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FINAN HUMAN DEV AFRICA ASIA M-EAST

Financing Human Development in Africa, Asia and the Middle East

Series:
United Nations Series on Development
9 Dec 2013
This book assesses feasible financing strategies for policymakers to follow in pursuance of human development, taking as reference the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and their achievement by 2015. These strategies are analyzed in the context of broader concerns of economic de...
RETOOLING GLOBAL DEV GOVER

Retooling Global Development and Governance

Series:
United Nations Series on Development
29 Oct 2013
This publication provides a whole new set of ideas on how to overcome the deficiencies in the ongoing process of globalization and in the existing mechanisms for global economic governance. It points out promising directions for reform, including: strengthening government capacities for formulati...
ESCWA POP & DEV RPT #5 2011

Population and Development Report, Issue No.5

Youth Exclusion in the ESCWA Region: Demographic, Economic, Educational and Cultural Factors

Series:
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Population and Development Report
31 Jul 2013
This publication is one of a series of analytical Reports issued by the Population and Social Development Section of the Social Development Division at the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). It aims to deepen knowledge of the interrelation between population and development ...
MDG GAP TASK FORCE RPT 2012

Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Gap Task Force Report 2012

The Global Partnership for Development: Making Rhetoric a Reality - Millennium Development Goal 8

Series:
MDG Gap Task Force Report
18 Sep 2012
The 2012 Report will continue to follow the progress on official development assistance, market access, debt sustainability, access to essential medicines and new technologies as prescribed by the Millennium Development Goal 8. Closer attention will be given to the impact of the global crisis on ...
ASIA PACIF DEV JRNL V19 #1 06/2012

Asia-Pacific Development Journal Vol.19 No.1, June 2012

Series:
Asia-Pacific Development Journal
31 Jan 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...
EOR 2012 SUPP19 ANNUAL RPT ESCAP

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 2012

Annual Report 26 May 2011 – 23 May 2012

Series:
Annual Report of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
10 Oct 2013
Official records of the Annual Report of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 2012.
EOR 2011 SUPP1 RES DEC ECOSOC

Resolutions and Decisions of the Economic and Social Council

Organizational Session for 2011

Series:
Resolutions and Decisions of the Economic and Social Council
17 Aug 2012
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 2011.
UN DEV STRATEGY BEYOND 2015

The United Nations Development Strategy Beyond 2015

Committee for Development Policy Note

1 Aug 2012
In this Policy Note, the Committee for Development Policy proposes principles and policy alternatives for a post-2015 development agenda, in the light of consideration of lessons learnt from the Millennium Development Goals experience and the key development challenges that have emerged in recent...
REVISTA DE LA CEPAL #105 DEC 2011

Revista de la CEPAL No.105, Diciembre 2011

Series:
Revista de la CEPAL
25 May 2012
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 ...
CEPAL REVIEW #104 08/2011

CEPAL Review No.104, August 2011

Series:
CEPAL Review
25 May 2012
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...
ENERGY STATISTICS YRBK 2009

Energy Statistics Yearbook 2009

Series:
Energy Statistics Yearbook / Annuaire des Statistiques de L'energie (Ser. J)
8 Apr 2013
The Energy Statistics Yearbook 2009 is a comprehensive collection of international energy statistics prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division. It is the fifty-third in a series of annual compilations which commenced under the title World Energy Supplies in Selected Years, 1929-1950. The...
DEV ECON AFRIQUE RAPPORT 2012

Le développement économique en Afrique rapport 2012

La transformation structurelle et le développement durable en Afrique

Series:
Développement économique en Afrique, Le
15 Jul 2013
Le rapport propose des recommandations en termes de politique aux décideurs Africains et leurs partenaires de développement afin de promouvoir une transformation structurelle durable en Afrique, c'est à dire une transformation structurelle accompagnée par un découplage relatif de l'utilisation d...
ECON DEV IN AFRICA RPT 2012

Economic Development in Africa Report 2012

Structural Transformation and Sustainable Development in Africa

Series:
Economic Development in Africa Report
3 Jan 2013
This report provides concrete policy recommendations for African policy makers and their development partners on how to promote sustainable structural transformation in Africa, meaning a sustainable structural transformation that integrates the relative decoupling of natural resource use and envi...
AFRICA HUMAN DEV RPT 2012

Africa Human Development Report 2012

Towards a Food Secure Future

Series:
Africa Human Development Report
9 May 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest prevalence of hunger in the world. Until this situation improves, the human development prospects of millions of Africans will remain at risk. UNDP’s first Africa Human Development Report shows that food security and human development reinforce each other. If Af...
BUSINESS & CLIMATE POLICY

Business and Climate Policy

The Potentials and Pitfalls of Private Voluntary Programs

6 Jun 2012
Climate change has become one of the most important and challenging global policy fields. Attention has primarily focused on the successes and failures of states and intergovernmental organizations but many more actors are involved and contribute solutions. The contributions to this book assess t...
RAPPORT SUR DEV HUMAIN AFRIQU 2012

Rapport sur le développement humain en Afrique 2012

Vers une sécurité alimentaire durable

Series:
Rapport sur le développement humain en Afrique
29 Jul 2015
e rapport indique clairement que l’amélioration de la sécurité alimentaire en Afrique subsaharienne ne repose pas seulement sur l’augmentation de la production agricole, ni même sur le renforcement de la nutrition, même si ces deux éléments sont essentiels. Il repose sur la mise en place d’un cha...
CLIMATE PROTECTION & DEV

