UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATIONS
Autumn Winter 2011 2012
Table of Contents Subjects . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39
Environment and Urban Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Economic and Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Human Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-19
International Law/Governance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-26
International Trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-28
Public Health/Population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-31
Statistics.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-35
United Nations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-39
United Nations eCollection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Online Databases. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 41
Periodicals. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-45 Distributors.. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-49 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-54 How to Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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Transition to a Green Economy: Benefits, Challenges and Risks from a Sustainable Development Perspective
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This Report seeks to support the preparations for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, where one of the themes will be green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication. It is authored by a panel of independent experts who examined a number of public policy options, including macroeconomic, technology, industrial and trade policies, as well as the role of the international community for promoting a widespread and equitable pursuit of a green economy transition, particularly for developing countries. By taking a structuralist approach, the authors underline that the transition to a green economy involves no less than a technological transformation, with deep impacts on production structures as well as on consumption patterns.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change and its potential environmental and socio-economic impacts. Its Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation examines the potential role of renewable energy in the mitigation of climate change for policymakers, the private sector, academic researchers and civil society. It covers six renewable energy sources — bioenergy, direct solar energy, geothermal energy, hydropower, ocean energy and wind energy — as well as their integration into present and future energy systems. It considers the environmental and social consequences associated with the deployment of these technologies, and presents strategies to overcome technical as well as non-technical obstacles to their application and diffusion.
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Environment & Urban Issues
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in National and International Policy Making
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This book demonstrates the value of ecosystems and biodiversity to the economy, society and individuals. It underlines the urgency of strategic policy making and action at national and international levels, and presents a rich evidence base of policies and instruments and a wide range of innovative solutions. The book underlines the needs and ways to transform our approach to natural capital, promote the protection of our environment and contribute to a sustainable economy and the well-being of societies.
Enabling Shelter Strategies
This publication calls for a fundamental shift in the role of government, from provider to enabler of affordable housing. While such strategies have been used over the last two decades to improve affordable shelter delivery, there remains few publications documenting the underlying basis of the enabling approach and how to develop and implement such strategies. This cutting edge guide addresses this need for a succinct reference text on enabling shelter strategies: what they are and how they can be implemented.
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Publisher: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Publication Date: October 2011 ISBN: 9789211320343 Pages: 68 Price: $10.00
Decoupling Natural Resource Use and Environmental Impacts from Economic Growth
With the growth of both population and prosperity, especially in developing countries, the prospect of much higher resource consumption levels is far beyond what is likely sustainable — if realized at all — given finite world resources. Already the world is running out of cheap and high quality sources of some essential materials such as oil, copper and gold, the supplies of which, in turn, require ever-rising volumes of fossil fuels and freshwater to produce. Improving the rate of resource productivity faster than the economic growth rate is the notion behind decoupling. That goal, however, demands an urgent rethinking of the links between resource use and economic prosperity, buttressed by a massive investment in technological, financial and social innovation, to at least freeze per capita consumption in wealthy countries and help developing nations follow a more sustainable path.
Publisher: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Publication Date: August 2011 ISBN: 9789280731675 Pages: 152 Price: $50.00
Forthcoming The State of Asian Cities 2010/11
The State of Asian Cities 2010/11
The Report throws new light on current issues and challenges which national and local governments, the business sector and organized civil society are facing. On top of putting forward a number of recommendations, this publication testifies to the wealth of good, innovative practices that countries of all sizes and development stages have accumulated across Asia. It shows that sustainable human settlements are within reach, and that cooperation between public authorities, the private and the voluntary sectors is the key to success. This Report highlights a number of critical issues — demographic and economic trends, poverty and inequality, the environment, climate change and urban governance and management.
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Publisher: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Publication Date: October 2011 ISBN: 9789211322743 Pages: 278 Price: $25.00
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Water Footprint and Corporate Water Accounting for Resource Efficiency
As water resources are unevenly distributed and, in some regions, scarcity and droughts are increasing both in frequency and intensity due to climate change, concerns about them are also becoming more and more important. This Report provides an overview of the public and private initiatives on water accounting and efficiency worldwide with the aim of raising awareness as well as enhancing sustainable water management. The publication includes three Reports developed by the United Nations Environment Programme in the area of water footprint, corporate water accounting and disclosure for resource efficiency.
Publisher: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Publication Date: August 2011 ISBN: 9789211587227 Pages: 180 Price: $30.00
Publisher: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Publication Date: October 2011 ISBN: 9781849712507 Pages: 494 Price: $99.00
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Energy and water are crucial to development. Bioenergy's water demands are in large part linked with feed stocks such as crops, which in turn has important implications for sustainable agriculture, land use and food production. Land use affects bioenergy with implications for not only food security, but also biodiversity and the impact such energy may have on aggravating or cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Current and future planning in respect to bioenergy also needs to reflect increasing and competing needs for the same raw materials for uses such as food, fodder and fibre as the world population climbs to around nine billion over the next 40 years. Combining food and bioenergy productions systems can deliver win-wins in terms of energy and food security with benefits in terms of livelihoods, employment and greenhouse gas emissions. Publisher: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Publication Date: August 2011 ISBN: 9789280731576 Pages: 38 Price: $20.00
Publisher: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Publication Date: October 2011 ISBN: 9781107607101 Pages: 1088 Price: $100.00
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The Bioenergy and Water Nexus
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Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN)
This book looks at how to achieve a more secure level of global sustainability and gathers recommendations. First, the relationship between globalization and sustainability is analyzed, together with arguments on the necessity of a paradigm shift in economic growth. Second, the paradigm shifts in socioeconomic development are discussed in terms of social common capital, social discipline and economic valuation of the environment. Third, strategies for achieving a sustainable society are examined. Fourth is a presentation on adaptation for environmental change. Finally, policy recommendations for global sustainability are introduced, including those advocating a low-carbon society by 2050, a "Green New Deal" as a means of integrating policies, climate security, and international discipline.
Publisher: United Nations University (UNU) Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789280811841 Pages: 374 Price: $37.00
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: December 2011 ISBN: 9789211046168 Pages: 96 Price: $18.00
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Achieving Global Sustainability: Policy Recommendations
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World Economic and Social Survey 2011: The Great Green Technological Transformation
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 their economies to beat destitution and create productive jobs. Avoiding the climate change tipping point will require fundamental shifts in existing technologies to transform manufacturing, agriculture, living arrangements and infrastructure and thereby reduce greenhouse gas emissions, make more efficient use of natural resources and derivatives, create less waste, preserve biodiversity and reduce social disparities. The Survey assesses options and policies to facilitate a new technological revolution, and the challenges societies face in achieving sustainable development and poverty reduction.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: July 2011 ISBN: 9789211091632 Pages: 200 Price: $65.00
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Adapting for a Green Economy: Companies, Communities and Climate Change
While much of the responsibility to drive climate change solutions that address the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable rests with governments, it has become increasingly clear that business will be an essential partner in preparing for and responding to the impacts of a changing climate and in building a global green economy. Developed in collaboration with Oxfam International, the World Resources Institute and the United Nations Environment Programme, this publication aims to support the efforts leading up to Rio+20, as well as the activities, processes, commitments and partnerships that flow from it. By highlighting the nexus among climate change risks and opportunities, sustainable development and climate change adaptation, this book provides useful guidance to business leaders and policymakers alike.
