development Report 2020 (Arabic language)

The Next Frontier – Human Development and the Anthropocene

Series:
Arab Human Development Report (Arabic language)
1 Jun 2021
The 30th Anniversary 2020 Human Development Report is the latest in the series of global Human Development Reports published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 1990 as independent and analytically and empirically grounded discussions of major development issues, trends and p...
INFORME SOBRE DESAR HUMANO 2020

Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano 2020

La próxima frontera – El desarrollo humano y el Antropoceno

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Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano
23 Jul 2021
El Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano 2020 (que celebra su 30º aniversario) constituye la última edición de la serie de Informes sobre Desarrollo Humano publicados a escala mundial por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) desde 1990. Estos informes ofrecen una explicación ind...
RAPPORT DEV HUMAIN 2020

Rapport sur le développement humain 2020

La prochaine frontière – Le développement humain et l'Anthropocène

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Rapport sur le Développement Humain 
23 Jul 2021
Ce rapport offre une alternative nécessaire et stimulante à la paralysie face à un changement planétaire alarmant. Sa sortie intervient alors que la pandémie de COVID-19 (coronarvirus) offre simultanément un aperçu de ce que pourrait contenir une «nouvelle normalité» et ouvre la possibilité à l'h...
HUMAN DEV RPT 2020

Human Development Report 2020

The Next Frontier - Human Development and the Anthropocene

Series:
Human Development Report
12 Feb 2021
The 30th Anniversary 2020 Human Development Report is the latest in the series of global Human Development Reports published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 1990 as independent and analytically and empirically grounded discussions of major development issues, trends and p...
WORLD ECON SITUAT PROSPECTS 2021

World Economic Situation and Prospects 2021

Series:
World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP)
26 Jan 2021
This is the definitive report on the state of the world economy, providing global/regional economic outlook for 2020 and 2021. A once-in-a-century crisis—a Great Disruption unleashed by a viral pandemic—hit the world economy in 2020, reaching every corner of the world, infecting more than 90 mill...
TRANS CORP V27 #3

Transnational Corporations Vol.27 No.3

Special Issue on Multinational Enterprises and Gender Equality

Series:
Transnational Corporations
6 May 2021
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 UNCTAD. The topics in this special issue on multinational enterprises and ...
STATE WORLDS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE 5TH

State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Rights to Lands, Territories and Resources

Series:
State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
17 Mar 2021
This publication offers a wide-ranging perspective on indigenous peoples’ rights to lands, territories and resources, examining legislation and agreements at the national and international level, identifying successful practices and continued obstacles, and suggesting ways forward. Adopted in 200...
MAKING PUBLIC PROCUREMENT WORK FOR

Making Public Procurement Work for Women

31 Dec 2020
In developed countries, public procurement accounts for almost 15% of gross domestic product; in some developing countries, this figure can reach as high as 40%. It is shocking that women-owned businesses account for a mere 1% of this critical sector. Women-owned businesses often cite lack of inf...
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...
INTL TRADE STAT YRBK 2019 V2

International Trade Statistics Yearbook 2019, Volume II

Trade by Product

Series:
International Trade Statistics Yearbook (Ser. G)
12 Jan 2021
The 2019 International Trade Statistics Yearbook, Volume II —Trade by Product — provides a condensed and integrated analytical view of the international merchandise trade, and trade in services up to the year 2019 by means of brief descriptive text, concise data tables and charts. The information...
GUIDELINES SEC GEN LAW OF SEA

The Law of the Sea

Guidelines on Deposit With the Secretary-General of Charts or Lists of Geographical Coordinates of Points Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

20 Apr 2021
The Guidelines aim to assist delegates and representatives of coastal States in implementing the provisions in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on deposit and due publicity regarding the limits of the maritime zones in which a coastal State exercises its sovereignty or sovereig...
MAINSTREAMING GENDER IN FREE TRADE

Mainstreaming Gender in Free Trade Agreements

31 Oct 2020
This report presents recommendations to boost the participation of women in trade through free trade agreements. Policymakers and trade negotiators will find a new toolkit to gauge gender responsiveness in their agreements. These lessons are based on a research assessment of 73 selected free trad...
HOW NATURAL GAS CAN DISPLACE COMPE

How Natural Gas can Displace Competing Fuels

5 Nov 2020
If there is to be a significant role for gas as a transition fuel, let alone as a destination fuel, governments and international institutions need to develop strategies that encourage the use of gas in the near- and medium-term while providing for a subsequent orderly transition towards a vastly...
GUIA SOBRE DIPLOMACIA COMERCIAL

Guía sobre Diplomacia Comercial

30 Oct 2020
Esta guía de formación para representantes o agregados comerciales, única en el mundo, explica cómo promover el comercio y la inversión en el extranjero, al tiempo que establece prioridades para los mercados, las industrias y los clientes. Basándose en experiencias de primera mano, la guía explor...
GUIDE DE DIPLOMATIE COMMERCIALE

Guide de diplomatie commerciale

31 Oct 2020
Destiné aux diplomates commerciaux, ce guide unique au monde explique comment promouvoir à l’étranger le commerce et l’investissement, tout en déterminant les priorités pour les marchés, les industries et les clients. En puisant directement dans des expériences de terrain concrètes, il explore le...
COVID-19 TRANSITIONING NEW NORMAL

