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FATAL JOURNEYS V2 IDENT TRAC DEAD

Fatal Journeys, Volume 2

Identification and Tracing of Dead and Missing Migrants

12 Aug 2016
The second volume in IOM’s series on migrant deaths, Fatal Journeys has two main objectives. First, it provides an update of global trends in migrant fatalities since 2014. Data on the number and profile of dead and missing migrants are presented for different regions of the world, drawing upon t...
WORLD ECON SOCIAL SURV 2016

World Economic and Social Survey 2016

Climate Change Resilience - An Opportunity for Reducing Inequalities

Series:
World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
3 Oct 2016
This edition of the World Economic and Social Survey contributes to the debate on the implementation challenges of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In addressing the specific challenge of building resilience to climate change, the Survey focuses attention on the population groups and ...
WORLD STATISTICS POCKETBK 2016

World Statistics Pocketbook, 2016 Edition

Series:
World Statistics Pocketbook (Ser. V)
26 Jul 2016
This edition of the World Statistics Pocketbook is the fortieth in a series of annual compilations of key statistical indicators prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Over 50 indicators have been collected from more than 20 internatio...
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION SUSTAIN DEV

Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development

Series:
United Nations Series on Development
2 Jun 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 ecological destruction. Continuing down this road will put humanity on a collision course with plane...
10 YEARS UNECE STRAT FOR EDUCATION

Ten Years of the UNECE Strategy for Education for Sustainable Development

Evaluation Report on the Implementation of the UNECE Strategy for Education for Sustainable Development from 2005 to 2015

31 Dec 2016
The present report summarizes the progress, challenges and achievements of United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) member States from 2005 to 2015 in achieving the Strategy for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Many ECE member States now have ESD policies and frameworks in ...
STAT YRBK ASIA PACIF 2015

Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2015

Facts and Trends at the Outset of the 2030 Development Agenda

Series:
Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
25 May 2016
The Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2015 presents data for the 58 ESCAP member countries, as well as world, regional, sub-regional and economic aggregates for comparison. For the first time the Yearbook is aligned with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It offers current t...
SCIENCE & TECHN INNOVAT FOR SUSTA

Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific

Policy Approaches for Least Developed Countries

16 Sep 2016
Despite consensus on the transformative potential of STI, there remains a lack of clarity on how Least Developed Countries (LDCs) can effectively implement it for inclusive and sustainable development. With limited financial resources it is not feasible for LDCs to simply invest significantly in ...
HUMAN DEV RPT 2015 (P)

Human Development Report 2015 (Portuguese language)

Work for Human Development

20 Apr 2016
The 2015 Human Development Report explores how work can enhance human development, given that the world’s workforce is changing rapidly, and even with progress, significant human development challenges still remain. It takes a broad view of going beyond jobs and examines the linkage between work ...
EMPOWERING WOMEN PUBLIC PROC

Empowering Women through Public Procurement

28 Oct 2014
Women-owned businesses represent one third of the small and medium-sized enterprises of developing countries, but only a fraction of government procurement opportunities for goods and services. This guide helps governments understand what measures to put in place so that more women-owned business...
LAT AMER WORLD ECON 2015

Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2015

The Regional Trade Crisis - Assessment and Outlook

Series:
Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy
10 Feb 2016
This report reviews international and regional developments from a trade perspective, describing the principal global economic trends and structural changes in international trade, the main areas of trade growth and the changes these drive in the region. With external conditions sluggish and high...
PRELIM OVERVIEW ECON LAT AMER 2014

Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2014

Series:
Preliminary Overview of the Economy of Latin America and the Caribbean
16 Dec 2015
This publication highlights a regional slowdown in GDP growth. It argues that the currency depreciation seen in several countries in the region could, if sustained, increase incentives for investment in tradeable sectors other than the region’s traditional exports (commodities), while redirecting...
ECON SURV LAT AMER 2015

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2015

Challenges in Boosting the Investment Cycle to Reinvigorate Growth

Series:
Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean
17 Feb 2016
Published since 1948, this report examines various aspects of the previous year’s macroeconomic situation in the region and makes projections for the coming months. The 2015 edition of this report outlines the region’s economic performance in 2014 and analyses trends in the first half of 2015, as...
TRADE FACILITATION PAPERLESS TRADE

Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade

State of Play and the Way Forward for Asia and the Pacific

Series:
ESCAP Studies in Trade and Investment
25 May 2016
This book features the results of the 2015 UNRC Joint Survey on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation for the Asia-Pacific Region and incorporates them into an econometric analysis estimating the impact of trade facilitation on trade costs. It shows that there is a strong, negativ...
REDUCING TRADE COSTS ASIA PACIFIC

Reducing Trade Costs In Asia-Pacific Developing Countries

Series:
ESCAP Studies in Trade and Investment
25 May 2016
This publication evaluates the current level of trade costs in the Asia-Pacific region and outlines recent evidence with regard to the impacts of various trade facilitation measures in reducing trade costs. Part I provides an overview of trade costs in Asia and the Pacific, based on the most rece...
REGIONAL INTEGRATION & LABOUR MOBI

