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DEFYING VICTIMHOOD WOMEN CONFLICT

Defying Victimhood

Women and Post-conflict Peacebuilding

4 Sep 2012
Women are among the most competent, yet marginalized, unnoticed and underutilized actors in efforts to rebuild war-torn societies. Opportunities for sustainable peacebuilding are lost - and sustainable peace is at risk - when significant stakeholders in a society’s future peace and conflict archi...
POOR POVERTY

Poor Poverty

The Impoverishment of Analysis, Measurement and Policies

Series:
United Nations Series on Development
12 May 2011
This book offers a critical appraisal of the conventional measures and analysis of poverty as well as of poverty reduction policies. Despite greater efforts in reducing poverty since the early 1980s, poverty remains stubbornly high in many parts of the world. This publication argues that the main...
INFORMATION SOCIETIES LATIN AMERIC

Information and Societies in Latin America and the Caribbean

Development of Technologies and Technologies for Development

Series:
ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
13 Apr 2011
The countries of the region have substantially progressed with large-scale application of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to varied aspects of economic and social development: the installation of digital infrastructure, modernization of public administration, digitalization of e...
ASSESS DEV RESULTS LAO PDR (2ND)

Assessment of Development Results - Lao PDR (Second Assessment)

Evaluation of UNDP Contribution

Series:
Assessment of Development Results
21 Oct 2011
This independent Assessment of Development Results in Lao PDR, conducted by the Evaluation Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is part of a series of country-level evaluations. The evaluation examined the UNDP contribution to Lao PDR’s development from 2007 to 2010 and prov...
STAT YRBK LATIN AMERICA 2010

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

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Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean / Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe
23 Mar 2011
he 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 nation...
TRANS CORP V19 #3 DEC 2010

Transnational Corporations Vol.19 No.3, December 2010

Series:
Transnational Corporations
20 Oct 2011
Transnational Corporations is a policy-oriented journal that serves as a specialized forum for the publication of research on the activities of transnational corporations and their implication for economic development. Articles accepted for publication in this issue report on the following resear...
ECON RPT ON AFRICA 2011

Economic Report on Africa 2011

Governing Development in Africa - The Role of the State in Economic Transformation

Series:
Economic Report on Africa
31 Oct 2011
Many African economies are still characterized by a heavy reliance on the primary sector, high vulnerability to external shocks, jobless growth and slow progress towards social development. It is essential for African countries to promote economic diversification and structural transformation as ...
WORLD ECON SOCIAL SURV 2011

World Economic and Social Survey 2011

The Great Green Technological Transformation

Series:
World Economic and Social Survey (WESS)
16 Jun 2011
This survey explains why the Great Green Technological Transformation will have to be fully realized in developing countries if they are to achieve food security and rural development, minimize the damage from natural hazards and extreme disasters partly induced by climate change, and transform t...
RAPPORT ECONOMIQ AFRIQUE 2011

Rapport économique sur l'Afrique 2011

Gérer le développement : Le rôle de l’État dans la transformation économique

Series:
Rapport économique sur l'Afrique
14 Aug 2012
De nombreuses économies africaines sont toujours caractérisées par une forte dépendance vis-à-vis du secteur primaire, une grande vulnérabilité aux chocs extérieurs, la hausse du chômage et la lenteur des progrès dans le développement social. Il est essentiel, pour les pays africains, de promouvo...
ECON SURV LAT AMER 2009/10

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2009-2010

The Distributive Impact of Public Policies

Series:
Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean
9 Mar 2011
In 2009, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean experienced the brunt of the global financial crisis on their levels of activity. However, since the second half of the that year, most countries in the region just begun a vigorous recovery that should strengthen with a regional GDP expan...
CEPAL REVIEW #101 08/2010

CEPAL Review No.101, August 2010

Series:
CEPAL Review
24 Feb 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...
REVISTA DE LA CEPAL #102 DEC 2010

Revista de la CEPAL No.102, Diciembre 2010

Series:
Revista de la CEPAL
22 Feb 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.
MODELING PUBLIC POLICIES LATIN AME

Modeling Public Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean

Series:
ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
17 Feb 2011
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) have formed a partnership to promote a regional network of computable general equilibrium (CGE) modellers that facilitates the exchange of analytical findings, techniques and data, wi...
PANORAMA INSERC INTL AMER 2009/10

Panorama de la Inserción Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe 2009-2010

Crisis Originada en el Centro y Recuperación Impulsada por las Economías Emergentes

Series:
Panorama de la Inserción Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe
17 Feb 2011
En la versión 2010 de esta publicación anual de la CEPAL, se aborda el tema de la crisis originada en el mundo desarrollado y la recuperación impulsada por las economías emergentes. En el capítulo I se analiza la coyuntura económica internacional posterior a la crisis, con una mirada de corto y ...
LAT AMER WORLD ECON 2009/10

Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2009 - 2010

A Crisis Generated in the Centre and a Recovery Driven by the Emerging Economies

Series:
Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy
17 Feb 2011
The 2009-2010 edition discusses the crisis generated in the developed world and the recovery driven by the emerging economies. Topics such as analysis of the post-crisis international economic situation concentrating on its implications for international trade prospects in Latin America and the ...
INVEST POLICY REV GUATEMALA

