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WORLD STATISTICS POCKETBOOK 2001

World Statistics Pocketbook 2001 Edition

Series:
World Statistics Pocketbook (Ser. V)
5 Apr 2002
This handy statistical pocketbook provides an easy-to-use international compilation of basic economic, social and environmental indicators for 209 countries and areas worldwide. It covers 57 key indicators in the areas of population, health, surface area, refugees, national accounts, currency, in...
LAT AMER WORLD ECON 1999/00

Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 1999-2000

Series:
Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy
2 Nov 2001
This publication reviews the international situation and describes the main short-term trends observed in the global economy. It also examines the evolution of major economic groups and the steps being taken to establish the Free Trade Area of the Americas. The book discusses trade and trade poli...
ECON SURV LAT AMER 2000/01 OUTLOOK

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2000-2001

Current Conditions and Outlook

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Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean
19 Oct 2001
This publication provides an assessment of the region's economic performance during the first half of 2001 and its prospects for the remainder of the year. It presents an analysis of the region's external sector, macroeconomic policy, levels of economic activity, inflation, employment, saving and...
RPT WORLD SOCIAL SITUATION 2001

Report on the World Social Situation 2001

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Report on the World Social Situation
2 Nov 2001
This Report offers new insights into the nature and magnitude of the pressing social problems and the national and international policies required to address them. It examines the core social issues of poverty alleviation, productive employment and social integration covering concepts and quantit...
CHECKLIST OF CITES SPECIES 2001

Checklist of CITES Species 2001

19 Dec 2001
This edition of the Checklist of CITES Species has been revised to take into account the amendments to the CITES Appendices and the changes in nomenclature adopted at the Convention of the Parties. The Checklist provides an alphabetical list of the fauna and flora. It gives the scientific and com...
INFORME SOBRE COMERCIO DESARR 2001

Informe sobre el Comercio y el Desarrollo 2001

Tendencias y Perspectivas Mundiales, Arquitectura Financiera

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Informe sobre el comercio y el desarrollo
5 Oct 2001
Este informe se ha convertido en una valiosa fuente analítica de las tendencias y perspectivas de la economía mundial, y sus sugerentes análisis de apremiantes cuestiones económicas se esperan con enorme interés, en particular por las autoridades económicas del mundo en desarrollo. En el Informe ...
RAPPORT SUR COMMERCE DEV 2001

Rapport Sur le Commerce et le Développement 2001

Tendances et Perpectives Mondiales, Architecture Financiére

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Rapport sur le commerce et le développement
2 Nov 2001
Le Rapport sur le commerce et le développement 2001 fournit une analyse approfondie des résultats et des perspectives immédiates en matière de croissance, de commerce et de flux de capitaux. Il analyse à fond les débats en cours au sujet de la réforme du système financier multilatéral et passe e...
CAPACITACION MATERIA DERECHO

Capacitación en Materia de Derechos Humanos

Manual de Metodología de la Capacitación en Materia de Derechos Humanos

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Serie de Capacitación Profesional
19 Oct 2001
La Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos se ha dedicado muchos años a la capacitación de personas que trabajan en distintas profesiones en esferas de los derechos humanos que conciernen a su ámbito particular de competencia. La metodología se ha elaborado p...
CEPAL REVIEW #71 08/2000

CEPAL Review No.71, August 2000

Series:
CEPAL Review
16 Nov 2001
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...
ASIA PACIF DEV JRNL V8 #1 06/2001

Asia-Pacific Development Journal Vol.8 No.1, June 2001

Series:
Asia-Pacific Development Journal
8 Mar 2002
The primary emphasis of the Journal is the publishing of empirically based, policy-oriented articles, which can engage the attention of policy makers, academics and researchers. The articles analyze development issues and problems relevant to the Asia-Pacific region. (The Asia-Pacific Development...
STRUCTURAL REFORMS PRODUCTIVITY

Structural Reforms, Productivity and Technological Change in Latin America

Series:
ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
21 Sep 2001
Profound structural reforms have moved Latin America and the Caribbean from closed, state-dominated economies to ones that are more market-oriented and open to the rest of the world. This publication looks at the effects of these reforms in an effort to determine whether such expectations as grow...
INVESTMENT & ECONOMIC REFORM IN

Investment and Economic Reform in Latin America

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ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
10 Aug 2001
This book is a part of a project to study the economic reforms implemented in Latin America and the Caribbean in the last two decades. This publication analyzes the investment process and attempts to link macroeconomic aspects to sectoral, microeconomic and institutional factors. Thus, it examine...
INCOME DISTRIBUTION PROBLEM IN LAT

Income Distribution Problem in Latin America and the Caribbean, The

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ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
10 Aug 2001
This publication examines the impact of structural reform on income distribution in the nine countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Distribution in the region is the most unequal in the world, and this publication identifies and discusses the contributing factors.
ECON REFORMS GROWTH & EMPLOYMENT

Economic Reforms, Growth and Employment

Labour Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean

Series:
ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
27 Jul 2001
Labour conditions in Latin America and the Caribbean have long been a cause for concern. Despite relatively high economic growth rates, a large part of labour force was excluded from productive activities. This publication analyzes the evolution of Latin American and Caribbean labour markets in t...
PANORAMA INSERC INTL AMER 1999/00

Panorama de la Inserción Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe 1999-2000

