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INFORME SOBRE DESARR HUMANO 2011

Informe Sobre Desarrollo Humano 2011

Sostenibilidad y equidad - Un mejor futuro para todos

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Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano
5 Dec 2011
El Informe ha tenido un profundo impacto en las políticas de desarrollo en todo el mundo. El Informe 2011 mantiene la tradición de ir más allá del paradigma del desarrollo. Por primera vez desde 1990, hace un recuento exhaustivo de las últimas décadas y reconoce tendencias y patrones muchas veces...
RAPPORT DEV HUMAIN 2011

Rapport sur le développement humain 2011

Durabilité et Équité - Un Meilleur Avenir pour Tous

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Rapport sur le Développement Humain 
5 Dec 2011
Publié pour la première fois en 1990, le Rapport sur le développement humain commençait par l'énoncé d'un postulat très simple: «Les individus sont la vraie richesse d'une nation». Cette édition-phare qui marque le 20e anniversaire du Rapport, nous livre en guise d'introduction les réflexions d'...
PROTECCION SOCIAL INCLUSIV AME LAT

Protección Social Inclusiva en América Latina

Una Mirada Integral, Un Enfoque de Derechos

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ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
24 Aug 2011
En este libro se examinan los principales debates en curso sobre la protección social y los programas de transferencias con corresponsabilidad, se identifica el papel que se les asigna y se consideran los elementos conceptuales, las necesidades y los desafíos que será preciso acometer para consol...
INFORMATION ECON RPT 2011

Information Economy Report 2011

ICTs as an Enabler for Private Sector Development

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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Information Economy Report (IER)
6 Feb 2012
One of the few monitoring global trends related to information and communication technologies (ICTs) from a development perspective, this publication is a valuable reference for policymakers in developing countries. Special attention is given to ICTs in accelerating private sector development (PS...
STAT YRBK LATIN AMERICA 2010 CD

Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2010 ( CD-Rom)

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Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean / Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe
22 Aug 2011
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...
AMERICA LAT CARIBE SERIES IND (CD)

America Latina y el Caribe

Indicadores Macroeconómicos del Turismo

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Cuadernos Estadísticos de la CEPAL
22 Aug 2011
Este Cuaderno Estadístico no. 37, reporta la evolución de los principales agregados macroeconómicos en los países de la región en las últimas seis décadas de historia. Las series que se informan surgen de empalmar aquellas oficialmente producidas por los países de América Latina y el Caribe a lo ...
TRANS CORP V20 #1 APR 2011

Transnational Corporations Vol. 20 No.1, April 2011

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Transnational Corporations
9 Jan 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. Articles accepted for publication in this issue re...
SOCIAL PANORAMA LAT AMER 2010

Social Panorama of Latin America 2010

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Social Panorama of Latin America
28 Jul 2011
In 2010 the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) proposed a comprehensive development strategy entitled Time for equality: closing gaps, opening trails. This edition of Social Panorama looks at the links in the chain of inequalities identified in that strategy that conc...
FINANC OVERCOM ECON INSECURITY

Financing for Overcoming Economic Insecurity

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United Nations Series on Development
19 Mar 2015
Despite the rise in recent decades in the average income level, economic insecurity has also increased. True for both developing and developed countries, this increasing economic insecurity is harmful for human welfare for several reasons. Job and income insecurity directly affect the material an...
SECURING PEACE STATE BUILDING

Securing Peace

State-building and Economic Development in Post-conflict Countries

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United Nations Series on Development
18 Jul 2011
This book studies the processes which lead to the explosion of civil strife and tries to spell out the policy options available to address the challenges faced by post-conflict economies. It calls for a more integrated policy approach which can gradually repair trust in public institutions as it ...
GLOBAL COMPACT INTL YRBK 2011

Global Compact International Yearbook 2011

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United Nations Global Compact International Yearbook
22 Aug 2011
Over the last several years, the United Nations has become a trailblazer in promoting corporate responsibility. In the 11 years since its launch, the United Nations Global Compact has been at the forefront of the UN’s effort to make the private sector a critical actor in advancing sustainability,...
UNCTAD HNDBK STAT 2011(DVD)

UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2011 (Includes DVD)

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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Handbook of Statistics / Manuel de Statistiques de la CNUCED
25 Jan 2012
This publication provides a comprehensive, reliable, coherent and comparable collection of reference statistics considered of particular importance in describing how developing countries have evolved in the context of globalization for the following subjects: international merchandise trade, expo...
CEPAL REVIEW #102 12/2010

CEPAL Review No.102, December 2010

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CEPAL Review
23 Jun 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...
PRELIM OVERVIEW ECON LAT AMER 2010

Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2010

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Preliminary Overview of the Economy of Latin America and the Caribbean
23 Jun 2011
Although Latin America and Caribbean economies are set to grow, sub-regional performance has been varied. In 2010, most economies continued to move forward on the path to recovery. This growth had positive effects on employment and private consumption. However, diverse factors came together in 20...
REVISTA DE LA CEPAL #103 APR 2011