Climate Protection and Development

Series:
United Nations Series on Development
4 May 2012
This book spells out, in more detail than usual, what can and should be done to avert the real risks of disaster. It summons us to an endeavour worthy of the resources and ingenuity of the twenty-first century - towards bold initiatives with big costs, and much bigger benefits. It explores the in...
GLOBALIZATION & ECON DIVERSIFI

Globalization and Economic Diversification

Policy Challenges for Economies in Transition

Series:
United Nations Series on Development
25 Apr 2012
The transition countries in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and Central Asia were hit harder than any other region in the world by the global recession of 2008–2009. Economic recovery started in the second half of 2009, but—for most of these economies—the crisis made it painfully clear that the ...
TRANS CORP V20 #3 DEC 2011

Transnational Corporations Vol.20 No.3, December 2011

Series:
Transnational Corporations
14 Feb 2013
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.
ECON SOC SURVEY ASIA PAC 2012

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2012

Pursuing Shared Prosperity in an Era of Turbulence and High Commodity Prices

Series:
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
19 Sep 2012
This publication provides a review of the region’s outlook 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 analyzed include growth, inflation, trade and investment, financial m...
TWENTY YEARS INDIA LIBERALIZATION

Twenty Years of India's Liberalization

Experiences and Lessons

28 Mar 2013
India’s growth miracle has attracted worldwide attention, particularly because this growth has been pursuant to the wide ranging economic reforms introduced in the early 1990s. Many other developing countries intensified liberalisation during this period but were unable to experience a similar sp...
WORLD ECON SOCIAL SURV 2012

World Economic and Social Survey 2012

In Search of New Development Finance

Series:
World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
27 Jun 2012
The World Economic and Social Survey (WESS) is a yearly publication that provides objective analysis of pressing long-term social and economic development issues, and discusses the positive and negative impact of corresponding policies. Scholars, policymakers, development thinkers and practitione...
MILLENNIUM DEV GOALS RPT 2012

The Millennium Development Goals Report: 2012

Series:
Millennium Development Goals Report
14 Aug 2012
This 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 also pinpoints the areas where accelerated efforts are needed to meet the MDGs by 2015. The Repo...
ECON RPT ON AFRICA 2012

Economic Report on Africa 2012

Unleashing Africa’s Potential as a Pole of Global Growth

Series:
Economic Report on Africa
5 Sep 2012
This publication assesses long-term trends in Africa’s growth, analyses the factors behind the recent growth momentum, and provides global perspectives on the key challenges to be addressed, which are critical to unleashing the role of Africa as a global growth pole. The main aim of this publicat...
SURV ECON SOC DEV ESCWA 2010/11

Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the ESCWA Region 2010-2011

Series:
Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the Arab Region
24 Oct 2012
This book assesses feasible financing strategies for policymakers to follow in pursuance of human development, taking as reference the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and their achievement by 2015. These strategies are analyzed in the context of broader concerns of economic de...
RAPPORT ECONOMIQ AFRIQUE 2012

Rapport économique sur l'Afrique 2012

Libérer le potentiel de l'Afrique en tant que pôle de croissance mondiale

Series:
Rapport économique sur l'Afrique
5 Oct 2012
This publication assesses long-term trends in Africa’s growth, analyses the factors behind the recent growth momentum, and provides global perspectives on the key challenges to be addressed, which are critical to unleashing the role of Africa as a global growth pole. The main aim of this publicat...
RPT SUR LE COMMERCE ET LE DEV 2012

Rapport sur le commerce et le développement 2012

Politiques pour une croissance équitable er équilibrée

Series:
Rapport sur le commerce et le développement
31 Dec 2012
Le bilan des quelques décennies passées a montré que des inégalités plus importantes ne rendent pas les économies plus résistantes aux chocs qui provoquent la montée du chômage. Bien au contraire, les économies sont devenues plus vulnérables. Les augmentations de salaire inférieures à la croissan...
INFORME SOBRE COMERCIO DESARR 2012

Informe sobre el Comercio y el Desarrollo 2012

Political para un crecimiento influyente y equilibrado

Series:
Informe sobre el comercio y el desarrollo
31 Dec 2012
La experiencia de los últimos decenios ha demostrado que una mayor desigualdad no hace a las economías más resistentes a las crisis que provocan el aumento del desempleo. Por el contrario, ha hecho a las economías más vulnerables. Las subidas de los salarios por debajo del crecimiento de la produ...
TRADE & DEV RPT 2012

Trade and Development Report 2012

Policies for Inclusive and Balanced Growth

Series:
United Nations Trade and Development Report
18 Sep 2012
In the context of the ongoing fallout from the global financial crisis, income distribution is back to the centre of economic analysis and policies. This publication explores the linkages between income distribution, growth and development. It analyzes the evolution of income inequality over the ...
ECON SURV LAT AMER 2010/11

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2010-2011

International Integration and Macroeconomic Policy Challenges amid Global Economic Turmoil

Series:
Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean
23 Mar 2012
This publication is issued annually by the Economic Development Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). This sixty-third edition of the Economic Survey looks at the nature of the recovery from the financial global and economic crisis whose fallout spread a...