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Africa is currently the least urbanized region in the world, but this is changing fast. The urban population in Africa doubled from 205 million in 1990 to 400 million in 2010, and by 2050, it is expected to reach 1.23 billion. In a time of such urban growth, Africa is likely to experience some of the most severe impacts of climate change, particularly when it comes to water and food security. This places huge pressures on the growing urban populations. This eport shows that there is a way forward for a more sustainable future where restoration of ecosystems, often in the green hills and watersheds surrounding cities, can provide cheaper, efficient and resilient water supply systems in a changing world.
Publishers: United Nations Global Compact Office / United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Publication Date: June 2011 ISBN: 9789211046175 Pages: 72 Price: $15.00
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS): Fourth Revised Edition
Publisher: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Publication Date: May 2011 ISBN: 9789280731545 Pages: 68 Price: $30.00
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The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) has been developed on the basis of a mandate given in "Agenda 21" by the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. The GHS addresses classification of chemicals by types of hazard and proposes harmonized hazard communication elements, including labels and safety data sheets. It aims at ensuring availability of information on physical hazards and toxicity from chemicals in order to enhance the protection of human health and the environment during the handling, transport and use of these chemicals. It provides a basis for harmonization of rules and regulations on chemicals at national, regional and global levels.
Environment & Urban Issues
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: June 2011 ISBN: 9789211170429 Pages: 568 Price: $115.00
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Sustainability Science: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Sustainability science is an academic discipline that emerged in response to threats to the sustainability of the global environment. Its purpose is to help build a sustainable society by developing solutions to climate change, the exhaustion of resources, ecological destruction and other environmental crises that threaten the future of humanity. Sustainability science seeks comprehensive, integrated solutions to complex problems and a restructuring of education and research that spans multiple disciplines. It demands the development of policies that protect the natural and cultural diversity of different regions and promotes the physical and economic health of their inhabitants. This volume offers approaches to the development of a transdisciplinary perspective that embraces natural, social and human sciences in the quest for a sustainable society. It also strives for a global perspective while incorporating the wisdom and experience of local societies.
Latin America and the Caribbean is the richest region of the planet in terms of its biological diversity. Within the dazzling array of the region’s ecosystems lie roughly a third of the world’s mammals and reptiles, two-fifths of the world’s birds, and almost half of the world’s amphibians. This diversity is sustained by the abundance of its ecosystems and wealth in natural resources and is also demonstrated in the mosaic of cultures and people that live there. The environment of Latin America and the Caribbean also reflects the interaction between human activities and natural processes, both past and present. This atlas demonstrates environmental change from imagery acquired from remote sensing by different satellites over many years, or a few days in some cases. Through images, maps, tables, graphs and text, it presents a picture of where Latin America and the Caribbean has been, and where it is now.
Publisher: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Publication Date: May 2011 ISBN: 9789280730579 Pages: 316 Price: $150.00
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Environmental Performance Review: Azerbaijan (Second Review)
This second environmental performance review covers the nine issues of importance to Azerbaijan related to policymaking, planning and implementation, the financing of environmental policies and projects, and the integration of environmental concerns into economic sectors, in particular the sustainable management and protection of water resources and the protection of the Caspian Sea, waste management, air management, forestry, biodiversity and protected areas.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: May 2011 ISBN: 9789211170351 Pages: 228 Price: $35.00
Publisher: United Nations University (UNU) Publication Date: June 2011 ISBN: 9789280811803 Pages: 496 Price: $37.00
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Ecosystem Approaches to the Management of Ocean-related Activities: Training Manual
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Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: June 2011 ISBN: 9789211336948 Pages: 298 Price: $50.00
Collection of Municipal Solid Waste in Developing Countries
This book is intended for developing countries, but, since it seeks to encourage the designing of waste collection systems based on local information, the approach is valid in any given country. The main focus is on municipal solid waste, which is taken to include waste from households, businesses and institutions, construction and demolition waste in small quantities, general solid waste from hospitals (excluding hazardous waste), waste from smaller industries that is not classified as hazardous, and waste from streets, public areas and open drains. It is not concerned with waste from agriculture, larger industries or the mining industries, which normally handle their own waste.
Publisher: United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) Publication Date: May 2011 ISBN: 9789211320305 Pages: 374 Price: $45.00
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Publisher: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Publication Date: May 2011 ISBN: 9789211322545 Pages: 198 Price: $40.00
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2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction: Revealing Risk, Redefining Development
The Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) is a major initiative of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR). It contributes to the achievement of the Hyogo Framework of Action through monitoring risk patterns, trends and progress in disaster risk reduction (DRR). In addition, the GAR provides strategic policy guidance to countries and the international community. The overall objective of the GAR is to increase political and economic commitment to risk reduction, as well as the effectiveness of risk reduction policies and strategies; it also offers guidance on the most effective strategies and actions to reduce risk and adapt to climate change. The 2011 GAR shaped the strategic dialogue on the DRR imperative at the international, regional and national levels, and proved an essential source document for the Third Session of the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction, launched on 10 May 2011.
Healthy ecosystems provide invaluable functions and services that are essential to the marine environment and to human well-being. Unfortunately, some human activities have had an adverse impact on the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems. A multitude of stressors, such as pollution, overfishing, coastal development, invasive alien species, and climate change, have impaired the ability of these ecosystems to provide essential goods and services. This training manual focuses on the development and implementation of an ecosystem approach to the management of human activities and their impacts on the marine environment. An ecosystem approach is essentially an evolution of integrated coastal and ocean management, with a greater emphasis on ecosystem goals and objectives and their outcomes.
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Latin America and the Caribbean: Atlas of our Changing Environment
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Green Hills, Blue Cities: An Approach to Water Resources Management for African Cities
UNEP Year Book 2011: Emerging Issues in our Global Environment
The United Nations Environment Programme Year Book 2011 examines global emerging issues and highlights major environmental events and developments over the past year. It also presents the most recent data and indicator trends, providing the latest environmental science. The Year Book demonstrates that plastic debris in the ocean can transport toxic substances which may end up in the food chain, causing potential harm to the ecosystem and human health. It also explores the wider impact of the use of phosphorus in food production. In addition, it suggests that halting loss of forest biodiversity is essential if forests are to adapt to mounting pressures, including climate change and pest outbreaks. The Year Book shows how cutting edge science reveals new opportunities to mitigate climate change while improving air quality.
