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COMMOD AT A GLANCE - RARE EARTHS

Commodities at a Glance

Special Issue on Rare Earths

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Commodities at a Glance
21 Apr 2016
The series "Commodities at a Glance" aims to collect, present and disseminate accurate and relevant statistical information linked to international primary commodity markets in a clear, concise and reader-friendly format. Data on Rare Earths are sparse and there is no dedicated international publ...
COMMOD AT A GLANCE - FOOD SECURITY

Commodities at a Glance

Special Issue on Food Security

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Commodities at a Glance
21 Apr 2016
The series "Commodities at a Glance" aims to collect, present and disseminate accurate and relevant statistical information linked to international primary commodity markets in a clear, concise and reader-friendly format. This issue of Commodities at a Glance focuses on the global food security, ...
COMMOD AT A GLANCE - ENERGY

Commodities at a Glance

Special Issue on Energy

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Commodities at a Glance
21 Apr 2016
The series "Commodities at a Glance" aims to collect, present and disseminate accurate and relevant statistical information linked to international primary commodity markets in a clear, concise and reader-friendly format. This quarter’s edition of UNCTAD’s Commodities at a Glance describes world ...
HUMAN DEV RPT 2015 (G)

Human Development Report 2015 (German language)

Work for Human Development

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Human Development Report
22 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 ...
ASIA PACIFIC CTRIES SPEC NEED 2016

Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report 2016

Adapting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the National Level

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Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report
14 Oct 2016
The Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report 2016 explores ways to adapt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to the unique circumstances, capacities and levels of development of the Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) ...
SIDS-FOCUSED GREEN ECONOMY: AN ANA

SIDS-focused Green Economy: An Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities

21 Apr 2016
In this Synthesis Report, five development sectors for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) - small-scale fisheries and aquaculture, water, tourism, energy and solid waste - are analysed in an attempt to show how a transition to a green economy can assist in addressing some of the most critical ...
REALIZING WOMEN’S RIGHTS TO LAND

Realizing Women’s Rights to Land and other Productive Resources

21 Apr 2016
This publication provides detailed guidance for lawmakers and policymakers, as well as civil society organizations and other stakeholders, to support the adoption and effective implementation of laws, policies and programmes to respect, protect and fulfil women’s rights to land and other producti...
STATE OF URBAN YOUTH RPT 2013

State of Urban Youth Report 2012-2013

Youth in the Prosperity of Cities

22 Apr 2016
This report examines both the developed and the developing world, and how the formal sector is unable to provide adequate employment opportunities for young people seeking gainful work. The inability of national and urban economies to create quality jobs is one of the root causes not just of econ...
POP & DEV RPT #7: WATER ARA(A)

Population and Development Report: Issue No. 7 (Arabic language)

Overcoming Population Vulnerability to Water Scarcity in the Arab Region

22 Jul 2016
Population dynamics can contribute to unsustainable patterns of production and consumption, and as a consequence to water scarcity that consists of the most significant environmental challenge in the Arab region. This report endeavors to analyze the nexus between population dynamics and water sca...
EMPOWERING WOMEN PUBLIC P(F)

L’autonomisation des femmes par le biais de marchés publics

21 Apr 2016
Ce guide fournit aux gouvernements, aux entités adjudicatrices ainsi qu’aux autres parties concernées, une meilleure compréhension des difficultés auxquelles sont confrontées les entreprises appurtenant à des femmes pour participer aux marchés publics. Il propose des outils permettant de surmonte...
CONVENTION BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

The Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol: Intellectual Property Implications

A Handbook on the Interface between Global Access and Benefit Sharing Rules and Intellectual Property

21 Apr 2016
The Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol: Intellectual Property Implications addresses how the global rules on access and benefit sharing (ABS) of genetic resources and associated TK should work in tandem with an area that is mentioned minimally in the 2010 Nagoya Protocol, ...
BALANCE PRELIMINAR ECON LATIN 2014

Balance Preliminar de las Economías de América Latina y el Caribe 2014

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Preliminary Overview of the Economy of Latin America and the Caribbean
14 Apr 2016
En el Balance Preliminar la CEPAL entregó un examen del desempeño de las economías de la región en 2014 y sus proyecciones de crecimiento para 2015. Según el documento, el crecimiento de América Latina y el Caribe se recuperará el próximo año y llegará a 2,2% en promedio, mientras que en 2014 el ...
BALANCE PRELIMINAR ECON LATIN 2015

Balance Preliminar de las Economías de América Latina y el Caribe 2015

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Preliminary Overview of the Economy of Latin America and the Caribbean
12 Apr 2016
El Balance Preliminar de las Economías de América Latina y el Caribe 2015 analiza el desempeño macroeconómico regional y los efectos de la volatilidad financiera internacional en las naciones latinoamericanas y caribeñas. Asimismo, examina el comportamiento de la inversión, las exportaciones y el...
PRELIM OVERVIEW ECON LAT AMER 2015

Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2015

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Preliminary Overview of the Economy of Latin America and the Caribbean
25 May 2016
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...
ESTRUCTURA PRODUCT POLITIC MACROEC