Investment Policy Review - Guatemala

Series:
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Investment Policy Reviews
29 Jun 2011
Guatemala is one of the countries in Latin America with the longest foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction record. This Report reviews the different policies that bear an impact on FDI in Guatemala, with a view to recommending concrete policy actions to improve the country’s attractiveness an...
REVISTA DE LA CEPAL #101 AUG 2010

Revista de la CEPAL No.101, Agosto 2010

Series:
Revista de la CEPAL
21 Jan 2011
La Revista cepal —así como su versión en inglés, cepal Review— 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 objetivo de la Revista es contribuir al examen de los problemas de...
SOCIAL PANORAMA LAT AMER 2009

Social Panorama of Latin America 2009 (Includes CD-ROM)

Series:
Social Panorama of Latin America
20 Jan 2011
This 17th version of the report - one of ECLAC's most important flagship publications - provides estimates for 2009 on poverty and indigence in the region and analyses social spending and government social protection policies. The Social Panorama 2009 includes the following, among other issues: A...
ECON SOC SURVEY ASIA PAC 2011

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2011

Sustaining Dynamism and Inclusive Development - Connectivity in the Region and Productive Capacity in Least Developed Countries

Series:
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
15 Sep 2011
The oldest and most comprehensive annual review of economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific outlines policies to sustain dynamic growth and make it inclusive, such as boosting internal demand, enhancing connectivity to create a seamless and region-wide market, and building producti...
TRADE LED GROWTH SOUND STRAT ASIA

Trade-led Growth

A Sound Strategy for Asia

19 Sep 2012
The global economic crisis triggered changes in real economies and trade in all countries, including those in Asia, which adopted the so-called export-led growth model. With these drastic changes in trade flows, and the need to counteract potential adverse effects, the old debate on the advantage...
REALIZING DEV POTENTIAL DIASPORAS

Realizing the Development Potential of Diasporas

17 Feb 2011
In this book, international experts including academics, policymakers, private sector practitioners, and representatives of diaspora communities further our understanding of how the growing population of expatriates from the developing world can be effectively leveraged to promote development in ...
DARK SIDE OF GLOBALIZATION

The Dark Side of Globalization

17 Feb 2011
Globalization has brought many benefits, including the reduction of poverty in several countries. But it also has a dark side: the unleashing of negative forces as a result of the compression of time and space made possible by modern technology. From arms trafficking in West Africa through armed ...
ESTUDIO ECON AMER LATINA 2009/10

Estudio Ecónomico de América Latina y el Caribe

Impacto Distributivo de las Políticas Públicas

Series:
Estudio Económico de América Latina y el Caribe
12 Jan 2011
En 2009, los países de América Latina y el Caribe acusaron los embates de la crisis financiera global en sus niveles de actividad, por lo que la región experimentó un retroceso de un 1,9% del PIB. Sin embargo, ya en la segunda mitad del año, la mayoría de los países de la región inició una vigoro...
ASIA PACIF DEV JRNL V17 #2 12/2010

Asia-Pacific Development Journal Vol.17 No.2, December 2010

Series:
Asia-Pacific Development Journal
15 Sep 2011
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...
REVIEW INFO TECHN COMM DEV #14 (A)

Review of Information Technology and Communications for Development in Western Asia, Issue 14 (Arabic language)

Series:
Review of Information Technology and Communications for Development in Western Asia (Arabic)
21 Sep 2011
This issue of the Review of Information and Communications Technology for Development in Western Asia addresses the reality and prospects of the Free and Open Source Software in the Arab region, with a focus on its impact on development, which is manifested in giving opportunities to build local ...
MIGRAC SALUD ZONAS FRONT HAITI DOM

Migración y Salud en Zonas Fronterizas

Haití y la República Dominica

Series:
Población y Desarrollo
20 Dec 2010
Entre Haití y la República Dominicana existe una importante y compleja dinámica migratoria que requiere una perspectiva multidimensional de análisis para su comprensión. Hay avances en el desarrollo de una legislación que enfoque los problemas de la migración desde una perspectiva de género, pero...
WORLD STATISTICS POCKETBOOK 2010

World Statistics Pocketbook 2010 Edition

Series:
World Statistics Pocketbook (Ser. V)
20 Jun 2011
This handy statistical pocketbook provides an easy-to-use international compilation of basic economic, social and environmental indicators for 216 countries and areas worldwide. It covers 50 key indicators in the areas of population, economic activity, agriculture, industry, energy, international...
MIGRAC SALUD ZONAS FRONT BOLIV ARG

Migración y Salud en Zonas Fronterizas

el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia y la Argentina

Series:
Población y Desarrollo
15 Dec 2010
La movilidad de personas entre el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia y la Argentina –en particular, la migración desde el primer país hacia el segundo– es de larga data y antecede a la formación de ambos Estados nacionales. En la actualidad, se registra en la zona –postergada socioeconómica y políti...
MIGRAC SALUD ZONAS FRONT GUAT MEX

Migración y Salud en Zonas Fronterizas

Guatemala y México

Series:
Población y Desarrollo
13 Dec 2010
En la frontera entre México y Guatemala encontramos una amplia gama de modalidades migratorias (migrantes transfronterizas, trabajadoras temporales, migrantes en tránsito hacia los Estados Unidos de América). Todas ellas, empero, se enfrentan a situaciones graves de discriminación y violencia que...