Regional Integration and Labour Mobility

Linking Trade, Migration and Development

Series:
ESCAP Studies in Trade and Investment
25 May 2016
This paper, published as part of the ESCAP series Studies in Trade and Investment, explores the linkages between trade, labour mobility and development in the Asia-Pacific region. The paper moves from an analysis of recent trends in regional labour mobility through an examination of the connectio...
INTL PRODUCTION SHARING & EXCHANGE

International Production Sharing and Exchange Rates of Asian Countries

Series:
ESCAP Studies in Trade and Investment
25 May 2016
Recent years has seen a sharp increase in the trade of intermediate goods between ASEAN countries and China, reflecting the emergence of China as a regional “assembly centre” and sourcing the bulk of parts and components from countries in South-East and North-East Asia in the production of final ...
ENHANCING REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY

Enhancing Regional Connectivity

Towards a Regional Arrangement for the Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade

Series:
ESCAP Studies in Trade and Investment
25 May 2016
Current implementation of paperless trade systems in the Asia-Pacific region focuses on application to domestic parts of trade processes, while international trade inherently requires trade information to flow across borders along internal supply chains. With current practices of paperless trade ...
DEV ECON AFRIQUE RAPPORT 2016

Le Développement Economique en Afrique Rapport 2016

Dynamique de la dette et financement du développement en Afrique

Series:
Développement économique en Afrique, Le
3 Oct 2016
L'Afrique a de grandes aspirations de développement dans le contexte plus large d'un agenda mondial et continental développement économique. Cela exige des ressources financières importantes à un moment où le paysage mondial de financement du développement est en train de changer, à partir d'un m...
ECON DEV IN AFRICA RPT 2016

Economic Development in Africa Report 2016

Debt Dynamics and Development Finance in Africa

Series:
Economic Development in Africa Report
22 Jul 2016
Africa has major development aspirations in the broader context of a global and continental economic development agenda. This calls for substantial financial resources at a time when the global development finance landscape is changing, from a model centred on official development assistance and ...
ASIA PACIFIC TRADE AGMT

The Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement

Promoting South-South Regional Integration and Sustainable Development

15 Nov 2017
International trade has been placed prominently into the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted in September 2015, as an engine for economic growth and development. There are at least 20 targets across different SDGs that are related to international trade. These targets relate to both ...
VALUING WASTE TRANSFORMING CITIES

Valuing Waste, Transforming Cities

25 May 2016
This publication provides guidance, lessons and recommendations on how to accomplish the paradigm shift from viewing waste as a problem to a valuable resource. It explores a low-cost, low-technology, community-based and decentralized waste-to-resource model called the ‘integrated resource recover...
EOR 2015 SUPP2 ECOSOC CULT RGTS

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Report on the fifty-second and fifty-third sessions (28 April–23 May 2014, 10–28 November 2014)

Series:
Report of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
26 Jul 2016
This is the official report on the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Sessions of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
SHIFTING FROM QUANTITY TO QUALITY

Shifting from Quantity to Quality

Growth with Equality, Efficiency, Sustainability and Dynamism

Series:
Greening of Economic Growth Series
21 Apr 2016
The conventional “grow first, clean up later” approaches to economic growth are increasingly placing the futures of regional economies and societies at risk. The forward-thinking policymaker is tasked to promote development based on eco-efficient economic growth and at the same time, record more ...
INNOVATIVE SOCIO-ECONOMIC POLICY

Innovative Socio-economic Policy for Improving Environmental Performance

Payments for Ecosystem Services

Series:
Greening of Economic Growth Series
21 Apr 2016
The conventional “grow first, clean up later” approaches to economic growth are increasingly placing the futures of regional economies and societies at risk. The forward-thinking policymaker is tasked to promote development based on eco-efficient economic growth and at the same time, record more ...
OVERVIEW OF GREEN BUSINESS

Overview of Green Business

Enabling Policies and Private Sector Examples

Series:
Greening of Economic Growth Series
21 Apr 2016
The conventional “grow first, clean up later” approaches to economic growth are increasingly placing the futures of regional economies and societies at risk. The forward-thinking policymaker is tasked to promote development based on eco-efficient economic growth and at the same time, record more ...
INTEGRATING THREE DIMENSIONS OF SU

Integrating the Three Dimensions of Sustainable Development

A Framework and Tools

21 Apr 2016
The conventional “grow first, clean up later” approaches to economic growth are increasingly placing the futures of regional economies and societies at risk. The forward-thinking policymaker is tasked to promote development based on eco-efficient economic growth and at the same time, record more ...
GREEN GROWTH INDICATORS - ASIA PAC

Green Growth Indicators

A Practical Approach for Asia and the Pacific

Series:
Greening of Economic Growth Series
21 Apr 2016
The conventional “grow first, clean up later” approaches to economic growth are increasingly placing the futures of regional economies and societies at risk. The forward-thinking policymaker is tasked to promote development based on eco-efficient economic growth and at the same time, record more ...