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Economic and Social Development

PRELIM OVERVIEW ECON LAT AMER 2012

Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2012

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Preliminary Overview of the Economy of Latin America and the Caribbean
4 Apr 2013
This publication shows that the global economic crisis has had a negative, albeit not dramatic, impact in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. Global financial instability led to smaller inflows of short-term capital and a more volatile exchange rate in Brazil and Mexico, but eased pressur...
RAPPORT ECONOMIQ AFRIQUE 2013

Rapport économique sur l'Afrique 2013

Tirer le plus grand profit des produits de base africains: l'industrialisation au service de la croissance, de l'emploi et de la transformation économique

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Rapport économique sur l'Afrique
20 Jun 2013
Le présent rapport fait valoir que la question n’est pas de savoir si l’Afrique peut s’industrialiser en faisant fi de ses produits de base, mais plutôt comment elle peut les utiliser pour créer de la valeur, de nouveaux services et des capacités technologiques – ceci ne s’appliquant pas nécessai...
WORLD ECON SOCIAL SURV 2013

World Economic and Social Survey 2013

Sustainable Development Challenges

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World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
22 Jul 2013
The 2015 deadline to meet the targets of the Millennium Development Goals is fast approaching. There has been significant progress, but it is uneven. Meanwhile the context within which development goals are pursued has become much more challenging, visible in the recent food, fuel and financial c...
ECON RPT ON AFRICA 2013

Economic Report on Africa 2013

Making the Most of Africa's Commodities: Industrializing for Growth, Jobs and Economic Transformation

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Economic Report on Africa
23 Apr 2013
Africa’s growth plummeted during its ‘lost decades’ of the 1980s and 1990s while unemployment soared, and production and export bases became more concentrated. Africa boasts significant human and natural resources that can be used to promote industrialization and structural economic transformatio...
CHANGING NATURE ASIAN LAT AMER

The Changing Nature of Asian-Latin American Economic Relations

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ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
12 Mar 2013
This book aims to document the growing investment and trade relations between Latin America and Asia, as well as some of their imbalances. It also provides several examples on how to upgrade trans-Pacific economic relations. It is offered to the Asian and Latin American policymaking, academic and...
ECON SOC SURVEY ASIA PAC 2013

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2013

Forward-Looking Macroeconomic Policies for Inclusive and Sustainable Development

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Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
3 May 2013
This document provides a review of the region’s performance in 2012 and its outlook in 2013, as it recovers from the global economic crisis and assesses the region’s policy response to remaining and emerging vulnerabilities. Areas of economic and social policy analysed include growth, inflation, ...
TRANS CORP V21 #2 AUG 2012

Transnational Corporations Vol.21 No.2, August 2012

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Transnational Corporations
26 Jun 2013
Transnational Corporations (formerly The CTC Reporter) is a policy-oriented journal that serves as a specialized forum for the publication of research on the activities of transactional corporations and their implication for economic development.
ASSESS DEV RESULTS COTE D

Assessment of Development Results - Cote d'Ivoire

Evaluation of UNDP Contribution

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Assessment of Development Results
27 Jun 2013
This report presents an independent evaluation managed by the Evaluation Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Cote d'Ivoire 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 a...
ASIA PACIF DEV JRNL V19 #2 12/2012

Asia-Pacific Development Journal, Vol. 19, No. 2, December 2012

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Asia-Pacific Development Journal
3 May 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...
EVAL UNDP CONTRIB POVERTY REDU

Evaluation of UNDP Contribution to Poverty Reduction

Multidimensional

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Thematic Evaluation Reports
19 Jun 2013
The Evaluation Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) conducts evaluations to capture evaluative evidence of UNDP’s overall contribution to development results at the global, regional and national levels and, in particular, its contribution to the Millennium Development Goals (...
PANORAMA INSERC INTL AMER 2011/12

Panorama de la inserción Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe 2011-2012

Crisis duradera en el centro y nuevas oportunidades para las economías en desarrollo

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Panorama de la Inserción Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe
5 Feb 2013
En la edición 2011-2012 del Panorama de la inserción internacional de América Latina y el Caribe, titulado "Crisis duradera en el centro y oportunidades para las economías en desarrollo" se examina la difícil coyuntura económica internacional y sus perspectivas para el resto de la década. Asimism...
ECON SURV LAT AMER 2012

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2012

Policies for an Adverse International Economy

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Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean
1 Feb 2013
The Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2013 analyses the policies required to improve the perspectives of sustainable regional growth. It reviews the links between economic growth and investment and employment, as well as the fiscal and monetary policies, industrial, trade and soc...
LAT AMER WORLD ECON 2011/12

Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2011-2012

Continuing Crisis in the Centre and New Opportunities for Developing Economies

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Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy
1 Feb 2013
The 2011-2012 edition focuses on the theme of continuing crisis in the centre and new opportunities for developing economies. Chapter I examines the difficult international economic situation and the outlook for the rest of the decade. Chapter II takes stock of the boom in commodity prices that b...
AFRICAN STAT YRBK 2012

African Statistical Yearbook 2012

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African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
13 Mar 2013
The Yearbook series is a result of collaborative efforts by major African regional organizations to set up a joint data collection mechanism of socioeconomic data on African countries, as well as the development of a harmonized database. It seeks to promote wider use of country data, reduce costs...
ESTUDIO ECON AMER LATINA 2012

Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe 2012

Les políticas ante las adversidades de la economía internacional

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Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe
1 Feb 2013
El volumen número 64 del Estudio económico consta de cuatro capítulos. En el primero se revisa la evolución económica de América Latina y el Caribe durante el primer semestre de 2012, en el contexto de una desaceleración del crecimiento mundial y una elevada incertidumbre sobre las perspectivas d...
STAT YRBK 2011 56TH ISS

