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MIGRATION & DEV ACHIEV POLICY

Migration and Development

Achieving Policy Coherence

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IOM Migration Research Series
11 Dec 2008
Policy coherence between migration and development agendas is of increasing interest in current times; there is growing recognition that migration policies should support rather than hinder investment in international development. The aim of this study is to build on existing international resear...
HUMAN DEV RPT 2007/08 (R)

Human Development Report 2007-2008 (Russian language)

Fighting Climate Change - Human Solidarity in a Divided World

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Human Development Report (Russian Version)
20 Feb 2009
Climate change is the greatest challenge facing humanity at the start of the 21st Century. Failure to meet that challenge raises the spectre of unprecedented reversals in human development. This year’s Human Development Report explains why we have less than a decade to change course and start liv...
EVALUATION THE ROLE UNDP THE NET

Evaluation of the Role of UNDP in the Net Contributor Countries of the Arab Region

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Global and Regional Programme Evaluations
10 Dec 2008
This independent evaluation of the role of UNDP inthe NCCs of the Arab regionwas commissioned by the Evaluation Office of UNDP. Its focus is on learning and the future role of UNDP among the group of countries. The key objective is to assess UNDP activities and programmes in the Arab region NCCs ...
EVAL ROLE CONTRIBUTION UNDP

Evaluation of the Role and Contribution of UNDP in Environment and Energy

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Thematic Evaluation Reports
10 Dec 2008
The main purpose of this evaluation was to access United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP's) positioning and contributions to managing environment and energy for sustainable development. The scope of the evaluation covered all programmatic and operational aspects of the environment and ener...
EVAL THIRD GLOBAL COOP FRAME UNDP

Evaluation of the Third Global Cooperation Framework of UNDP

Series:
Global and Regional Programme Evaluations
10 Dec 2008
This report presents the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the evaluation of the third Global Cooperation Framework (also referred to as the GCF-III or the “global programme”). Covering the period 2005-2007, the main purpose of the evaluation was to assess the performance of the GCF-II...
GREENING GROWTH IN ASIA & PACIFIC

Greening Growth in Asia and the Pacific

Follow-up to the World Summit on Sustainable Development - Taking Action on the Regional Implementation Plan for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific, 2006-2010

26 Jun 2009
The book explains three basic principles of Greening growth: quality of economic growth, eco-efficiency of economic growth, and environmental sustainability vis-á-vis environmental performance; and four pillars of Green growth: eco-tax reform, sustainable infrastructure, the greening of business ...
SURV ECON SOC DEV ESCWA 2007/08

Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the ESCWA Region 2007-2008

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Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the Arab Region
19 May 2009
This year’s Survey builds on the right to development themes adopted in previous issues and focuses on two significant concerns that have long constrained the right to development in the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) region: capital flight and unemployment...
ASIA PACIF DEV JRNL V15 #2 12/2008

Asia-Pacific Development Journal Vol.15 No.2, December 2008

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Asia-Pacific Development Journal
17 Oct 2009
The primary emphasis of the Journal is the publication of empirically based, policy-oriented articles, which can engage the attention of policy makers, academicians and researchers. The articles analyze development issues and problems relevant to the Asia-Pacific region.
STAT YRBK ASIA PACIF 2008

Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2008

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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific
17 Oct 2009
This is the second issue of the new Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific. Rich in information content, the Yearbook includes data, charts and a textual overview of well over 200 indicators, covering all spheres of the work of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, a...
ASSESS DEV RESULTS ECUADOR

Assessment of Development Results - Ecuador

Evaluation of UNDP Contributions

Series:
Assessment of Development Results
31 Dec 2008
This report on Ecuador’s Assessment of Development Results (ADR) focuses on the following three thematic areas: fostering democratic governance; achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and reducing poverty under a human development perspective; and ensuring environmental sustainability....
INDICADORES DE DESARROLLO HUMANO

