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ASIA PACIF DEV JRNL V20 #1 06/2013

Asia-Pacific Development Journal Vol.20 No.1, June 2013

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Asia-Pacific Development Journal
10 Oct 2013
The Asia-Pacific Development Journal (APDJ) is published twice a year by the Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. The primary objective of the APDJ is to provide a platform for the exchange of knowledge, expe...
ASSESS DEV RESULTS ANGOLA

Assessment of Development Results: Angola

Evaluation of UNDP Contribution

Series:
Assessment of Development Results
10 Jun 2014
This report presents an independent evaluation managed by the Evaluation Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Angola in 2012. It assesses UNDP’s overall contribution to the development of the country over the most recent programming cycles, as well as the strategy and perf...
EOR 2012 SUPP1 RES DEC ECOSOC

Resolutions and Decisions of the Economic and Social Counci

Organizational Session for 2012

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Resolutions and Decisions of the Economic and Social Council
15 Dec 2013
Official Records of the Resolutions and Decisions of the Economic and Social Council for Organizational and Resumed Organizational and Substantive and Resumed Substantive Sessions of 2012.
SYSTEM ENVIRO ECON ACCT EXPERIMENT

System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012

Experimental Ecosystem Accounting

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Studies in Methods (Ser. F)
20 Feb 2015
SEEA-Experimental Ecosystem Accounting provides a synthesis of the current knowledge in the area of ecosystem accounting. It provides a starting point for the development of ecosystem accounting at national and sub-national levels. It represents an important step forward on ecosystem accounting, ...
TRADE & DEV RPT 2013

Trade and Development Report 2013

Adjusting to the Changing Dynamics of the World Economy

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United Nations Trade and Development Report
15 Dec 2013
The shape of the world economy has changed significantly over the last two decades, with a rising importance of several developing countries and regions as additional drivers of global economic growth. The main objective of Trade and Development Report 2013 is to assess the systemic changes in th...
GLOBAL COMPACT INTL YRBK 2013

Global Compact International Yearbook 2013

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United Nations Global Compact International Yearbook
10 Sep 2013
The aim of the Global Compact International Yearbook is to create a global overview of the achievements of the UN Global Compact (UNGC). The book offers proactive and in-depth information on key sustainability issues to stakeholders around the world and promotes unique and comprehensive knowledge...
MEASURING ANALYS GENERATIONAL ECON

Measuring and Analysing the Generational Economy

National Transfer Accounts Manual

18 Sep 2013
National Transfer Accounts (NTA) provides a coherent accounting framework of economic flows from one age group or generation to another, typically for a national population in a given calendar year. This manual consolidates and presents in a systematic fashion the concepts, the methods and estima...
SURV ECON SOC DEV ARAB 2012

Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the Arab Region 2012-2013

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Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the Arab Region
18 Mar 2014
The Survey of Economic and Social Development in the Arab Region 2012-2013 assesses the most recent economic and social developments of Arab countries, using the data that became available by the 2nd quarter of 2013. The immediate policy challenge for most of Arab countries is to create employmen...
CEPAL REVIEW #107 08/2012

CEPAL Review No.107, August 2012

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CEPAL Review
11 Jul 2013
Cepal Review is the leading journal for the study of economic and social development issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. Edited by the Economic Commission for Latin America, each issue focuses on economic trends, industrialization, income distribution, technological development and monetar...
REVISTA DE LA CEPAL #107 AUG 2012

Revista de la CEPAL No.107, Agosto 2012

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Revista de la CEPAL
11 Jul 2013
La Revista CEPAL se fundó en 1976 y es una publicación cuatrimestral de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, de las Naciones Unidas, con sede en Santiago de Chile. El objetico de la Revista es contribuir al examen de los problemas del desarrollo socioeconómico de la región, con ...
REVISTA DE LA CEPAL #108 DEC 2012