Publisher: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Publication Date: April 2011 ISBN: 9789280731019 Pages: 88 Price: $20.00
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World Youth Report: Youth and Climate Change
This Report is intended to highlight the important role young people play in addressing climate change, and to offer suggestions on how young people might be more effectively integrated as individuals and collective agents of change within the realm of climate change adaptation and mitigation. The Report is designed to assist youth and youth organizations in educating themselves and to become more actively involved in combating the threat of climate change. It is also meant to affirm the status of young people as key stakeholders in the fight against climate change. The publication comes at a time when efforts to address climate change are receiving unparalleled attention within the international arena, offering young people a unique opportunity for their voice to be heard in the debate.
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Evaluation of UNDP Contribution to Environmental Management for Poverty Reduction: The Poverty-Environment Nexus
The evaluation builds from the widely recognized assertion that poverty exacerbates environmental degradation and environmental damage reinforces poverty. The United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP's) success at integrating these two aspects of its core mandate is very important for its credibility. Evaluation findings suggest that while UNDP is highly aware of the importance for sustainable development of the poverty-environment nexus, the articulation of this awareness throughout the organization is uneven. There are institutional disincentives to integration, including UNDP’s organization into practice areas and its dependence on external funding. These internal challenges notwithstanding, UNDP is ideally situated to strengthen partnerships within the UN System to coordinate action on poverty alleviation and environmental protection.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: April 2011 ISBN: 9789211303032 Pages: 190 Price: $65.00
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Global Report on Human Settlements 2011: Cities and Climate Change
This publication reviews the linkages between urbanization and climate change, two of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century, and whose effects are converging in dangerous ways. It illustrates the significant contribution of urban areas to climate change while at the same time highlighting the potentially devastating effects of climate change on urban populations. It reviews policy responses, strategies and practices that are emerging in urban areas to mitigate and adapt to climate change, as well as their potential achievements and constraints. In conclusion, the Report argues that urban areas have a pivotal role in both climate change mitigation and adaptation and identifies strategies and approaches for strengthening this role.
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Environment & Urban Issues
Publisher: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Publication Date: April 2011 ISBN: 9781849713719 Pages: 304 Price: $56.00
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The increasing frequency and scale of disasters over the last decade pose mounting economic and humanitarian challenges and necessitate effective management of disaster risk as an integral part of development planning. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) plays a significant role in disaster management, helping to formulate and implement disaster reduction policies and support recovery activities in more than 50 countries. The evaluation notes uneven progress amongst the UNDP country offices in integrating disaster risk reduction with other UNDP priorities such as poverty reduction, governance and environmental protection. The Report emphasizes UNDP’s most important role to assist countries in the development dimensions of the issue, especially risk reduction and vulnerability. It recommends that the UNDP disaster risk reduction strategy be revised to more directly address adaptation to climate change.
Publisher: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Publication Date: March 2011 ISBN: 9789211263084 Pages: 120 Price: $18.00
The State of African Cities 2010: Governance, Inequality and Urban Land Markets
Marine Scientific Research: A Revised Guide to the Implementation of the Relevant Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
This Report goes above and beyond the first Report, which provided a general overview of housing and urban management issues in Africa. While examining poverty, slum incidence and governance, this Report sheds more light on inequity in African cities, and in this respect follows the main theme of the global State of the World’s Cities 2010 Report. Through an analytical survey of several African cities, the Report examines urban growth, social conditions in slums, environmental and energy issues and the role of urban land markets in accessing land and housing. This Report delves into the main urban challenges facing African cities, while provoking dialogue and discussion on the role of African cities in improving national, regional and local economies through sustainable and equitable development.
This publication includes, among other things, practical guidance on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Law of the Sea relating to marine scientific research based on the outcome of the meeting of the Group of Experts. The General Assembly of the United Nations has consistently highlighted the importance of marine science for eradicating poverty, contributing to food security, conserving the world's marine environment and resources, helping to understand, predict and respond to natural events and promoting the sustainable development of the oceans and seas.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: February 2011 ISBN: 9789211336955 Pages: 84 Price: $22.00
Publisher: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Publication Date: April 2011 ISBN: 9789211322910 Pages: 276 Price: $35.00
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Evaluation of UNDP Contribution to Disaster Prevention and Recovery
Climate Change and Global Sustainability: A Holistic Approach
Private Forest Ownership in Europe Geneva Timber and Forest Study Papers
Climate change owing to global warming is a paramount concern for society in the 21st century, and it is not an issue that can be solved by individual academic or scientific disciplines working in isolation. Because climate change involves a wide range of interlinked problems, solutions must be pursued in an interdisciplinary manner. This book adopts just such a holistic approach in examining various aspects of global warming, and offers readers a comprehensive overview of the problem.
More than half of Europe's forests, not including Russia and other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, are privately owned. Private owners play a key role in sustaining forest ecosystems, enhancing rural development and supplying resources to markets. This study paper presents the main findings from the national country Reports and draws conclusions on the state of private forestry in Europe in terms of ownership distribution, holding structure, socioeconomic findings and trends, with regard to restitution/privatization, changes of ownership patterns and association of private forest owners.
Publisher: United Nations University (UNU) Publication Date: March 2011 ISBN: 9789280811810 Pages: 336 Price: $35.00
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: February 2011 ISBN: 9789211170344 Pages: 116 Price: $25.00
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Designing Our Future: Local Perspectives on Bioproduction, Ecosystems and Humanity
Global Biodiversity Outlook 3
This third edition of Global Biodiversity Outlook, produced by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, presents some stark choices for human societies. On one hand it warns that the diversity of living things on the planet continues to be eroded as a result of human activities. The pressures driving the loss of biodiversity show few signs of easing, and in some cases are escalating. The consequences of current trends are much worse than previously thought, and place in doubt the continued provision of vital ecosystem services. On the other hand, the Outlook offers a message of hope. The options for addressing the crisis are wider than was apparent in earlier studies. Determined action to conserve biodiversity and use it sustainably will reap rich rewards. It will benefit people in many ways — through better health, greater food security and less poverty. Publisher: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
This volume focuses primarily on society at the local and regional levels and on a scenario in which human beings coexist harmoniously with nature. This ideal society is examined in terms of the relationships between villages or towns and their natural environment. It also looks at how these villages and towns can achieve local or regional independence in the face of pressures toward centralization and globalization. This book highlights the importance of developing a society in harmony with nature through the networking of diverse communities to promote and achieve local independence.