Indicadores de Desarrollo Humano y Género en México 2000-2005

5 Sep 2009
Esta nueva publicación presenta información sistematizada y actualizada sobre el estado de las desigualdades entre hombres y mujeres en desarrollo humano con indicadores para las entidades federativas y municipios de México. Comprometido con el objetivo de contribuir a la reducción y eventual su...
CEPAL REVIEW #94 04/2008

CEPAL Review No.94, April 2008

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CEPAL Review
6 Nov 2008
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...
HUMAN DEV RPT 2009

Human Development Report 2009

Overcoming Barriers - Human Mobility and Development

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Human Development Report
5 Oct 2009
For many people around the world moving away from their home town or village can be the best – sometimes the only – option open to improve their life chances. The report explores how better policies towards mobility can enhance human development. It traces the contours of human movement – who mov...
NATL ACCT STATS 2007 ANALYSIS

National Accounts Statistics: Analysis of Main Aggregates 2007

Analysis of Main Aggregates, 2007

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National Accounts Statistics: Analysis of Main Aggregates
13 Apr 2009
This publication presents, in the form of analytical tables, a summary of the principal national accounting aggregates based on official detailed national accounts data for more than 200 countries and areas of the world for the years 1970 to 2007. The analysis covers the level of total and per ca...
WORLD ECON SITUAT PROSPECTS 2009

World Economic Situation and Prospects 2009

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World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP)
9 Jan 2009
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...
ASIA PACIF DEV JRNL V15 #1 06/2008

Asia-Pacific Development Journal Vol. 15 No.1, June 2008

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Asia-Pacific Development Journal
11 Jun 2009
The primary emphasis of the Journal is the publication of empirically based, policy-oriented articles, which can engage the attention of policy makers, academicians and researchers. The articles analyze development issues and problems relevant to the Asia-Pacific region.
CUENTA SATELITE DE TURISMO 2008

Cuenta Satélite de Turismo: Recomendaciones sobre el Marco Conceptual (TSA RMF 2008)

Estudios de métodos - Serie F No. 80/Rev.1

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Estudios de Métodos (Ser. F)
3 Mar 2011
Las recomendaciones contenidas en la presente publicación representan una actualización de un marco conceptual común para la concepción de la cuenta satélite de turismo que fue elaborada inicialmente en 2000 por un Grupo de Trabajo entre Secretarías convocado por la División de Estadística de las...
TOURISM SATELLITE ACCOUNT 2008 (R)

Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework (TSA RMF 2008) (Russian language)

Recommended Methodological Framework 2008 - Series F No. 80/Rev.1

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Studies in Methods (Ser. F) (Russian)
23 Dec 2010
The purpose of a Tourism Satellite Account is to analyse in detail all the aspects of demand for goods and services associated with the activity of visitors; to observe the operational interface with the supply of such goods and services within the economy; and to describe how this supply interac...
COMPTE SATELLITE DU TOURISME 2008

Compte Satellite du Tourisme: Recommandations Concernant le Cadre Conceptuel 2008

Études méthodologiques - Série F N° 80/Rev.1

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Etudes Méthodologiques (Ser. F)
15 Dec 2010
Un Compte satellite du tourisme a pour objectif d’ analyser en détail tous les aspects de la demande de biens et de services associés à l’ activité des visiteurs; de voir comment cette demande se confronte dans la pratique à l’ offre de ces biens et services dans cette même économie; et de décrir...
TOURISM SATELLITE ACCOUNT 2008 (C)

Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework (TSA RMF 2008) (Chinese language)

Recommended Methodological Framework 2008 - Series F No. 80/Rev.1

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Studies in Methods (Ser. F) (Chinese)
21 Sep 2011
The purpose of a Tourism Satellite Account is to analyse in detail all the aspects of demand for goods and services associated with the activity of visitors; to observe the operational interface with the supply of such goods and services within the economy; and to describe how this supply interac...
TOURISM SATELLITE ACCOUNT 2008 (A)

Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework (TSA RMF 2008) (Arabic language)