Revista de la CEPAL No.103, Abril 2011

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Revista de la CEPAL
23 Jun 2011
El objetivo de esta revista es contribuir al examen de los problemas del desarrollo socioeconómico de la región, en especial mediante enfoques analíticos y de políticas, con artículos de expertos en economía y otras ciencias sociales, tanto de Naciones Unidas como fuera de ella.
TRADE & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Trade and Human Development

A Practical Guide to Mainstreaming Trade

29 Nov 2011
Nearly four billion people live on $2 a day or less. More than a billion of them live in extreme poverty, subsisting on less than $1.25 a day. Since 2003, world trade expanded at an average annual rate of 16 per cent, before collapsing as a result of the global economic crisis in 2009. Despite th...
DEV ECON AFRIQUE RAPPORT 2011

Le développement économique en Afrique rapport 2011

Promouvoir le développement industriel en Afrique dans le nouvel environnement mondial

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Développement économique en Afrique, Le
23 Apr 2013
Le rapport développe des idées pragmatiques sur la manière de promouvoir l'industralisation en Afrique dans un contexte mondial nouveau marqué par le renforcement du régionalisme, ainsi que le rôle de plus en plus important d'autres pays en développement sur la scène économique africaine, et ce d...
ECON DEV IN AFRICA RPT 2011

Economic Development in Africa Report 2011

Fostering Industrial Development in Africa in the New Global Environment

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Economic Development in Africa Report
7 Oct 2011
This publication examines the status of industrial development in Africa with a focus on the identification of stylized facts associated with African manufacturing. It provides an analysis of past attempts at promoting industrial development in the region and the lessons learned from these experi...
INVEST POLICY REV MACEDONIA

Investment Policy Review - The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Investment Policy Reviews
28 Feb 2013
The IPR of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia analyzes FDI trends and their impact on the host economy, provides a detailed evaluation of the legal and regulatory framework for investment, including concrete recommendations to improve it, and presents an overall strategy to attract investm...
STATE OF WORLDS VOLUNTEER 2011

State of the World's Volunteerism Report 2011

Universal Values for Global Well-being

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State of the World’s Volunteerism Report
22 Nov 2011
In most societies, millions of people make significant contributions to economic and social development through voluntary action. This report supports a better understanding of volunteerism by exhibiting its universality, scope and reach, and by highlighting new trends in the 21st century. It exa...
MDG GAP TASK FORCE RPT 2011

Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Gap Task Force Report 2011

The Global Partnership for Development - Time to Deliver

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MDG Gap Task Force Report
15 Sep 2011
Significant gaps remain in delivering on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the areas of aid, trade, debt relief, access to new technologies and affordable essential medicines. This report monitors the progress made in achieving the targets of MDG 8, including continued attention to the i...
ASIA PACIF DEV JRNL V18 #1 06/2011

Asia-Pacific Development Journal Vol. 18 No.1, June 2011

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Asia-Pacific Development Journal
14 May 2012
The Asia-Pacific Development Journal (APDJ) is published by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. The primary objective is to provide a platform for the exchange of knowledge, experience, ideas, information and data on all aspects of economic and social devel...
FIXING HAITI MINUSTAH & BEYOND

Fixing Haiti

MINUSTAH and Beyond

26 Jul 2011
References to the land of the black Jacobins are almost always followed by the phrase the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere”. To that distinction, on 12 January 2010, Haiti added another, when it was hit by a devastating natural disaster, a 7.0 Richter scale earthquake. Since 2004, the Un...
STATE WORLD POPUL RPT 2011

The State of World Population 2011

People and Possibilities in a World of 7 Billion

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State of World Population
26 Oct 2011
In late 2011, the global population will reach 7 billion, up from 6 billion in barely 12 years. This Report examines how the world got to this milestone, mentioning factors such as the big strides in health care that allow older people to live longer, more children to survive to adulthood and bey...
PANORAMA SOCIAL AMERICA LATIN 2010

Panorama Social de América Latina 2010

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Panorama Social de América Latina
17 May 2011
Este edición tomar eslabones de la cadena de desigualdades que planteamos en La hora de la igualdad: brechas por cerrar, caminos por abrir, y que se concentran en la parte del ciclo de vida de formación y desarrollo de capacidades. Se destaca la importancia del ciclo de vida y cómo se reproduce l...
OBJECTIFS MILLENAIRE DEV RPT 2011

Objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement: Rapport 2011

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Objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement
22 Sep 2011
Le rapport présente une évaluation annuelle du progrès global vers la réalisation des OMD, en indiquant les secteurs où des progrès ont été réalisés, ainsi que ceux qui restent à la traîne. Il indique les efforts requis pour garantir que les OMD soient atteint d’ici à 2015. progrès continuent. Le...
MILLENNIUM DEV GOALS RPT 2011

The Millennium Development Goals Report: 2011

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Millennium Development Goals Report
1 Jul 2011
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 also pinpoints the areas where accelerated efforts are needed to meet the MDGs by 2015. The Repor...
SURV ECON SOC DEV ESCWA 2009/10

Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the ESCWA Region 2009-2010

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Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the Arab Region
6 Mar 2012
This year's Survey looks at the effect that the global financial crisis has had on economies and social development in the Western Asia region. The Survey shows that while some economies have weathered the global recession well, the impact on others has been significant. It is possible that the n...