Publisher: United Nations University (UNU) Publication Date: March 2011 ISBN: 9789280811834 Pages: 504 Price: $39.00
Publication Date: February 2011 ISBN: 9789292252205 Pages: 94 Price: $40.00
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Environment & Urban Issues
Publisher: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Publication Date: March 2011 ISBN: 9789211263114 Pages: 112 Price: $18.00
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Sustainable Coastal Tourism: An Intergrated Planning and Management Approach
This handbook was conceived as a practical tool to be used by decision-makers and practitioners in both the tourism sector and Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM). It provides a kind of "two-way" scheme allowing for the integration of tourism strategic planning into the wider process of ICZM on one hand and, on the other, for the application of the ICZM approach in tourism development. The handbook has two main parts. Its main body tackles all important issues related to coastal tourism and its positive and negative impacts on natural environment and society, as well as various planning and management schemes for tourism, with particular reference to ICZM. Individual steps of the proposed process of strategic planning for coastal tourism, based on the concept of Carrying Capacity Assessment, are presented in an Annex with all the details indicating when, how and by whom to undertake these steps.
Publisher: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Publication Date: February 2011 ISBN: 9789280729665 Pages: 168 Price: $40.00
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World Economic Situation and Prospects 2012
This Report provides an overview of recent global economic performance and short-term prospects for the world economy and of some key global economic policy and development issues. One of its purposes is to serve as a point of reference for discussions on economic, social and related issues taking place in various United Nations entities during the year.
Publication Agency: United Nations Publication Date: January 2012 ISBN: 9789211091649 Pages: 200 Price: $30.00
The central theme of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), the "Earth Summit", of 1992 was AGENDA 21 — the action plan developed to lead environmental development into the 21st century with its goal of sustainable life on Earth. This landmark publication provides the complete final text of "Agenda 21", as well as the Rio Declaration and Forest Principles.
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Publisher: United Nations Reprint Date: January 2011 ISBN: 9789211005097 Pages: 300 Price: $25.00
The State of the World's Children 2012: Children in an Urban World
The world is undergoing the largest wave of urban growth in history: half of the world’s people — and half of the world’s children — live in cities today. Urbanization is linked with economic development. But while urban growth continues at great pace, adequate services and infrastructure do not automatically follow, with urgent implications for children. This publication explores the challenges to child rights in a rapidly urbanized world marked by economic uncertainty, unemployment, increased prevalence of conflict, humanitarian emergencies and climate change. It documents and examines existing knowledge and programmatic approaches to the multiple and complex realities of urban poverty and deprivation. It makes a call for areaspecific approaches, grounded in communities and in partnership with municipal authorities.
Environment & Urban Issues
Publisher: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Publication Date: January 2012 ISBN: 9789280645972 Pages: 160 Price: $25.00
Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment 2010: Analysis of Trends and Issues in the Financing of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
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This new Report focuses on the global trends in sustainable energy development, covering both the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors. It shows that in spite of the global economic downturn, investment in sustainable energy is still strong.
Publisher: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Publication Date: January 2011 ISBN: 9789280730852 Pages: 60 Price: $35.00
Human Development Report 2011
This Report examines the urgent global challenge of sustainable development, and its relationship to rising inequality within and among countries. It strives to identify polices that would make development both more sustainable and more equitable. The integral relationship between inequality and unsustainability is recognized. The inequitably apportioned control and consumption of natural resources is a key driver of global warming — and yet those who will suffer most from climate change are disproportionately those least responsible for environmental deterioration. The Report seeks to identify ways in which sustainability and equity can be jointly advanced. It examines long-term trends in inequality at national and global levels, and argues why it is essential to promote practices today that will both increase sustainability and reduce inequality for future generations.
Publisher: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Publication Date: November 2011 ISBN: 9780230363311 Pages: 180 Price: $43.00
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Economic and Social Studies
Agenda 21: Earth Summit - The United Nations Programme of Action from Rio
The Least Developed Countries Report 2011: Exploring the Role of South-South Cooperation and Integration for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development
In the light of the current economic difficulties facing traditional development partners and the nonsustainable and non-inclusive nature of performance of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) over the last decade, LDC governments need to fashion new development paths which tap into dynamic growth poles in the South. This Report explores the role of South-South cooperation and regional developmentalism, and finds that, in order to benefit from evolving South-South relations, LDCs need to transform into Catalytic Development States that are highly sensitive to LDC vulnerabilities and offer new policy agendas. This entails defining relations between LDCs and their Southern development partners to derive gains and minimize threats.
Publisher: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Publication Date: November 2011 ISBN: 9789211128352 Price: $50.00
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Illicit Financial Flows Resulting From Drug Trafficking and Other Transnational Organized Crime
The issue of illicit capital flows has emerged as one that is central to the mandate of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC): garnered through the proceeds of illicit trafficking and other forms of organized profit-motivated crime, dirty money promotes bribery and corruption and finances insurgency. It also destabilizes and deters legitimate enterprise, foreign investment and development. This Report provides an analytical overview of the nature of illicit financial flows, a case study of the transnational cocaine market, an overview of the socioeconomic impacts, as well as the existing international instruments to tackle this problem.
Publisher: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Publication Date: November 2011 ISBN: 9789211303117
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Multidimensional Poverty and Child Well-being in Wealthy Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Innocenti Research Centre (IRC) Report Card series provokes debate on child well-being in wealthy countries. It provides an important tool to address critical issues affecting child disadvantage in the industrialized world. Since 2000, the IRC has released nine issues of the series, each addressing different aspects of the living conditions of children and adolescents in economically advanced countries. All the Report Cards are built around a "league table", ranking countries according to their performance on a key child indicator or group of indicators. The tenth issue of the Report Card series (RC10) investigates poverty and vulnerability among children in rich countries using a perspective that goes beyond the traditional monetary approach and includes measures of multidimensional poverty. The research uses the most up-to-date data for the most economically advanced countries.
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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 and psychological well-being of people. Economic volatility and high uncertainty also tend to exert negative influence on productive investment, thereby hurting long-term development. This book sheds light on the causes of economic insecurity and how better functioning financial systems, more effective macroeconomic policies and extended micro-financing schemes could mitigate the degree of economic insecurity in developing countries and overcome many of its negative consequences.
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Public Works and Social Protection in Southern Africa: Do Public Works Work for the Poor?
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Publisher: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Publication Date: October 2011 ISBN: 9789211064483 Pages: 250 Price: $57.00
Publisher: United Nations University (UNU) Publication Date: October 2011 ISBN: 9789280812046 Pages: 304 Price: $35.00
Report on the World Social Situation 2011: The Global Social Crisis
This Report explores the social impact of the great recession and warns of the possibility of continuing global social crisis in the face of increasing fiscal consolidation and austerity measures, which threaten the sustainability of a recovery. The effects of the financial and economic crisis on social progress have been sharp, widespread, and deep. Given the fragility of the economic recovery and uneven progress in major economies, social conditions are expected to recover slowly. Increased poverty, hunger and unemployment due to the crisis will continue to affect billions of people in many developed and developing countries for years to come. Austerity measures in response to high government debt in some advanced economies are not only threatening public sector employment and social expenditure, but are also making the recovery more uncertain and fragile.