Recommended Methodological Framework 2008 - Series F No. 80/Rev.1

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Studies in Methods (Ser. F) (Arabic)
25 Oct 2013
The recommendations included in the present publication represent an update of a common conceptual framework for the design of the tourism satellite account that had been initially set up in 2000 by an Intersecretariat Working Group convened by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), with ...
DEV ECON AFRIQUE RAPPORT 2008

Le développement économique en Afrique 2008

Résultats à l'exportation après la libération du commerce - Quelques tendances et perspectives

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Développement économique en Afrique, Le
14 Oct 2008
Ce rapport examine les résultats à l'exportation des pays africains après la libéralisation de leur commerce afin de tirer des enseignements pour l'élaboration de futures stratégies de développement. Il présente l'histoire de la politique commerciale en Afrique ainsi que la raison d'être et la ch...
INFORME SOBRE COMERCIO DESARR 2008

Informe sobre el Comercio y el Desarrollo 2008

Precios de los Productos Basicos, Flujos de Capital y Financiacion de la Inversion

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Informe sobre el comercio y el desarrollo
9 Mar 2009
El Informe sobre el Comercio y el Desarrollo 2008, Precios de los Productos Básicos, Flujos de Capital y Financiación de la Inversión” destacan la paradoja que “la capital pobre” del mundo en desarrollo exporta el capital “a la capital rica” de los países desarrollados. El Informe aconseja cambi...
RAPPORT SUR COMMERCE DEV 2008

Rapport sur le commerce et le développement 2008

Prix des produits de base, flux de capitaux et financement de l'investissement

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Rapport sur le commerce et le développement
6 Aug 2009
Les secousses qui ont ébranlé les marchés financiers en août 2007, la flambée sans précédent des prix du pétrole et l’éventualité d’un resserrement de la politique monétaire dans un certain nombre de pays laissent présager des difficultés pour l’économie mondiale en 2008 et 2009. L’impact de la c...
TRADE & DEV RPT 2008 (A)

Trade and Development Report 2008 (Arabic language)

Commodity Prices, Capital Flows and the Financing of Investment

Series:
United Nations Trade and Development Report (Arabic)
8 Oct 2009
In its analysis of global economic prospects, the Report says that uncertainty and instability in international financial, currency and commodity markets are contributing to a gloomy outlook for the world economy and present considerable risks for the developing world. The situation would be exac...
PAYS LES MOINS AVANCES RPT 2008

Rapport sur les Pays les Moins Avancés 2008

Croissance, pauvreté et modalités du partenariat pour le développement

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Rapport sur les pays les moins avancés
14 Oct 2008
Ce rapport est la source la plus complète et fiable d´analyses et de données socioéconomiques sur les pays les moins avancés (PMA). Il s´adresse à un large public, y compris les pouvoirs publics, les décideurs, les chercheurs et tous ceux qui s´intéressent aux PMA est à la politique de développem...
PAISES MENOS ADELANTADOS 2008

Los Países Menos Adelantados Informe de 2008

El crecimiento, la pobreza y las condiciones de la asociación para el desarrollo

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Informe sobre los Países Menos Adelantados
15 Jan 2009
Los países menos adelantados (PMA) registran tasas sin precedentes de expansión económica, pero ese crecimiento no se está traduciendo en una mejora significativa del bienestar de la mayoría de su población. En el Informe de 2008 sobre los Países Menos Adelantados se indica que ello se debe al ti...
SOCIAL PANORAMA LAT AMER 2007

Social Panorama of Latin America 2007

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Social Panorama of Latin America
17 Oct 2008
Latin America has extremely high levels of social and economic inequality as well as insufficient social expenditure despite registering the highest growth in per capita GDP since the 70’s. This work provides the latest estimates for the countries of Latin America regarding poverty, residential s...
PANORAMA SOCIAL AMERICA LATIN 2007

Panorama Social de América Latina 2007

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Panorama Social de América Latina
15 Sep 2008
Latinoamérica cuenta con una desigualdad económica extrema y con un gasto social insuficiente, a pesar de registrar el mayor crecimiento del PIB por habitante desde los 70. Este trabajo presenta las ultimas estimaciones disponibles, correspondientes al 2006, en materia de pobreza, segregación res...