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URBAN & RURAL AREAS 2007 (CHART)

Urban and Rural Areas 2007 (Wall Chart)

Series:
Population Studies
6 Oct 2008
This wall chart features tables and graphics regarding the population in urban and rural areas around the world in 2007. It also includes a revision of the world urbanization prospects which corroborates that the world population will reach a landmark in 2008: for the first time in history the ur...
URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS 2007 (CHART)

United Nations Urban Agglomerations 2007 (Wall Chart)

Series:
Population Studies
6 Oct 2008
This wall chart features tables and graphics regarding urban agglomerations around the world in 2007. It also includes a revision of the world urbanization prospects which corroborates that the world population will reach a landmark in 2008: for the first time in history the urban population will...
UN DEMOGRAPH YRBK 2005 V57

United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2005, Fifty-seventh issue

Series:
Demographic Yearbook (Ser. R)
10 Oct 2008
This international compendium of national demographic statistics is designed to supply basic statistical data on 230 countries or areas for such users as demographers, economists, public-health workers and sociologists. It contains general tables including a world summary of selected demographic ...
POPULAT VITAL STAT RPT V60 #1

Population and Vital Statistics Report, January 2008

Series:
Statistical papers - United Nations (Ser. A), Population and vital statistics report
30 Jul 2008
This issue of the report presents data for countries or areas on population size (total, male, female) from the latest available census, estimated total population size for 2005 or 2006, and the number and rate of vital events (life births, death, and infant deaths) for the latest available year ...
POPULAT VITAL STAT RPT V60 #2

Population and Vital Statistics Report, July 2008

Series:
Statistical papers - United Nations (Ser. A), Population and vital statistics report
14 Nov 2008
This issue of the report presents data for countries or areas on population size (total, male, female) from the latest available census, estimated total population size for 2006 or 2007, and the number and rate of vital events (life births, death, and infant deaths) for the latest available year ...
WORLD POPULAT POLICIES 2007

World Population Policies 2007

Series:
Population Studies
11 Apr 2008
This report delineates Governments’ views and policies concerning population and development for 195 countries. In particular, it itemizes policies in the areas of population size and growth, population age structure, fertility and family planning, health and mortality, spatial distribution and i...
RURAL POPUL DEV & ENVIRO 2007 CHRT

Rural Population, Development and the Environment 2007 (Wall Chart)

Series:
Population Studies
7 Apr 2008
The wall chart displays information on various aspects of population, environment and development, including changes in rural populations and their relationship with development and the environment. It includes information for 228 countries or areas as well as data at the regional and sub-regiona...
POPULAT & HIV/AIDS 2007 (CHART)

Population and HIV/AIDS 2007 (Wall Chart)

18 Apr 2008
This wall chart presents the latest available data and information on HIV/AIDS for all countries and regions of the world, with emphasis on government measures implemented in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
CLASSIFICATIONS OF EXPENDITURE ACC

Classifications of Expenditure According to Purpose (Russian language)

Statistical Papers - Series M No. 84

Series:
Statistical Papers (Ser. M) (Russian)
5 Mar 2008
This publication presents four classifications of expenditure according to purpose: the classification of the functions of Government (COFOG); the classification of individual consumption according to purpose (COICOP); the classification of the purposes of non-profit institutions serving househol...
WORLD MORTALITY RPT 2007 (CHART)

World Mortality 2007 (Wall Chart)

Series:
Population Studies
8 Apr 2008
The World Mortality 2007 provides a comprehensive set of mortality estimates for the world’s countries and their aggregates, along with an inventory of the availability of primary data for the estimation of adult and child mortality at the national level.
WORLD FERTIL PATTERNS 2007 (CHART)

World Fertility Patterns 2007 (Wall Chart)

Series:
Population Studies
7 Apr 2008
World Fertility Patterns 2007 provides the latest available data about the level, trends and age pattern of fertility for countries and regions of the world.
BUILD TRUST CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Building Trust through Civic Engagement

23 Apr 2009
Falling levels of trust in government have become an increasingly significant issue of global scale, affecting governments in both developing and developed regions. This publication is the result of the Workshop on Building Trust through Civic Engagement which took place in Vienna in 2007. It exp...
PARTICIP GOV & MILLENNIUM

Participatory Governance and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

19 Sep 2008
This publication represents a useful resource on citizen participation in governance and its role in effective realization of the internationally agreed development goals encapsulated in the MDG targets. The discussions contained herein should provide impetus for further dialogue among both gove...
IMPLEMENTING THE MILLENNIUM DEV

Implementing the Millennium Development Goals

Challenges and Responses for Public Administration - Contribution of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration

29 Sep 2008
The Committee of Experts on Public Administration of the UN looks at the ways in which public administration and institutional governance can be mobilized to most effectively implement the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). This report includes essays by some of the leading figures of the Commit...