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Attention is increasingly being paid to the conceptualization of the sustainable development agenda that should guide global development efforts beyond 2015. New trends are shaping the international...

Continuation along current development pathways is not sustainable. Current technologies and production practices and the consumption patterns of modern societies are leading to global warming and...

This book offers a critical appraisal of the conventional measures and analysis of poverty as well as of poverty reduction policies. Despite greater efforts in reducing poverty since the early 1980s...

This book studies the processes which lead to the explosion of civil strife and tries to spell out the policy options available to address the challenges faced by post-conflict economies. It calls for...

Despite the rise in recent decades in the average income level, economic insecurity has also increased. True for both developing and developed countries, this increasing economic insecurity is harmful...

Compendium of country names in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish listed in English alphabetical order. It includes names of the United Nations Member States and members of...

This Bulletin gives a list in alphabetical order by name of country of the official basic units of currency and the appropriate currency abbreviations. It also lists currencies showing the country or...

This book spells out, in more detail than usual, what can and should be done to avert the real risks of disaster. It summons us to an endeavour worthy of the resources and ingenuity of the twenty...

The transition countries in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and Central Asia were hit harder than any other region in the world by the global recession of 2008–2009. Economic recovery started in the...

Whilst good governance is a worthy goal by itself, this book argues that it is not a prerequisite for economic growth or development. Challenging the conventional good governance paradigm favoured by...

This publication provides a whole new set of ideas on how to overcome the deficiencies in the ongoing process of globalization and in the existing mechanisms for global economic governance. It points...

This book assesses feasible financing strategies for policymakers to follow in pursuance of human development, taking as reference the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and their...

This two-volume multilingual Terminology Bulletin was prepared specifically with the UNCED assembly in mind and is a valuable tool for anyone studying the international literature in this subject.

Este boletín de terminología multiligüe en dos volúmenes se preparó teniendo en cuenta la reunión de la CNUMAD y constituye un importante instrumento de referencia utilizado para promover vínculos...

Each terminology bulletin is a significant reference tool used to promote consistent, accurate and authentic conceptual links and terminology for use by experts and language staff in Arabic, Chinese...

This terminology bulletin is a compilation of terms found in recent United Nations documents on the subject of crime prevention and control. Where possible the terms have been checked against...

This Bulletin gives a list in alphabetical order by name of country of the official basic units of currency and the appropriate currency abbreviations. It also lists currencies showing the country or...

The global economic crisis of 2008-2009 exposed systemic failings at the core of economic policymaking worldwide. The crisis came on top of several other crises, including skyrocketing and highly...

Compendium of country names in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish listed in English alphabetical order. It includes names of the United Nations Member States and members of...

A compendium of child-health and welfare terms used by the United Nations.