Industrial Development Report 2011: Industrial Energy Efficiency for Sustainable Wealth Creation - Capturing Environmental, Economic and Social Dividends
This Report demonstrates that a more sustainable energy future is within our reach, and that industrial energy efficiency is key. It shows how industrial energy efficiency can make a difference by providing a detailed comprehensive global assessment of potentials, technologies, economic benefits, as well as cost and barriers to be removed. It provides an overview of the policy instruments most useful for developing economies. This innovative work also reminds us that we must act now if we are to unlock the potential of current and emerging energy efficiency technologies. The opportunities are significant — by reducing energy inputs per unit of output we will benefit from improvements in standards of living while protecting the environment.
Public Works Programmes (PWPs) are widely implemented in developing countries, often with funding from major international donor agencies. They provide employment for the chronically poor while creating assets for the state, offering a welfare transfer which is also a tangible economic investment. This book critically explores the concept of the PWPs and questions their social protection performance in the context of chronic poverty. It reviews over 200 PWPs in eastern and southern Africa, using original research drawn from extensive field analysis, interviews and survey work, and examines case studies of six international PWPs — in India, Argentina, Ireland, Ethiopia, Indonesia and the USA. It is argued that the current PWPs approach may not look so attractive from the beneficiary's perspective.
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This Report, one of the few monitoring global trends related to information and communication technologies (ICTs) from a development perspective, is a valuable reference source for policymakers in developing countries. In the 2011 edition, special attention is given to the role of ICTs in accelerating private sector development (PSD) in developing countries. Many national and donor strategies related to PSD fail to take adequate account of the ICT potential, which has greatly expanded thanks to changes in the global ICT landscape. The Report identifies four facets of the ICT-PSD interface: 1) ICT infrastructure as a factor in the investment climate; 2) ICT use by the private sector; 3) the ICT sector as a part of the private sector; and 4) ICT use in interventions aimed at facilitating PSD.
Publisher: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Publication Date: October 2011 ISBN: 9789211128338 Pages: 150 Price: $60.00
Publishers: United Nations and Bloomsbury Academic Publication Date: November 2011 ISBN: 9781849665773 Pages: 256 Price: $38.00
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Information Economy Report 2011: ICTs as an Enabler for Private Sector Development
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Development Financing and Economic Insecurity
This Report surveys research and policy in the field of gender and economic development, with particular emphasis on economic literature and practice. It begins with a history of gender and economic development concepts, and includes a statistical overview of women and men in developing economies, covering data on employment, Millennium Development Goals, and composite indices of gender equality. It contrasts standard economic approaches to macroeconomy with one that reflects how meso-level institutions like markets or the public sector are themselves "bearers of gender", explicitly incorporating the production of human capabilities in the domestic sector.
Publisher: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Publication Date: October 2011 ISBN: 9789211323351 Pages: 166 Price: $10.00
Publishers: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) / Innocenti Research Centre (IRC) Publication Date: November 2011 ISBN: 9788889129654 Pages: 45 Price: $20.00
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Assessment of Development Results: Lao PDR
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 provides forward-looking recommendations that are useful for the formulation of the new UNDP country programme in Lao PDR.
Publisher: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789211263138 Pages: 106 Price: $18.00
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: October 2011 ISBN: 9789211303049 Pages: 100 Price: $25.00
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Agribusiness for Africa's Prosperity
In recent years, a renewed focus on agriculture has been evident in policy and development agendas for the African continent, yet little knowledge has been generated on the interlinkages of production, agroindustry and markets, as well as the potentials and challenges for developing these. This publication analyzes the challenges, the potential and opportunities of African agribusiness in the current period of dramatic changes in global agro-industrial markets, and builds a case for agribusiness development as a path to Africa's prosperity. Written by international experts, from agribusiness practitioners, to academic experts and UN technical agencies, this volume fills what the United Nations Industrial Development Organization perceived as a significant gap in knowledge concerning these issues.
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Assessment of Development Results: Ghana
This independent Assessment of Development Results in Ghana, 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 Ghana's development from 2002 to 2010 and provides forward-looking recommendations that are useful for the formulation of the new UNDP country programme in Ghana.
Publisher: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789211262834 Pages: 99 Price: $18.00
Publisher: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Publication Date: October 2011 ISBN: 9789211064469 Pages: 352 Price: $45.00
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MDG Gap Task Force Report 2011: The Global Partnership for Development - Time to Deliver
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789211012453 Pages: 70 Price: $15.00
In addition to addressing short-term risks, policymakers have to meet the challenge of rebalancing the region’s economies in favour of domestic and regional investment and consumption. While wide development gaps provide significant headroom for expanding domestic demand, deepening regional economic cooperation is also critical to sustain dynamism in coming years. Some of the areas needing policy attention are enhancement of connectivity between markets and peoples through improved transport linkages, regional institution-building, streamlined transport and trade facilitation and progress towards a regional energy framework. The region’s least developed countries have not been able to enjoy the emerging opportunities offered by expanding markets and strengthened connectivity owing to their lack of productive capacity. Besides putting in place a supportive national policy framework, they need to be assisted in building productive capacities by their development partners. The 2011 edition of the oldest and most comprehensive annual review of development in this vast and diverse region, the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific assesses the critical issues, policy challenges and risks that the region faces in coming months and outlines the elements of a policy agenda for sustaining dynamism and inclusive development for an Asia-Pacific century.
“The 2011 Survey ... aims to help ESCAP economies to implement policies that will protect their hard-won development gains and ensure that progress at the aggregate level translates into far more rapid improvements in the lives of the poor and vulnerable.”
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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 impact of the global crisis on meeting the targets set under MDG 8 and embedding any new commitments resulting from the High-level Plenary Meeting of the 65th session of the General Assembly on the MDGs into the monitoring process. Policy coherence is a central theme of the 2011 issue of the Report, which provides recommendations to all major stakeholders on how to address the remaining implementation gaps.
The economies of Asia and the Pacific recovered strongly in 2010 from the depths of the “Great Recession” of 2008/09 but they face fresh challenges in 2011. These include the return of food and fuel crises that are threatening hard-won development gains, sluggish recovery in the advanced economies, and a deluge of shortterm capital flows that in turn is leading to volatility in capital markets, the build-up of asset bubbles and the appreciation of exchange rates. Furthermore, the devastation wrought by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan provides another stark reminder of the region’s vulnerability to natural disasters. These challenges pose significant downside risks to an otherwise robust growth outlook as the region emerges as the growth pole of the global economy.
