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TRANS CORP V26 #3

Transnational Corporations Vol.26 No.3

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Transnational Corporations
21 Jan 2020
Transnational Corporations is a policy-oriented journal 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 research themes: international tax.
SATELLITE ACCOUNT EDUCATION TRAIN

Satellite Account for Education and Training: Compilation Guide

16 Jul 2020
The publication establishes a framework for a satellite account on education and training and discusses the methodology and the necessary data sources. The work was supported by pilot testing in 5 five countries with different circumstances and organization of the education system. An important a...
CONTRACEPTIVE USE METHOD 2019 BKLT

Contraceptive Use by Method 2019

Data Booklet

27 Dec 2019
This data booklet highlights estimates of the prevalence of individual contraceptive methods based on the World Contraceptive Use 2019 (which draws from 1,247 surveys for 195 countries or areas of the world) and additional tabulations obtained from microdata sets and survey reports. The estimates...
LEAST DEV CTRIES RPT 2018 (A)

The Least Developed Countries Report 2018 (Arabic language)

Entrepreneurship for Structural Transformation - Beyond Business as Usual

19 Nov 2019
For Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, they need to transform the structure of their economy. This, in turn, requires entrepreneurship that innovates. The entrepreneurial landscape in LDCs is dominated by micro and small enterprises with low ch...
PAYS LES MOINS AVANCES RPT 2018

Rapport sur les Pays les Moins Avancés 2018

L’entreprenariat au service de la transformation structurelle − Changer de cap

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Rapport sur les pays les moins avancés
19 Nov 2019
Pour que les pays les moins avancés (PMA) progressent vers les objectifs de développement durable, ils doivent transformer la structure de leur économie. Ceci, à son tour, nécessite un esprit d’entreprise innovant. Le paysage entrepreneurial dans les PMA est dominé par les micro et petites entrep...
ODA OCCASIONAL PAPERS #33

UNODA Occasional Papers No. 33

United Nations Efforts to Reduce Military Expenditures - A Historical Overview

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United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) Occasional Papers
4 Dec 2019
This publication provides a historic overview of the efforts within the United Nations to reduce military spending. It examines how the discussions on reducing military budgets have evolved in disarmament forums over the last decades. This includes early efforts to pursue the reduction of militar...
WORLD POP PROSP 2019 V2 DEM PROFIL

World Population Prospects 2019 - Volume II: Demographic Profiles

28 Jan 2020
The United Nations population estimates and projections form a comprehensive set of demographic data to assess population trends at the global, regional and national levels. The 2019 revision of the World Population Prospects is the twenty-sixth edition of the official United Nations population e...
WORLD POP PROSP 2019 V1 COMPR TABL

World Population Prospects 2019 - Volume I: Comprehensive Tables

12 Nov 2019
The United Nations population estimates and projections form a comprehensive set of demographic data to assess population trends at the global, regional and national levels. The 2019 revision of the World Population Prospects is the twenty-sixth edition of the official United Nations population e...
INTL TRADE STAT YRBK 2018 V2

International Trade Statistics Yearbook 2018, Volume II

Trade by Product

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International Trade Statistics Yearbook (Ser. G)
31 Jan 2020
The 2018 International Trade Statistics Yearbook, Volume II - Trade by Product contains detailed tables showing international trade for 258 individual commodities, for the 11 main Extended Balance of Payments Services categories, and eleven world trade tables or figures presenting statistics up t...
STAT YRBK 2019 62ND ISS

Statistical Yearbook 2019, Sixty-second Issue

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United Nations Statistical Yearbook / Annuaire Statistique des Nations Unies (Ser. S)
27 Dec 2019
This publication is an annual compilation of a wide range of international economic, social and environmental statistics on over 200 countries and areas, compiled from sources including UN agencies and other international, national and specialized organizations. This edition contains data availab...
WORLD ECON SITUAT PROSPECTS 2020

World Economic Situation and Prospects 2020

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World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP)
31 Jan 2020
This is the United Nations definitive report on the state of the world economy, providing global and regional economic outlook for 2020 and 2021. Produced by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the five United Nations regional commissions, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Dev...
THE STATE OF SUST MARKETS 2019

The State of Sustainable Markets 2019

Statistics and Emerging Trends

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The State of Sustainable Markets
23 Oct 2019
This fourth global report provides new insights into the evolution of certified agriculture and forestry. It shows significant growth in sustainability markets. It shows how ITC is supporting “good trade” that contributes to environmental and social sustainability for producers and consumers by t...
UNCTAD TOOLBOX DELIVERING RES (A)

UNCTAD Toolbox: Delivering Results (Arabic language)

29 Jan 2021
The UNCTAD Toolbox contains information on our technical cooperation products that can assist countries in putting in place the policies, regulations and institutional frameworks and in mobilizing the resources needed to fulfil the ambitions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
UNCTAD TOOLBOX DELIVERING RES (S)

Caja de herramientas de la UNCTAD: obtener resultados

3 Nov 2020
La Caja de Herramientas de la UNCTAD contiene información sobre nuestros productos de cooperación técnica que pueden ayudar a los países a establecer marcos políticos, normativos e institucionales, y a movilizar los recursos necesarios para hacer realidad los ambiciosos propósitos de la Agenda 20...
UNCTAD TOOLBOX DELIVERING RES (F)