Estructura productiva y política macroeconómica

Enfoques heterodoxos desde América Latina

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ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
12 Apr 2016
En los capítulos que integran este libro se procura incorporar la estructura institucional y productiva en el análisis de la dinámica macroeconómica de los países de América Latina. Para ello, se cubren varios de los principales temas del debate depolítica económica que ha tenido lugar en las últ...
STAT YRBK LATIN AMERICA 2015

Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2015

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Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean / Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe
24 May 2016
The Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean of ECLAC presents a set of basic statistics on the economic, sociodemographic and environmental situation of the region during a specific time period. This edition of the Yearbook includes information available up to mid-December 2014, ...
ASIA PACIFIC MDG RPT 2012/13

Asia-Pacific Regional MDGs Report 2012/13

Asia-Pacific Aspirations - Perspectives for a Post-2015 Development Agenda

21 Apr 2016
As the finishing line for the MDGs approaches, this report articulates Asia-Pacific aspirations for a post-2015 development framework. It calls for concerted and accelerated action on 11 measurable goal areas. Countries will need to bring together the three pillars of sustainable development – ec...
PATHWAYS TO SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

Pathways to Sustainable Energy

Exploring Alternative Outcomes

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ECE Energy Series
21 Apr 2016
In September 2015 countries agreed to a set of sustainable development goals. Attainment of all of the goals depends directly or indirectly on the availability of sustainable energy. Member States of the UNECE have asked how the region can attain its sustainable energy objectives. The response is...
INNOV PERFORM REVIEW UKRAINE

Innovation Performance Review of Ukraine

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ECE Innovative Performance Review
21 Apr 2016
The Innovation Performance Review of Ukraine contains the outcomes of a policy advisory exercise that drew on the experience accumulated by the UNECE in the identification of good practices and policy lessons in the area of knowledge-based development, with particular reference to the problems of...
COMMOD AT A GLANCE (F)

Coup d'oeil sur les produits de base

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Coup d'oeil sur les produits de base
20 Apr 2016
La série "Coup d’oeil sur les produits de base" a pour but de collecter, présenter et disséminer des informations statistiques précises et pertinentes concernant les marchés internationaux des produits de base sous une forme claire, concise et conviviale.
COMMOD AT A GLANCE

Commodities at a Glance

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Commodities at a Glance
27 Apr 2016
The series "Commodities at a Glance" aims to collect, present and disseminate accurate and relevant statistical information linked to international primary commodity markets in a clear, concise and reader-friendly format.
ECON SOC SURVEY ASIA PAC 2016

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2016

Nurturing productivity for inclusive growth and sustainable development

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Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
25 May 2016
The Survey 2016 assesses the region’s outlook as it navigates through global uncertainties, providing policy options and strategies to support countries in striving towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The report analyses a wide range of areas including economic growth, inflation,...
RAPPORT ECONOMIQ AFRIQUE 2016

Rapport économique sur l'Afrique 2016

Vers une industrialisation verte en Afrique

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Rapport économique sur l'Afrique
9 May 2016
L’édition 2016 du Rapport économique sur l’Afrique est centrée sur l’industrialisation verte. Elle met également en lumière l’industrialisation durable centrée sur la personne. Les mesures de réduction des risques posés au développement de l’Afrique revêtent un caractère crucial du fait des effet...
ECON RPT ON AFRICA 2016

Economic Report on Africa 2016

Greening Africa's Industrialization

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Economic Report on Africa
9 May 2016
The 2016 edition of the Economic Report on Africa (ERA 2016) focuses on greening industrialization and highlights sustainable and people-centred industrialization. Given the impacts of climate change, resource scarcities and environmental degradation, measures for de-risking Africa’s development ...
INTER AGENCY TASK FORCE RPT 2016

Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development Inaugural Report 2016

Monitoring Commitments and Actions - Addis Ababa Action Agenda

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Report of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development
11 Apr 2016
The Inter-Agency Task Force Report will assess progress in the seven action areas of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, such as (i) domestic public resources; (ii) domestic and international private business and finance; (iii) international development cooperation; (iv) international trade as an engi...
HUMAN DEV RPT 2015 (H)

Human Development Report 2015 (Hindi language)

Work for Human Development

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Human Development Report
21 Apr 2016
Twenty five years ago the first Human Development Report in 1990 began with a simple notion: that development is about enlarging people’s choices—focusing broadly on the richness of human lives rather than narrowly on the richness of economies. This Report starts with a fundamental question—how c...
COMMOD AT A GLANCE - GOLD

Commodities at a Glance

Special Issue on Gold

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Commodities at a Glance
9 Nov 2020
The series "Commodities at a Glance" aims to collect, present and disseminate accurate and relevant statistical information linked to international primary commodity markets in a clear, concise and reader-friendly format.
ARAB INTEGRAT 21ST CENT DEV

Arab Integration

A 21st Century Development Imperative

18 Sep 2014
This report aims to revive the project of Arab integration conferring new dimensions to the concept of integration to include all aspects of the social structure or the elements of human civilization. It also calls for expanding economic integration beyond the narrow scope of trade liberalization...