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Trade and Development

Transitioning to a New Normal

16 Feb 2021
The report fosters understanding of the impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on trade and development and reflects on actions that can propel us to the future we want. It provides up-to-date data and analysis on the impact of COVID-19 on trade and development; identifies sustained trends to character...
HUMAN COST OF DISASTERS 2000-2019

Human Cost of Disasters

An Overview of the Last 20 Years 2000-2019

3 Nov 2020
The last twenty years has seen the number of major floods more than double, from 1,389 to 3,254, while the incidence of storms grew from 1,457 to 2,034. Floods and storms were the most prevalent events. The report “The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019” also records major increases in other categ...
OBLIGATIONS DIRECTORS ENTERPRIS(C)

Legislative Guide on Insolvency Law (Chinese language)

Part Four - Directors' Obligations in the Period Approaching Insolvency (Including in Enterprise Groups)

18 Nov 2020
This section builds upon recommendations 255 to 266 of the first section, which address the obligations of directors of an individual company in the period approaching insolvency. Focusing on the nature of the obligations and the steps that might be taken to discharge those obligations (as establ...
OBLIGATIONS DIRECTORS ENTERPRIS(A)

Legislative Guide on Insolvency Law (Arabic language)

Part Four - Directors' Obligations in the Period Approaching Insolvency (Including in Enterprise Groups)

19 Nov 2020
This section builds upon recommendations 255 to 266 of the first section, which address the obligations of directors of an individual company in the period approaching insolvency. Focusing on the nature of the obligations and the steps that might be taken to discharge those obligations (as establ...
WORLD CITIES REPORT 2020

World Cities Report 2020

The Value of Sustainable Urbanization

Series:
World Cities Report
31 Oct 2020
In a rapidly urbanizing and globalized world, cities have been the epicentres of COVID-19 (coronavirus). The virus has spread to virtually all parts of the world; first, among globally connected cities, then through community transmission and from the city to the countryside. This report shows th...
ICJ1160 ICJ YRBK 2017/18 #72

Yearbook of the International Court of Justice 2017-2018

27 Nov 2020
The Yearbook presents the works of the International Court of Justice between 1 August 2017 and 31 July 2018, as well as its organization and functioning. The publication also includes annexes describing the Court’s history and practice since 1946, as well as the Practice Directions adopted by th...
ICJ1138 ICJ YRBK 2016/17 #71

Yearbook of the International Court of Justice 2016-2017

27 Nov 2020
The Yearbook presents the works of the Court between 1 August 2016 and 31 July 2017, as well as its organization and functioning. The publication also includes annexes describing the Court’s history and practice since 1946, as well as the Practice Directions adopted by the Court.
PROD CAP INDEX-LANDLOCKED (R)

UNCTAD Productive Capacities Index (Russian language)

Focus on Landlocked Developing Countries

3 Jun 2021
The overall objective in developing the Productive Capacities Index (PCI) is to support the formulation and implementation of holistic, coherent, and evidence-based policymaking in developing countries. The PCI is designed with the aim to improve the quality of trade and development policies by p...
PROD CAP INDEX-LANDLOCKED (F)

Indice des capacités productives de la CNUCED

Coup de projecteur sur les pays en développement sans littoral

10 Aug 2021
L'objectif global de l'élaboration de l'Indice des capacités productives est de soutenir la formulation et la mise en œuvre de politiques holistiques, cohérentes et fondées sur des preuves dans les pays en développement. L'indice est conçu dans le but d'améliorer la qualité des politiques commerc...
PRODUCTIVE CAP INDEX-LANDLOCKED

UNCTAD Productive Capacities Index

Focus on Landlocked Developing Countries

10 Apr 2021
The overall objective in developing the Productive Capacities Index (PCI) is to support the formulation and implementation of holistic, coherent, and evidence-based policymaking in developing countries. The PCI is designed with the aim to improve the quality of trade and development policies by p...
UN75 FUTURE WE WANT THE UN WE NEED

UN75 - The Future We Want, the United Nations We Need

9 Nov 2020
In January 2020, the United Nations launched the global consultation to mark its 75th anniversary. Through surveys and dialogues, it asked people about their hopes and fears for the future – representing the UN’s most ambitious effort to date to understand expectations of international cooperatio...
UNCTAD’S PRODUCTIVE CAP INDEX

UNCTAD’s Productive Capacities Index

Methodological Approach and Results

9 Apr 2021
UNCTAD’s extensive work on measuring and benchmarking productive capacities globally reveals significant gaps, not only between developed and developing economies, but also within the developing countries themselves. UNCTAD’s new Productive Capacities Index (PCI) clearly demonstrates that the dif...
FAST-TRACKING IMPLEMENT ETRADE

Fast-tracking Implementation of eTrade Readiness Assessments

19 Jan 2021
E-commerce and digital economy are powerful drivers to harness the potential of information and communications technologies to achieve the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals, in areas such as women economic empowerment (Goal 5.b), productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneu...