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MBS V66 #1 JAN 2012

Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, January 2012

Series:
Monthly Bulletin of Statistics / Bulletin Mensuel de Statistique (Ser. Q)
16 Mar 2012
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...
MBS V66 #2 FEB 2012

Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, February 2012

Series:
Monthly Bulletin of Statistics / Bulletin Mensuel de Statistique (Ser. Q)
11 Apr 2012
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...
TRANS CORP V19 #2 AUG 2010

Transnational Corporation Vol.19 No.2, August 2010

Series:
Transnational Corporations
27 Jan 2012
This periodical takes a fresh look at major legal, sectoral, regional and environmental issues facing corporations operating internationally. Issued three times a year, it focuses on in-depth, policy-oriented research findings on significant issues relating to the activities of transnational corp...
STAT YRBK ASIA PACIF 2011

Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2011

Series:
Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
9 Feb 2012
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...
ASSESS DEV RESULTS PACIFIC ISLANDS

Assessment of Development Results - Pacific Island Countries

Evaluation of UNDP Contribution

Series:
Assessment of Development Results
16 Jan 2017
This report presents an independent regional evaluation conducted by the UNDP Evaluation Office in 2010. The evaluation examines the strategic relevance and positioning of UNDP support, and its contribution to the development of Pacific Island Countries (PICs) including 14 PICs scattered all over...
ASSESS DEV RESULTS INDIA

Assessment of Development Results

India

Series:
Assessment of Development Results
21 May 2012
This report presents an independent country-level evaluation conducted by the UNDP Evaluation Office in 2010. The evaluation examines the strategic relevance and positioning of UNDP support, and its contribution to the development of India.
ASSESS DEV RESULTS NEPAL

Assessment of Development Results

Nepal

Series:
Assessment of Development Results
21 May 2012
This report presents an independent country-level evaluation conducted by the UNDP Evaluation Office in 2010. The evaluation examines the strategic relevance and positioning of UNDP support, and its contribution to the development of Nepal.
ASSESS DEV RESULTS SRI LANKA

Assessment of Development Results - Sri Lanka

Evaluation of UNDP Contribution

Series:
Assessment of Development Results
19 Sep 2012
This report presents an independent country-level evaluation conducted by the UNDP Evaluation Office in 2010. The evaluation examines the strategic relevance and positioning of UNDP support, and its contribution to the development of Sri Lanka.
ASSESS DEV RESULTS UN ARAB EMIRAT

Assessment of Development Results - United Arab Emirates

Evaluation of UNDP Contribution

Series:
Assessment of Development Results
19 Jun 2012
This report presents an independent country-level evaluation conducted by the UNDP Evaluation Office in 2010. The evaluation examines the strategic relevance and positioning of UNDP support, and its contribution to the development of the United Arab Emirates.
ASSESS DEV RESULTS MOLDOVA

Assessment of Development Results - Republic of Moldova

Evaluation of UNDP Contribution

Series:
Assessment of Development Results
21 May 2012
This report presents an independent country-level evaluation conducted by the UNDP Evaluation Office in 2010. The evaluation examines the strategic relevance and positioning of UNDP support, and its contribution to the development of Moldova.
ASSESS DEV RESULTS LIBERIA

Assessment of Development Results - Liberia

Evaluation of UNDP Contribution

Series:
Assessment of Development Results
12 Feb 2013
This report presents an independent country-level evaluation conducted by the UNDP Evaluation Office in 2010. The evaluation examines the strategic relevance and positioning of UNDP support, and its contribution to the development of Liberia.
ASSESS DEV RESULTS PAPUA NEW

Assessment of Development Results - Papua New Guinea

Evaluation of UNDP Contribution

Series:
Assessment of Development Results
21 Oct 2011
The evaluation examines the strategic relevance and positioning of UNDP support and its contributions to development results in Papua New Guinea from 2003 to 2011. During the period covered by the evaluation, UNDP technical support to the government strengthened institutional development and enha...
ASSESS DEV RESULTS DJIBOUTI

Assessment of Development Results

Djibouti

Series:
Assessment of Development Results
28 Feb 2013
This is the first ADR conducted in Djibouti, and it focuses on UNDP contributions to development results in the country during UNDP-Djibouti’s two most recent programming cycles – 2003-2007 and 2008-2012. The objectives of this ADR are: (i) to identify progress made towards the antici¬pated devel...
ASSESS DEV RESULTS CONGO DRC

Assessment of Development Results - Democratic Republic of Congo

Evaluation of UNDP Contribution

Series:
Assessment of Development Results
25 Jun 2013
This report presents an independent country-level evaluation conducted by the UNDP Evaluation Office in 2010. The evaluation examines the strategic relevance and positioning of UNDP support, and its contribution to the development of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
REVISTA DE LA CEPAL #104 AUG 2011

Revista de la CEPAL No.104, Agosto 2011

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Revista de la CEPAL
5 Oct 2011
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 #103 04/2011

CEPAL Review No.103, April 2011

Series:
CEPAL Review
10 Oct 2011
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...
TECHNOLOGY & INNOVAT RPT 2011

Technology and Innovation Report 2011

Powering Development with Renewable Energy Technologies

Series:
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Technology and Innovation Report (TIR)
18 Jan 2013
This report argues that responding to the dual challenge of reducing energy poverty and mitigating climate change requires a new energy paradigm. Such a paradigm would have renewable energy technologies complementing (and eventually substituting) conventional energy sources in efforts to alleviat...
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMMERCIALIZ

Intellectual Property Commercialization

Policy Options and Practical Instruments

25 Feb 2013
Innovation is the key driver of economic growth and development. A well-balanced, affordable and reliable system of intellectual property rights is needed to protect the — often large and highly risky — investments of innovative and creative companies against potential imitators and thereby provi...
ASIA PACIF DEV JRNL V18 #2 12/2011

Asia-Pacific Development Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2, December 2011

Series:
Asia-Pacific Development Journal
12 Jun 2012
The Asia-Pacific Development Journal is published twice a year by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Its primary objective is to provide a medium for the exchange of knowledge,experience, ideas, information and data on all aspects of economic and social development in th...
REALIZING THE RIGHT TO DEV ESSAYS

Realizing the Right to Development

Essays in Commemoration of 25 Years of the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development

10 Dec 2013
This book is devoted to the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development. It contains a collection of analytical studies of various aspects of the right to development, which include the rule of law and good governance, aid, trade, debt, technology transfer, inte...
INDUSTRIAL DEV RPT 2011

Industrial Development Report 2011

Industrial Energy Efficiency for Sustainable Wealth Creation - Capturing Environmental, Economic and Social Dividends

Series:
Industrial Development Report
27 Mar 2012
This Report demonstrates that a more sustainable energy future is within our reach, and that industrial energy efficiency is key. It shows how industrial energy efficiency can make a difference by providing a detailed comprehensive global assessment of potentials, technologies, economic benefits,...
AFRICAN STAT YRBK 2011

African Statistical Yearbook 2011

Series:
African statistical yearbook / Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique
14 Nov 2011
This publication provides users with quality statistical information to enhance Africa’s development initiatives. It aims to break with past practices, whereby each regional/subregional organization published their own statistical data on African countries. It is expected that the joint collectio...
CHRONIQUE ONU V48 #3 2011

Chronique ONU Vol. XLVIII No.3 2011

Le dividende numérique

Series:
Chronique ONU
19 Apr 2013
D'après le Secrétaire-général Ban Ki-Moon, les liens entre le développement socio-économique et le raffermissement des capacités rendus possibles par les technologies de l'information et de la communication sont de plus en plus clairs, en particulier dans les régions isolées, rurales, et dans les...
UN CHRONICLE V48 #3 2011

UN Chronicle Vol.XLVIII No.3 2011

The Digital Dividend

Series:
UN Chronicle
11 Oct 2011
According to Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, the links between socio-economic development and the empowerment made possible by ICTs are increasingly clear, especially in remote, rural and marginalized urban areas. Yet there is still a long way to go before gains in access will significantly narrow...
UNCTAD HNDBK STAT 2012

UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2012

Series:
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Handbook of Statistics / Manuel de Statistiques de la CNUCED
28 Jan 2013
This publication provides a comprehensive, reliable, coherent and comparable collection of statistical data. The data is relevant for the analysis of international trade, investment and development of individual countries and for economic and trade groupings. The publication presents consolidated...
LEAST DEV CTRIES RPT 2011

The Least Developed Countries Report 2011

The Potential Role of South-South Cooperation for Inclusive and Sustainable Development

Series:
Least Developed Countries Report
16 Oct 2012
In light of the current economic difficulties facing traditional development partners and the non-sustainable and non-inclusive nature of performance of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) over the last decade, LDC governments need new development paths to tap into dynamic growth poles in the So...
STAT ABSTRACT ESCWA REGION #30

Statistical Abstract of the ESCWA Region, Issue No.30

Issue No.30

Series:
Statistical Abstract of the Arab Region
13 Jul 2012
This publication presents time series comparative statistics and indicators on core areas of economic and social development in the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia’s (ESCWA) member countries for 2010. This issue of the Statistical Abstract provides statistics of the following them...
WORLD ECON SITUAT PROSPECTS 2012

World Economic Situation and Prospects 2012

Series:
World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP)
11 Jan 2012
The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) is the definitive report of the United Nations on the state of the world economy. One of the most highly anticipated economic reports from the United Nations, it is jointly produced by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the United Nat...
UN GLOBAL COMPACT ANNUAL REV 2010

United Nations Global Compact Annual Review 2010

Series:
United Nations Global Compact Annual Review
11 Oct 2012
The UN Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. By doing so, business, as a primary driver of global...
UN GLOBAL COMPACT LOC NETWORK 2011

United Nations Global Compact Local Network Report 2011

1 Dec 2011
The United Nations Global Compact Local Network Report takes stock of the work of Local Networks around the world, featuring statistics and case examples on network governance, activities, issues and communications. The publication is developed annually to showcase the work of Local Networks. Glo...