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Impact of Living or Working Environments on Persons with Disabilities
Series: UNESCAP Working Papers
( Print: December 2007,
PDF: April 2007
)
Persons with disabilities are often the most marginalized and vulnerable groups in the Asia-Pacific region. This paper assesses quantitatively the importance of living or working environmental...
Persons with disabilities are often the most marginalized and vulnerable groups in the Asia-Pacific region. This paper assesses quantitatively the importance of living or working environmental...
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Agricultural Trade Reform and Poverty in the Asia-Pacific
A Survey and Some New Results
Series: UNESCAP Working Papers
( Print: January 2009,
PDF: March 2013
)
This document reviews the literature on the relationship between agricultural trade policy reform and poverty, and the results of recent detailed simulation studies applied to economies in the ESCAP...
This document reviews the literature on the relationship between agricultural trade policy reform and poverty, and the results of recent detailed simulation studies applied to economies in the ESCAP...
Alternative Development in the Andean Area
The UNDCP Experience
Series: Studies on Drugs and Crime
( Print: October 2000
)
This publication recounts the experience accumulated by the United Nations Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) during alternative development (AD) activities, applied, since 1985, to illicit production of...
This publication recounts the experience accumulated by the United Nations Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) during alternative development (AD) activities, applied, since 1985, to illicit production of...
Demand Reduction
A Glossary of Terms - Guidelines
Series: Studies on Drugs and Crime
( Print: December 2000
)
This Glossary is intended to provide brief definitions of the most relevant scientific terms in the field of drug demand reduction, including key terms employed in international treaties concerned...
This Glossary is intended to provide brief definitions of the most relevant scientific terms in the field of drug demand reduction, including key terms employed in international treaties concerned...
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Workers' Remittances, Economic Growth and Poverty in Developing Asia and the Pacific Countries
Series: UNESCAP Working Papers
( Print: December 2007,
PDF: April 2007
)
This paper examines the impact of workers’ remittances on growth and poverty reduction in developing Asia-Pacific countries using panel data over the period 1993-2003. The results suggests that, while...
This paper examines the impact of workers’ remittances on growth and poverty reduction in developing Asia-Pacific countries using panel data over the period 1993-2003. The results suggests that, while...
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Longer Combination Vehicles (LCV) for Asia and the Pacific Region
Some Economic Implications
Series: UNESCAP Working Papers
( Print: December 2007,
PDF: April 2007
)
Road transport is the most important mode of freight transportation in terms of output in almost all countries in the world, in particular in Asia and the Pacific region. Longer combination vehicles...
Road transport is the most important mode of freight transportation in terms of output in almost all countries in the world, in particular in Asia and the Pacific region. Longer combination vehicles...
Alternative Development in the Andean Area
The UNDCP Experience - Revised Edition
Series: Studies on Drugs and Crime
( Print: December 2001
)
This guide is based on the experience accumulated by the United Nations International Drug Control Programme during alternative development activities in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. These three...
This guide is based on the experience accumulated by the United Nations International Drug Control Programme during alternative development activities in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. These three...