CNUCED instruments de la coopération technique: Produire des résultats

2 Nov 2020
Le fascicule CNUCED : Instruments de la coopération technique contient les informations utiles qui aideront les pays à mettre en place un cadre directif, réglementaire et institutionnel et à mobiliser les ressources nécessaires pour réaliser les ambitions du Programme de développement durable à l...
UNCTAD TOOLBOX DELIVERING RESULTS

UNCTAD Toolbox: Delivering Results

13 Mar 2020
The UNCTAD Toolbox contains information on our technical cooperation products that can assist countries in putting in place the policies, regulations and institutional frameworks and in mobilizing the resources needed to fulfil the ambitions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
STATE OF WORLDS CHILDREN 2019

The State of the World's Children 2019

Children, Food and Nutrition - Growing Well in a Changing World

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State of the World's Children
30 Dec 2019
This report examines nutrition, providing a fresh perspective on a rapidly evolving challenge. Despite progress in the past two decades, around 200 million under-fives suffer from undernutrition. Adding to this toll is rising obesity, which affects 38 million children. All these forms of malnutri...
INDUSTRIAL DEV RPT 2020

Industrial Development Report 2020

Industrializing in the Digital Age

Series:
Industrial Development Report
16 Dec 2019
The emergence and diffusion of advanced digital production (ADP) technologies clustered around the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) is radically altering the nature of manufacturing production, increasingly blurring the boundaries between physical and digital production systems. The significant...
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOP OUTLOOK 2019

Sustainable Development Outlook 2019

Gathering Storms and Silver Linings

31 Oct 2019
There has been some significant progress made towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) since their adoption in 2015. Notwithstanding this progress, gathering storms of weakening global economic growth, rising income inequality, unabated global warming and climate change, and esc...
EFFECT MARKET ACCESS LDC SERVICES

Effective Market Access for Least Developed Countries’ Services Exports

An Analysis of the World Trade Organization Services Waiver for Least Developed Countries

16 Jun 2020
The LDC Waiver is a legal tool that enables WTO Members to sidestep their obligation to treat all services imports equally under the Most-Favoured Nation (MFN) clause through the granting preferential treatment to services and service exporters from a Least Developed Country (LDC). It is similar ...
WORLD WATER DEV RPT 2019

The United Nations World Water Development Report 2019

Leaving No One Behind

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The United Nations World Water Development Report
11 Oct 2019
The 2019 Report seeks to inform policy and decision-makers, inside and outside the water community, how improvements in water resources management and access to water supply and sanitation services are essential to overcoming poverty and addressing various other social and economic inequities. In...
GUIDELINES MANAGEMENT & OWNERSHIP

Guidelines on the Management and Ownership of Condominium Housing

16 Dec 2019
Effective and efficient housing management is important to support the implementation of key UN agreements, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the New Urban Agenda and the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing. Efficient housing management results in economic benefits and d...
GAOR 73RD SUPP17 UNCITRAL RPT

Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

Fifty-first Session (25 June-13 July 2018)

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Reports of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
23 Oct 2019
This annual report of the United Nations Committee on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) submitted to the General Assembly covers the fifty-first session (25 June-13 July 2018).
WORLD POPULAT AGEING 2019

World Population Ageing 2019

31 Oct 2020
Drawing on the 2019 revision of World Population Prospects, the World Population Ageing 2019 (Highlights) documents global and regional trends in population ageing, including consideration of the implications of these trends for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The report also presents vari...
WORLD POPUL AGEING 2019 HIGHLIGHTS

World Population Ageing 2019 Highlights

4 Dec 2019
Drawing on the 2019 revision of World Population Prospects, the World Population Ageing 2019 (Highlights) document global and regional trends in population ageing, including consideration of the implications of these trends for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The report also presents vario...
EOR 2018 SUPP1 REC DEC ECOSOC

Resolutions and Decisions of the Economic and Social Council: 2018 Session

27 July 2017 - 26 July 2018

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Resolutions and Decisions of the Economic and Social Council
14 Jun 2021
These are the Official Records of the Resolutions and Decisions of the Economic and Social Council for Organizational and Resumed Organizational and Substantive and Resumed Substantive Sessions of 2018. The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) discusses global economic, social and environmenta...
INTL MIGRATION 2019 WALL CHART

International Migration 2019 Wall Chart

20 Nov 2019
International Migration 2019 wall chart provides up-to-date information on global estimates of the number of international migrants for all countries and areas of the world, disaggregated by age, sex, country of origin and country of destination. This wall chart is based on the latest data on int...
WORLD MORTALITY 2019 HIGHLIGHTS

World Mortality 2019 Highlights

27 Nov 2020
This report provides an overview of the estimated and projected trends in mortality at the world level, for development groups and major areas; the analysis also focuses on country and regional data for selected mortality indicators. In addition to examining the summary indicator of life expectan...
ANNUAIRE NAT UNIES SUR DES 2018 P2

Annuaire des Nations Unies sur le Désarmement 2018: Partie II

Series:
Annuaire des Nations Unies sur le Désarmement
31 Mar 2021
L'Annuaire des Nations Unies sur le désarmement, volume 43 (2ème partie), 2018, contient un avant-propos du Haut Représentant pour les affaires de désarmement. Il résume les développements et les tendances de l'année 2018 concernant les principales questions multilatérales aux niveaux internation...