Revista de la CEPAL No.108, Diciembre 2012

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Revista de la CEPAL
11 Jul 2013
La Revista CEPAL se fundó en 1976 y es una publicación cuatrimestral de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, de las Naciones Unidas, con sede en Santiago de Chile. El objetico de la Revista es contribuir al examen de los problemas del desarrollo socioeconómico de la región, con ...
DEV ECON AFRIQUE RAPPORT 2013

Le développement économique en Afrique rapport 2013

Le commerce intra-Africain - Libérer le dynamisme du secteur privé

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Développement économique en Afrique, Le
28 May 2014
Le rapport se concentre sur la question de comment renforcer le secteur privé afin de promouvoir le commerce intra-Africain. Il met en avant l'argument qu'afin de récolter des bénéfices de développement du commerce intra-Africain et de l'intégration régionale, il serait nécessaire aux pays Afri...
EOR 2013 SUPP19 ANNUAL RPT ESCAP

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Annual Report 24 May 2012 - 1 May 2013

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Annual Report of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
23 Oct 2013
The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific held its sixtyninth session in Bangkok from 25 April to 1 May 2013. The present report covers the period from 24 May 2012 to 1 May 2013 and contains an account of the discussions and conclusions reached by the Commission.
MDG GAP TASK FORCE RPT 2013

Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Gap Task Force Report 2013

The Global Partnership for Development - The Challenge We Face

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MDG Gap Task Force Report
13 Sep 2013
The 2013 Report informs that there has been a certain backsliding on a number of commitments covered by MDG 8 in the past year, and some progress in others. Official development assistance has fallen for a second year in a row and the multilateral trade negotiations remain at an impasse, but duty...
ENERGY STATISTICS YRBK 2010

Energy Statistics Yearbook 2010

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Energy Statistics Yearbook / Annuaire des Statistiques de L'energie (Ser. J)
27 Jan 2014
The 2010 Energy Statistics Yearbook is the fifty-fourth issue in a series of annual compilations of internationally comparable statistics summarizing world energy trends. Annual data for 224 countries and areas for the period 2007 to 2010 are presented on production, trade and consumption of ene...
ECON DEV IN AFRICA RPT 2013

Economic Development in Africa Report 2013

Intra-African Trade: Unlocking Private Sector Dynamism

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Economic Development in Africa Report
18 Nov 2013
This report argues that for African countries to reap developmental gains from intra-African trade and regional integration, they need to place the building of productive capacities and domestic entrepreneurship at the heart of the policy agenda for boosting intra-regional trade. It also analyzes...
EVAL REG PROGRAMME ARAB STATES

Evaluation of the Regional Programme for Arab States (2010-2013)

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Global and Regional Programme Evaluations
1 Aug 2013
The Evaluation Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) conducted an independent evaluation of UNDP Regional Programme for Arab States in 2012. This is the third evaluation of the Arab States Regional Programme. The evaluation analysed the contributions made by the Regional Progr...
EVAL REG PROGRAMME AFRICA

Evaluation of the Regional Programme for Africa (2008-2013)

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Global and Regional Programme Evaluations
1 Aug 2013
The Evaluation Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) conducted an independent Evaluation of UNDP’s Regional Programme for Africa in 2012. Following the previous Regional Programme Evaluation for Africa conducted by the Evaluation Office in 2007 for the period 2002-2006, the pr...
EVAL REG PROGRAMME ASIA PACIFIC

Evaluation of the Regional Programme for Asia and the Pacific (2008-2013)

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Global and Regional Programme Evaluations
1 Aug 2013
The Evaluation Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) conducted an independent Evaluation of UNDP’s Regional Programme for Asia and Pacific in 2012. Following the previous evaluation of the Regional Programme for Asia and the Pacific conducted by the Evaluation Office in 2007 f...
EVAL FOURTH GLOBAL PROGRAMME