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Panorama de la Inserción Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe
29 Jun 2001
La edición 1999-2000 del Panorama de la Inserción Internacional de América Latina y el Caribe se divide en cuatro partes. La primera, dedicada a la situación internacional, se describe las principales tendencias de la economía global, se destacan las incertidumbres suscitadas por la integración e...
REVISTA DE LA CEPAL #73 APR 2001

Revista de la CEPAL No.73, Abril 2001

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Revista de la CEPAL
4 May 2001
La Revista de la CEPAL es la publicación más importante para el estudio de las cuestiones relativas al desarrollo económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe, en cada número se abordan las tendencias económicas, la industrialización, la distribución de los ingresos, el desarrollo tecnológico...
STAT YRBK LATIN AMERICA 2000

Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2000

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Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean / Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe
25 May 2001
La edición 2000 del Anuario Estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe contiene una selección actualizada a comienzos de diciembre de las principales series estadísticas disponibles sobre la evolución económica y social de los países de la región. Representa un sistemático esfuerzo de la División ...
CEPAL REVIEW #70 04/2000

CEPAL Review No.70, April 2000

Series:
CEPAL Review
23 Mar 2001
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 2000

Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2000

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Preliminary Overview of the Economy of Latin America and the Caribbean
23 Mar 2001
The recovery of the Latin American and Caribbean economies that began in the final quarter of 1998 continued during the year 2000. The region's GDP grew, after coming to a virtual standstill the year before. So states this new edition of the Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America ...
ECON SURV LAT AMER 1999/00

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 1999-2000

Series:
Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean
29 Jun 2001
This summary provides an assessment of the Latin America and the Caribbean region's economy during 1999 and the first half of 2000. It presents an overview of each country's external sector, macroeconomic policy, activity levels, inflation, employment, saving and investment. The publication conta...
JUVENTUD POBLACION DESARR PROBLEM

Juventud, Población y Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe

Problemas, Oportunidades y Desafíos

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ECLAC Books / Libros de la CEPAL
25 May 2001
En el presente documento se debaten y analizan dos tendencias contrapuestas: la de las ventajas potenciales y la de las dificultades reales de los jóvenes y se pone un especial énfasis en la importancia que revisten las decisiones de tipo sociodemográfico -entre ellas las relativas al comportamie...
INVEST POLICY REV MAURITIUS

Investment Policy Review - Mauritius

Series:
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Investment Policy Reviews
4 May 2001
The Investment Policy Review of Mauritius gives insight into the country's investment environment and policies. The publication discusses foreign direct investment (FDI) trends and the steadily increasing flow of FDI into Mauritius. It also reviews the investment policy framework, which has impro...
ECON SOC SURVEY ASIA PAC 2001

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2001

Financing for Development

Series:
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
25 May 2001
Following the impressive recovery in 1999, the economic performance of the ESCAP region strengthened further in 2000 in an environment of low inflation. Prospects for 2001 are mixed. This year's issue of the survey reviews the economic progress in the ESCAP region over the past year and analyzes ...
STAT ABSTRACT ESCWA REGION #20

Statistical Abstract of the ESCWA Region, Issue No. 20

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Statistical Abstract of the Arab Region
23 Feb 2001
The Abstract provides useful statistical data collected mainly at the national level. For each country of the region, statistical tables are presented on such topics as: population and human settlements, education, health, national accounts, agriculture, forestry and fishing, industry and electri...
SOCIAL PANORAMA LAT AMER 1999/00

Social Panorama of Latin America 1999-2000

Series:
Social Panorama of Latin America
23 Mar 2001
What are the objective reasons why so many Latin Americans do not feel safe and see themselves as being defenceless? Does the Occupational stratification engendered by current patterns of development promote social mobility and the growth of the middle class? In an effort to answer these question...
SECRETS ELECTR COMMERCE GUIDE #1

Secrets of Electronic Commerce

A Guide for Small and Medium-sized Exporters

Series:
Trade Secrets Series
16 Nov 2001
This handbook provides an introduction to electronic commerce. It covers a variety of topics including: developing e-commerce strategies; online market research; online marketing; online communication techniques; legal issues; security and encryption; financial issues; taxes and regulations; onli...
HUMAN DEV RPT 2001

Human Development Report 2001

Making New Technologies Work for Human Development

Series:
Human Development Report
10 Aug 2001
New technologies hold the promise of tackling the most pressing needs of human development: vaccines for HIV and malaria, drought-resistant seeds for sub-Saharan Africa, sustainable energy sources for the 2 billion people who have no access to electricity and accessible information technologies f...
STAT YRBK 1998 45TH ISS

Statistical Yearbook 1998, Forty-fifth Issue

Series:
United Nations Statistical Yearbook / Annuaire Statistique des Nations Unies (Ser. S)
25 Jan 2002
A comprehensive compendium of vital internationally comparable data for the analysis of socio-economic development at the world, regional and national levels. The Yearbook provides data on the world economy, its structure, major trends and current performance, as well as on issues such as populat...
WORLD STATISTICS POCKETBOOK 2000

World Statistics Pocketbook 2000 Edition

Series:
World Statistics Pocketbook (Ser. V)
19 Oct 2001
This handy statistical pocketbook provides an easy-to-use international compilation of basic economic, social and environmental indicators for 209 countries and areas worldwide. It covers 57 key indicators in the areas of population, health, surface area, refugees, national accounts, currency, in...