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This Report offers new insights into the nature and magnitude of the pressing social problems and the national and international policies required to address them. It examines the core social issues...

The 2013 report examines key drivers of inequality that have emerged in the recent past and the impact of rising inequality. It examines trends in social, economic and spatial inequalities and...

With information presented on a country-by-county basis, this publication contains a list of manufacturers authorized by Governments to manufacture narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. Along...

On a country-by-country basis, this publication contains listings of manufacturers authorized by Governments to manufacture narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. Along with the name of...

In adopting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, world leaders committed themselves to leaving no one behind in pursuit of the eradication of extreme poverty and protection of the planet...

This report discusses the contribution of social protection to social inclusion focusing, in particular, on the extent to which such groups are effectively covered by existing social protection...

This publication lists national manufacturers authorized by governments to manufacture or convert specific narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, as well as manufacturers of precursor chemicals...

The 2017 Commodities and Development Report investigates the transmission channels through which commodity dependence affects micro- and macro-level development outcomes, examines long-term commodity...

On a country-by-country basis, this publication contains listings of manufacturers authorized by Governments to manufacture narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. Along with the name of...

Smallholder farmers constitute the largest contingent of the poor and yet they produce more than 80 per cent of the world's food, in value terms. Though there are marked differences by country and...

The Commodities and Development Report 2012, released during the 13th session of UNCTAD, shows that developing countries suffer from high prices for commodities and food, in particular Least Developed...

This report highlights pathways to economic diversification in commodity-dependent developing countries in an environment where decarbonization of the global economy has become the overarching...

On a country-by-country basis, this publication contains listings of manufacturers authorized by Governments to manufacture narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. Along with the name of...

Commodity dependence is a trap: once a country is commodity dependent, it is difficult to develop a productive sector out of commodities and export non-commodity products. This publication argues that...

With information presented on a country-by-county basis, this publication contains a list of manufacturers authorized by Governments to manufacture narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. Along...

This report explores key aspects of the two-way relationship between commodities and climate change, discusses the concept of natural resource conversion and explores its application to renewable and...

The Report on the World Social Situation 2003 examines the issue of social vulnerability. It identifies the sources of social vulnerabilities and explores strategies to reduce them within selected...

This publication contains a list of manufacturers authorized by Governments to manufacture narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. The list is brought up to date and reissued on an annual basis by...

The 2010 issue of the Report on the World Social Situation focuses on the challenge of achieving poverty reduction. The Millennium Development Goals seek to halve, by 2015, the level of extreme...