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Trade Liberalisation and the Environment

Lessons Learned from Bangladesh, Chile, India, Philippines, Romania and Uganda - A Synthesis Report

Series: Trade Liberalisation and the Environment
( Print: March 2000 )

Recognizing the benefits of global trade, many of the world's developing countries and countries with economies in transition, have sought to actively participate in the global trading regime...

Recognizing the benefits of global trade, many of the world's developing countries and countries with economies in transition, have sought to actively participate in the global trading regime...


Environmental Impacts of Trade Liberalization and Policies for Sustainable Management of Natural...

A Case Study on Bangladesh's Shrimp Farming Industry

Series: Trade Liberalisation and the Environment
( Print: March 2000 )

Recognizing the benefits of global trade, many of the world's developing countries and countries with economies in transition, have sought to actively participate in the global trading regime...

Recognizing the benefits of global trade, many of the world's developing countries and countries with economies in transition, have sought to actively participate in the global trading regime...


Economic Instruments for the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources

A Case Study on the Philippines' Forestry Sector

Series: Trade Liberalisation and the Environment
( Print: March 2000 )

Recognizing the benefits of global trade, many of the world's developing countries and countries with economies in transition, have sought to actively participate in the global trading regime...

Recognizing the benefits of global trade, many of the world's developing countries and countries with economies in transition, have sought to actively participate in the global trading regime...


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Global Governance and Rules for the Post-2015 Era

Addressing Emerging Issues in the Global Environment

Series: United Nations Series on Development
( Print: September 2015, PDF: December 2015 )

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...

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...


Environmental Impacts of Trade Liberalization and Policies for Sustainable Management of Natural...

A Case Study on Romania's Water Sector

Series: Trade Liberalisation and the Environment
( Print: March 2000 )

Recognizing the benefits of global trade, many of the world's developing countries and countries with economies in transition, have sought to actively participate in the global trading regime...

Recognizing the benefits of global trade, many of the world's developing countries and countries with economies in transition, have sought to actively participate in the global trading regime...


Environmental Impacts of Trade Liberalization and Policies for Sustainable Management of Natural...

A Case Study on India's Automobile Sector

Series: Trade Liberalisation and the Environment
( Print: March 2000 )

Recognizing the benefits of global trade, many of the world's developing countries and countries with economies in transition, have sought to actively participate in the global trading regime...

Recognizing the benefits of global trade, many of the world's developing countries and countries with economies in transition, have sought to actively participate in the global trading regime...


Environmental Impacts of Trade Liberalization and Policies for Sustainable Management of Natural...

A Case Study on Uganda's Fisheries Sector

Series: Trade Liberalisation and the Environment
( Print: March 2000 )

Recognizing the benefits of global trade, many of the world's developing countries and countries with economies in transition, have sought to actively participate in the global trading regime...

Recognizing the benefits of global trade, many of the world's developing countries and countries with economies in transition, have sought to actively participate in the global trading regime...


Environmental Impacts of Trade Liberalization and Policies for Sustainable Management of Natural...

A Case Study on Chile's Mining Sector

Series: Trade Liberalisation and the Environment
( Print: March 2000 )

Recognizing the benefits of global trade, many of the world's developing countries and countries with economies in transition, have sought to actively participate in the global trading regime...

Recognizing the benefits of global trade, many of the world's developing countries and countries with economies in transition, have sought to actively participate in the global trading regime...


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Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development

Series: United Nations Series on Development
( Print: June 2016, PDF: September 2016 )

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...

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...


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Poor Poverty

The Impoverishment of Analysis, Measurement and Policies

Series: United Nations Series on Development
( Print: May 2011, PDF: April 2012 )

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 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...


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Securing Peace

State-building and Economic Development in Post-conflict Countries

Series: United Nations Series on Development
( Print: July 2011, PDF: April 2012 )

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...

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...


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Financing for Overcoming Economic Insecurity

Series: United Nations Series on Development
( Print: March 2015, PDF: May 2016 )

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...

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...


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Climate Protection and Development

Series: United Nations Series on Development
( Print: May 2012, PDF: June 2012 )

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...

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...


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Globalization and Economic Diversification

Policy Challenges for Economies in Transition

Series: United Nations Series on Development
( Print: April 2012, PDF: June 2012 )

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...

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...


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Is Good Governance Good for Development?

Series: United Nations Series on Development
( Print: August 2012, PDF: December 2012 )

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...

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...


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Retooling Global Development and Governance

Series: United Nations Series on Development
( Print: October 2013, PDF: January 2014 )

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 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...


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Financing Human Development in Africa, Asia and the Middle East

Series: United Nations Series on Development
( Print: December 2013, PDF: November 2013 )

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 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...


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Alternative Development Strategies for the Post-2015 Era

The United Nations Series on Development

Series: United Nations Series on Development
( Print: October 2013, PDF: December 2014 )

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...

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...