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Connectivity in the Region and Productive Capacity in Least Developed Countries
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Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2011: Sustaining Recovery and Dynamism for Inclusive Development - Connectivity in the Region and Productive Capacity in Least Developed Countries
This flagship publication of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is the oldest and most comprehensive annual review of economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific. It 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 productive capacities in the least developed countries. This 2011 Survey assesses the critical issues, policy challenges and risks that the region faces in coming months. It outlines the elements of a policy agenda for sustaining dynamism and inclusive development for an Asia-Pacific century.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: August 2011 ISBN: 9789211206227 Pages: 260 Price: $85.00
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Economic Report on Africa 2011: Governing Development in Africa - The Role of the State in Economic Transfomation
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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 a means to accelerate and sustain broad-based and shared high-employment-generating growth. This Report highlights that failure of earlier state-led and market-driven approaches to promoting economic transformation points to the need for fostering long-term investment, rapid and sustained economic growth, equity and social development within inclusive, transparent and comprehensive development frameworks.
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Towards Human Resilience: Sustaining MDG Progress in an Age of Economic Uncertainty The recent global economic crisis has reinforced concerns about the impact of financial and economic shocks on human development. The increasing frequency of such shocks raises questions about their systemic character and the ability of developing countries to withstand the negative impacts of economic uncertainty. Indeed, vulnerability to macro-level shocks has the potential of significantly slowing progress towards the Millennium Development Goals. This Report addresses essential questions about economic vulnerability and resilience. Most significantly, it explores how macro-economic crises affect vulnerable economies, what structural characteristics make economies susceptible to the harmful effects of such shocks, and what policies can help developing economies build resilience in the face of unpredictable economic change.
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," UN Secretary-General Ban Kimoon says in the 2011 edition of the Global Compact International Yearbook. This publication offers insights on political as well as sustainability issues. Exemplary entrepreneurial commitments can foster and create incentives for other companies. To guide companies along this road, they need a blueprint for corporate sustainability. This is the focal topic of the new Global Compact International Yearbook.
Publisher: United Nations Global Compact Office Publication Date: August 2011 ISBN: 9783981354010 Pages: 196 Price: $30.00
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789211251166 Pages: 250 Price: $40.00
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Global Compact International Yearbook 2011
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Safeguarding Food Security in Volatile Global Markets
This publication is very timely as world leaders deliberate the causes of the latest bouts of food price volatility and search for solutions that address the recent velocity of financial, economic, political, demographic, and climatic changes. As a collection compiled from a diverse group of economists, analysts, traders, institutions and policy formulators — comprising multiple methodologies and viewpoints — this book exposes the impact of volatility on global food security, with particular focus on the world's most vulnerable people.
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Publication Date: August 2011 ISBN: 9789251068038 Pages: 616 Price: $85.00
Publisher: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789211263336 Pages: 276 Price: $35.00
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Survey of Economic and Social Developments in Western Asia 2009-2010
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 negative economic and social consequences of the crisis on employment, poverty, health, education, gender equality and growth will be felt for some time. The 2011 revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and other countires are unprecedented in their dynamics. The consequences of these changes will only become apparent as events unfold. A new model of economic development in the region is emerging and it is critical that it responds to the aspirations of the people who have led these revolutions.
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The Impact of the Global Financial Crises on International Migration: Lessons Learned
The current global economic crisis is impacting migration patterns and processes around the world. A reduction in migration flows globally has been reported. Migrant workers are laid off, and while some return home, others stay. How to respond to these migration impacts poses challenges for policymakers in both countries of origin and destination. Against this background, this Report considers the lessons for migration policy to be learned from the major financial crises of the 20h century, namely the Great Depression (1930s), the oil crisis (1973), the Asian financial crisis (1997-1999), the financial crisis in Russia (1998), and the Latin American financial crisis (1998-2002). As the impact of previous crises on migrants and migration has been uneven and unequal across countries and regions, depending on a range of factors, this Report draws out the wider lessons for policy that can be learned from previous responses to economic crises.
Economic Development in Africa Report 2011: Fostering Industrial Development in Africa in the New Global Environment
This Report examines the status of industrial development in Africa with a focus on the identification of "stylized facts" associated with African manufacturing. It also provides an analysis of past attempts at promoting industrial development in the region and the lessons learned from these experiences. Furthermore, it offers policy recommendations on how to foster industrial development in Africa in the new global environment characterized by changing international trade rules, growing influence of industrial powers from the South, the internationalization of production, and increasing concerns about climate change. The Report argues that a new industrial policy is needed to induce structural transformation and engender development in African economies.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789211283440 Pages: 110 Price: $23.00
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Publishers: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) / United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Publicaton Date: August 2011 ISBN: 9789211128253 Pages: 124 Price: $30.00
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Establishing a Resource-circulating Society in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities
This publication addresses the issues associated with sustainable resource-circulating societies. It focuses on Asia, where both population growth and economic growth are increasingly prominent in the global context. The volume is divided into five chapters that cover topics related to technological or socioeconomic issues or a combination of both. It provides policymakers, business leaders, and experts in the field with comprehensive knowledge concerning future visions, initiatives, and practical applications in the promotion of a sustainable resource-circulating society in Asia.
Publisher: United Nations University (UNU) Publication Date: August 2011 ISBN: 9789280811827 Price: $37.00
Publisher: Internal Organization for Migration (IOM) Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789211036695 Pages: 48 Price: $16.00
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The Promise of Protection: Social Protection and Development in Asia and the Pacific
The present Report aims to contribute to the policy discourse on the direction and impact of social protection in Asia and the Pacific. While many countries of the region have some form of social protection in place, only a fraction of those who need assistance actually benefit. Still, these programmes can act as the building blocks for more comprehensive social protection systems which can meet the needs of so many more. It then promotes universal coverage as a way to most effectively and proactively impact on people's lives, and especially the most vulnerable groups in society. This Report also presents the political and economic case for social protection and the need to bring social protection into the mainstream of development policy formulation.
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Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: August 2011 ISBN: 9789211206234 Pages: 124 Price: $36.00
Securing Peace: State-building and Economic Development in Post-conflict Countries
Publication Date: June 2011 ISBN: 9789211217537 Pages: 160 Price: $20.00
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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 addresses the vulnerabilities and grievances that helped start the process. Usually, such societies do not have the luxury of meeting the goals of security, reconciliation and development in a measured or sequenced manner. To avoid an immediate return to violence they must begin the recovery process on all fronts simultaneously.