Evaluation of the Fourth Global Programme

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Global and Regional Programme Evaluations
1 Aug 2013
The Evaluation Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) conducted an independent Evaluation of UNDP’s fourth Global Programme in 2012. The evaluation covered the period 2009–2013. Global Programme was designed to strengthen the UNDP development cooperation role at the country, re...
EVAL REG PROG EURO CIS 2011/13

Evaluation of the Regional Programme for Europe and the CIS (2011-2013)

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Global and Regional Programme Evaluations
1 Aug 2013
In 2009 the Evaluation Office conducted the Regional Programme Evaluation for Europe and the CIS for the programme period 2006-2010. This is the second evaluation conducted for the region, covering the current programme period 2011-2013. The evaluation assessed UNDP’s programme performance, guide...
EVAL UNDP REG PROGRAM LAT AMER

Evaluation of UNDP Regional Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean (2008-2013)

Series:
Global and Regional Programme Evaluations
1 Aug 2013
The Evaluation Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) conducted an independent evaluation of UNDP Regional Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2012. The evaluation analysed the contributions made by the Regional Programme to development results during the programme...
AGEING SOLID & SOC PROT LAT AMER

Ageing, Solidarity and Social Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean

Time for Progress towards Equality

Series:
ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
10 Jun 2013
This publication aims to contribute to the research, analysis and design of proposals for the social protection of older persons. It develops a new conceptual approach and uses various indicators for its assessment in the areas of social security, health and social services. All human beings must...
MILLENNIUM DEV GOALS RPT 2013

The Millennium Development Goals Report: 2013

Series:
Millennium Development Goals Report
11 Sep 2013
The report presents the yearly assessment of global progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), determining the areas where progress has been made, and those that are lagging behind. It pinpoints the areas where accelerated efforts are needed to meet the MDGs by 2015. The report is ...
UNCTAD HNDBK STAT 2013

UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2013

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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Handbook of Statistics / Manuel de Statistiques de la CNUCED
28 May 2014
The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics provides a comprehensive, reliable, coherent and comparable collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of international trade, investment and development, for individual countries and for economic and trade groupings. The publication presents consoli...
BUILD RESILENCE NATURAL DISASTERS

Building Resilience to Natural Disasters and Major Economic Crises

8 Jun 2013
The Asia-Pacific region faces multiple crises such as slowdown in developed economies, reduced demand for regional exports, higher costs of capital, and the volatility of commodity markets. This book highlights the increasing trend of natural disasters affecting the region through disruptions to ...
STAT YRBK LATIN AMERICA 2012

Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2012

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Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean / Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe
6 Jun 2013
The Yearbook comprises four chapters. The first covers demographic and social indicators, reflecting special efforts to mainstream the gender perspective in statistical information. The second chapter presents economic statistics relating to trade, balance-of-payments and prices, as well as natio...
NEW GLOB PARTNERSHIP ERAD POVERTY

A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty And Transform Economies Through Sustainable Development

The Report of the High Level-Panel of Eminent Persons on The Post-2015 Development Agenda

19 Jun 2013
This is the report of the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The report provides recommendations regarding the vision and shape of a Post-2015 development agenda to help respond to the global challenges of the 21st century, building on the Millennium Developm...
SOCIAL PANORAMA LAT AMER 2012

Social Panorama of Latin America 2012

Series:
Social Panorama of Latin America
29 Apr 2013
This annual report examines the dynamics of paid employment in care activities in Latin American countries, as well as household expenditure on such work, and proposes normative criteria for public policymaking in this sphere. It also covers 1) poverty trends and determining factors in Latin Amer...
STAT ABSTRACT ARAB REGION #32

Statistical Abstract of the Arab Region, Issue No. 32

Series:
Statistical Abstract of the Arab Region
12 Nov 2013
The thirty-second issue of the Statistical Abstract of the Arab Region presents time series statistics and indicators on economic and social issues in all fourteen Arab Region member countries. The Abstract is divided into twelve chapters addressing the following topics: population; labour force;...