Statistical Yearbook 2011, Fifty-sixth Issue

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United Nations Statistical Yearbook / Annuaire Statistique des Nations Unies (Ser. S)
3 Jan 2014
The Statistical Yearbook is an annual compilation of a wide range of international economic, social and environmental statistics on over 200 countries and areas, compiled from sources including UN agencies and other international, national and specialized organizations. The 56th edition contains ...
STAT YRBK ASIA PACIF 2012

Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2012

Country profiles

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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
20 May 2013
This publication presents data for the 58 ESCAP member countries, as well as world, regional, sub-regional and economic aggregates for comparison. It offers current trends and emerging topics in the Asia-Pacific region, grouped around the themes of people, the environment, the economy and connect...
NATL ACCT STATS 2011 ANALYSIS

National Accounts Statistics: Analysis of Main Aggregates 2011

Analysis of Main Aggregates, 2011

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National Accounts Statistics: Analysis of Main Aggregates
15 Dec 2013
This forty-second issue of the National Accounts Statistics: Analysis of Main Aggregates presents a summary of the principal national accounting aggregates based on official national accounts data for more than 200 countries and areas, covering 1970-2011. It contains a section on the estimation m...
WORLD STATISTICS POCKETBOOK 2013

World Statistics Pocketbook 2013 Edition

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World Statistics Pocketbook (Ser. V)
23 May 2013
The World Statistics Pocketbook 2013 is the 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 international statistical sources and are pre...
TRANS CORP V21 #1 APR 2012

Transnational Corporations Vol.21 No.1, April 2012

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Transnational Corporations
31 Dec 2012
Transnational Corporations is a policy-oriented journal that serves as a specialized forum for the publication of research on the activities of transactional corporations and their implication for economic development.
MONTHLY BULL STAT V67 #11 NOV 2013

Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, November 2013

Issue No.1109 Vol. LXVII No. 11

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Monthly Bulletin of Statistics / Bulletin Mensuel de Statistique (Ser. Q)
14 Mar 2014
Each issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Statistics (MBS) presents current economic and social statistics for more than 200 countries and territories of the world. Written in French and English, it contains over 50 tables of monthly and/or annual and quarterly data on a variety of subjects illustrat...
MONTHLY BULL STAT V67 #12 DEC 2013

Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, December 2013

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Monthly Bulletin of Statistics / Bulletin Mensuel de Statistique (Ser. Q)
29 Jul 2015
Each issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Statistics (MBS) presents current economic and social statistics for more than 200 countries and territories of the world. Written in French and English, it contains over 50 tables of monthly and/or annual and quarterly data on a variety of subjects illustrat...
MONTHLY BULL STAT V67 #10 OCT 2013

Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, October 2013

Issue No.1108 Vol. LXVII No. 10

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Monthly Bulletin of Statistics / Bulletin Mensuel de Statistique (Ser. Q)
14 Mar 2014
Each issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Statistics (MBS) presents current economic and social statistics for more than 200 countries and territories of the world. Written in French and English, it contains over 50 tables of monthly and/or annual and quarterly data on a variety of subjects illustrat...
MONTHLY BULL STAT V67 #9 SEP 2013

Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, September 2013

Issue No.1107 Vol. LXVII No. 9

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Monthly Bulletin of Statistics / Bulletin Mensuel de Statistique (Ser. Q)
8 Nov 2013
Each issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Statistics (MBS) presents current economic and social statistics for more than 200 countries and territories of the world. Written in French and English, it contains over 50 tables of monthly and/or annual and quarterly data on a variety of subjects illustrat...
MONTHLY BULL STAT V67 #8 AUG 2013

Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, August 2013

Issue No.1106 Vol. LXVII No. 8

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Monthly Bulletin of Statistics / Bulletin Mensuel de Statistique (Ser. Q)
2 Oct 2013
Each issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Statistics (MBS) presents current economic and social statistics for more than 200 countries and territories of the world. Written in French and English, it contains over 50 tables of monthly and/or annual and quarterly data on a variety of subjects illustrat...
CEPAL REVIEW #106 04/2012

CEPAL Review No.106, April 2012

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CEPAL Review
8 Jan 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...
MONTHLY BULL STAT V67 #3 MAR 2013

Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, March 2013

Issue No. 1101 Vol. LXVII No. 3

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Monthly Bulletin of Statistics / Bulletin Mensuel de Statistique (Ser. Q)
8 Jul 2013
Each issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Statistics (MBS) presents current economic and social statistics for more than 200 countries and territories of the world. Written in French and English, it contains over 50 tables of monthly and/or annual and quarterly data on a variety of subjects illustrat...
MONTHLY BULL STAT V67 #4 APR 2013

Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, April 2013

Issue No.1102 Vol. LXVII No. 4

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Monthly Bulletin of Statistics / Bulletin Mensuel de Statistique (Ser. Q)
10 Jul 2013
Each issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Statistics (MBS) presents current economic and social statistics for more than 200 countries and territories of the world. Written in French and English, it contains over 50 tables of monthly and/or annual and quarterly data on a variety of subjects illustrat...
MONTHLY BULL STAT V67 #6 JUN 2013

Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, June 2013

Issue No.1104 Vol. LXVII No. 6

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Monthly Bulletin of Statistics / Bulletin Mensuel de Statistique (Ser. Q)
26 Jul 2013
Each issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Statistics (MBS) presents current economic and social statistics for more than 200 countries and territories of the world. Written in French and English, it contains over 50 tables of monthly and/or annual and quarterly data on a variety of subjects illustrat...