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The Millennium Development Goals Report 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 Report is based on a master set of data compiled by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG Indicators led by the Statistics Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Publisher: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Publication Date: June 2011 ISBN: 9780897149747 Pages: 112 Price: $17.50
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Fixing Haiti: MINUSTAH and Beyond
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 United Nations has been in Haiti through MINUSTAH in an ambitious attempt to help Haiti raise itself by its bootstraps. This effort has now acquired additional urgency. Is Haiti a failed state? Does it deserve a Marshall-planlike programme? What will it take to address the Haitian predicament? In this book, some of the world’s leading experts on Haiti examine the challenges faced by the first black republic, the tasks undertaken by the United Nations, and the new role of hemispheric players like Argentina, Brazil and Chile, as well as that of Canada, France and the United States.
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World Economic and Social Survey 2011: The Great Green Technological Transformation
This Survey explains why this revolution 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 their economies to beat destitution and create productive jobs. Avoiding the climate change tipping point will require fundamental shifts in existing technologies to transform manufacturing, agriculture, living arrangements and infrastructure and thereby reduce greenhouse gas emissions, make more efficient use of natural resources and derivatives, create less waste, preserve biodiversity and reduce social disparities. The Survey assesses options and policies to facilitate a new technological revolution, and the challenges societies face in making it consistent with the overarching objectives of sustainable development and poverty reduction.
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 and the benefits from FDI throughout the economy and in relation with the strategy sectors identified by the government. Publisher: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Men in Families and Family Policy in a Changing World
Despite an increasing worldwide focus on the role of men in families and burgeoning research documenting men’s contribution to gender equality, the importance of their engagement for work-family balance, and the numerous positive paternal contributions to children’s development, policy-makers have been slow to recognize the need for effective public policy that is supportive of men’s involvement in their families. This publication aims to promote the knowledge of trends affecting families and increase awareness of family issues. Addressing the evolving role of men in families, it outlines the need to develop social policies supporting these new roles for the benefit of families.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: May 2011 ISBN: 9789211303063 Pages: 208 Price: $40.00
Publisher: United Nations University (UNU) Publication Date: July 2011 ISBN: 9789280811971 Pages: 304 Price: $35.00
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Investment Policy Review: Guatemala
Publication Date: June 2011 ISBN: 9789211128161 Pages: 148 Price: $30.00
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: July 2011 ISBN: 9789211012446 Pages: 68 Price: $15.00
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State of the World Population 2010: From Conflict and Crisis to Renewal - Generations of Change In 2000, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1325, recognizing he vulnerability of
women and girls to violence during and after armed conflict, and the absence (or low level) of women’s representation in efforts to prevent war, build peace and restore devastated societies. This Report highlights how women in conflict and post-conflict situations — as well as in emergencies or protracted crises — are faring a decade later. It is constructed around interviews and reporting in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Haiti, Jordan, Liberia, the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, Timor-Leste and Uganda, which are rebuilding with limited resources. Some have experienced profound social changes as a result of war and displacement.
Publishers: United Nations and Bloomsbury Academic Publication Date: July 2011 ISBN: 9781849665407 Pages: 240 Price: $38.00
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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 2010 to create a less optimistic situation for the international economy, which, combined with diminished public spending efforts, suggest a decreased dynamism in the region. In effect, the external environment continues to affect the region’s economies. At the same time, the relative strength of emerging economies has led to an increase in the inflow of capital to the region. This situation brought currency appreciation. The challenge is to boost investments through increased national savings in order to better defend the exchange rate parities and contribute to the creation of a standard to support development in the region. Publisher: United Nations
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Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2010
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Poor Poverty: The Impoverishment of Analysis, Measurement and Policies
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 mainstream perspectives on poverty and deprivation have contributed to considerable distortion and misunderstanding and that is not unrelated to ineffectual policy perscriptions. In particular, it highlights the World Bank’s dollar-a-day measure of poverty and exposes the inadequacies of Bretton Woods-inspired poverty reduction programmes.
Publishers: United Nations and Bloomsbury Academic Publication Date: May 2011 ISBN: 9781849666183 Pages: 240 Price: $38.00
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: July 2011 ISBN: 9789211091632 Pages: 200 Price: $65.00
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Information and Societies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Development of Technologies and Technologies for Development
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Population and Development Report: Youth in Western Asia - Situation Analysis and Implications for Development Policies
This publication is one of a series of analytical Reports issued by the Population and Social Development Section of the Social Development Division at the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). It aims to deepen knowledge of the interrelation between population and development issues. The fourth edition of this Report is issued as one of the work programme activities of the Population and Social Development Section. These activities stress the importance to treat youth as a distinct sociodemographic group that needs to be targeted by specific national policies.
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 economic processes to enhance productivity as well as the quality of education and health care, and natural disaster management. Rapid evolution turned ICTs into a real solution for the development agenda. In the effort to use ICT efficiently for development, it is important to bear in mind that these technologies are not an end in thsemselves. Should ICTs be the essential element in the approach applied by information societies to development, or should the different aspects of development rather guide the way this technological revolution is harnessed?
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: March 2011 ISBN: 9789211283303 Pages: 48 Price: $20.00
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Dialogues at the Economic and Social Council: Achieving Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment and Strengthening Development Cooperation (CD-ROM)
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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 expansion of approximately 5.2 per cent. The factors behind a more positive performance are both external and internal in nature. Amongst the former can be included the continued dynamism of some key Asian economies, whose sustained demand for products from this region has created important conditions for a recovery in exports, especially in the case of South America.
This publication presents key debates that took place during the 2010 High-level Segment of the Economic and Social Council, at which ECOSOC organized its second biennial Development Cooperation Forum. The discussions also focused on the theme of the 2010 Annual Ministerial Review, “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to gender equality and the empowerment of women”. It contains keynote speeches, issue papers, roundtable summaries, National Voluntary Presentations, transcriptions of other dialogues and discussions, including a video of the United Nations television debate “Face-to-Face”.
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Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: April 2011 ISBN: 9789211303025 Pages: 280 Price: $32.00
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Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: March 2011 ISBN: 9789211217414 Pages: 128 Price: $75.00
Economic Insecurity and Development
Evaluation of UNDP Contribution to Strengthening National Capacities
As countries take ownership of the development agenda, enhancing sustained abilities for countries to do things for themselves takes centre stage as a critical element of development effectiveness. The United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP's) support to this nationally-driven process plays a critical role in enhancing its leadership role in capacity development. The model applied by UNDP is, however, largely a supply-driven model which is not bolstered by adequate organizational learning and incentive systems. The evaluation recommends that UNDP continue to enhance its lead role at the international level while developing and applying a model which is nationally driven, and seek to develop increased conceptual and managerial integration within the organization consistent with the objectives of the strategic plan. Of particular importance is rigour in engaging governments in all contexts in addressing the longer term requirements of capacity development.
A growing sense of increased economic insecurity has emerged worldwide. Though many parts of the world have seen increasing prosperity in recent decades, economic progress has been accompanied by highly volatile markets, rising inequality, greater job insecurity, and weakening or non-existent social protection. Concerns about income security have been compounded by new global threats like climate change and increasingly destructive natural disasters. The global financial crisis revealed the potentially devastating risks of inadequately regulated markets. Until recently, these heightened economic risks have often been met with the response that the forces behind them are autonomous and irresistible, beyond our collective political control. This book argues that such complacency is the wrong response to increasing levels of economic insecurity. Instead, it calls for more active and integrated policy responses.
Evaluation of UNDP Contribution at the Regional Level to Development and Corporate Results
World Economic Situation and Prospects 2011
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: February 2011 ISBN: 9788125037743 Pages: 256 Price: $35.00
Publisher: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Publication Date: March 2011 ISBN: 9789211263107 Pages: 128 Price: $18.00
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The Report highlights the continued challenge posed by high unemployment rates in many economies and outlines a number of risks and uncertainties for the economic outlook such as a premature withdrawal of policy stimulus, increased exchange rate volatility and a renewed widening of global imbalances. Against this background, several policy challenges are discussed in greater detail, including the optimal design of fiscal policies as well as the coordination between fiscal and monetary policies, the provision of sufficient support to developing countries in addressing the fallout from the crisis and the coordination of policy measures at the international level.
In an increasingly interconnected and interdependent world, regional cooperation has immense potential. Countries are collaborating more to address challenges that cannot be addressed individually and also to promote regional public goods. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), structured along regional lines with five regional bureaux, has supported regional cooperation through its regional programmes and engagement with regional bodies. The entirety of UNDP work and presence at the regional level has not been evaluated to date. As countries are seeking quicker support and concrete results, and nurturing new forms of partnership in development, UNDP’s significant investment at the regional level needs to be justified and built on lessons learned. Assessing the regional dimension of UNDP work and contribution is thus timely and critical.
Publisher: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Publication Date: March 2011 ISBN: 9789211263121 Pages: 100 Price: $18.00
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Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2009-2010: The Distributive Impact of Public Policies
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Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: April 2011 ISBN: 9789211217049 Pages: 356 Price: $20.00
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: January 2011 ISBN: 9789211091625 Pages: 200 Price: $30.00
Report of the International Narcotics Control Board on the Availability of Internationally Controlled Drugs: Ensuring Adequate Access for Medical and Scientific Purposes
The International Narcotics Control Board was invited by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in March 2010 to include in its Report for 2010 information on the availability of internationally controlled substances for medical requirements. In recognition of its importance, the Board decided to devote a supplement to its annual Report to this subject. This format allows the Board to provide adequate information on the present situation, globally and regionally, to highlight major impediments and to formulate recommendations to improve the availability of internationally controlled substances for medical and scientific purposes. A detailed analysis is contained in the Board's technical publications on narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.
Publisher: United Nations of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Publication Date: March 2011 ISBN: 9789211482607 Pages: 84 Price: $12.00
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Dignity and Justice for All of Us
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the first international agreement setting out freedoms, rights and entitlements for all humanity to claim. It emphasizes the inextricable relationship between fundamental freedoms and social justice, and their connection with peace and security. The General Assembly of the United Nations proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.
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Global Report on Trafficking in Persons
This Report will focus on patterns and flows of trafficking in persons at the national, regional and international levels. It will also share best practices and lessons learned from various initiatives and mechanisms, and give an overview of the international, national and United Nations System response to trafficking in persons.
International human rights law and international humanitarian law share the goal of preserving the dignity and humanity of all. Over the years, the General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights and, more recently, the Human Rights Council have considered that, in armed conflict, parties to the conflict have legally binding obligations concerning the rights of persons affected by the conflict. Although different in scope, international human rights law and international humanitarian law offer a series of protections to persons in situations of armed conflict, whether civilians, persons who are no longer participating directly in hostilities or active participants in the conflict. This publication provides a thorough legal analysis and guidance to State authorities, human rights and humanitarian actors and others on the application of international human rights law and international humanitarian law for the protection of persons.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: October 2011 ISBN: 9789211541915 Pages: 100 Price: $17.00
Publisher: United Nations ISBN: 9789211012293 Pages: 20 Price: $2.00 ISBN: 9789211012309 Set of 100 booklets Price: $150.00
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International Legal Protection of Human Rights in Armed Conflict
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Protection of Children from Violence, Sexual Abuse and Exploitation in the Online and Offline Environment
Publisher: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Publication Date: December 2012 ISBN: 9789211303094
Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9788889129814 Pages: 150 Price: $20.00
Human Rights
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Defying Victimhood: Women and Post-conflict Peacebuilding
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 architecture are excluded from efforts to heal the wounds of war and build a new society and a new state. The contributors to this book draw on comparative case and country studies from post-conflict contexts in different parts of world to offer their insights into frameworks for understanding women as both victims and peacebuilders, to trace the road that women take from victimhood to empowerment and to highlight the essential partnerships between women and children and how they contribute to peace. The authors examine the roles of women in political and security institutions.
Publisher: United Nations University (UNU) Publication Date: January 2012 ISBN: 9789280812015 Pages: 380 Price: $38.00
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Civil Society, Conflicts and the Politization of Human Rights
Civil Society, Conflicts and the Politicization of Human Rights
This publicaton explores violence, conflict and peace. It focuses on the non-governmental component in ethno-political conflicts. Civil society actors, or "conflict society organizations" (CoSOs), are increasingly central in view of the complexity of contemporary ethno-political conflicts CoSOs are key players in ethno-political conflicts. Nevertheless, the precise relationships underpinning the human rights-civil society-conflict nexus have not been fully examined. This volume analyzes the impact of civil society on ethno-political conflicts through their human rights-related activities, and identifies the means to strengthen the complementarity between civil society and international governmental actors in promoting peace. These aims are addressed in case studies on Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus, Turkey's Kurdish question, and Israel-Palestine.
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The spread and use of the Internet and other related information and communication technologies has increased exponentially in all parts of the world. This has largely been seen as beneficial for children for educational, informational, social and entertainment purposes. However, the Internet can also pose risks for children’s safety, personal development and well-being, and has led to them being bullied, sexually abused and exploited in both online and offline settings. In close collaboration with the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) in the United Kingdom, the United Nations Children's Fund and the Innocenti Research Centre initiated a project to link the evidence of children’s attitudes and online/offline behaviour, including the risks they face, to prevention and response systems that include legal frameworks, law enforcement and mechanisms to support the recovery of affected children. Publisher: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) / Innocenti Research Centre (IRC)
Publisher: United Nations University (UNU) Publication Date: August 2011 ISBN: 9789280811995 Pages: 260 Price: $36.00
EDITED BY RAFFAELE MARCHETTI AND NATHALIE TOCCI
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Women and the Right to Adequate Housing
Despite the right to adequate housing being recognized in international human rights law, over a billion people live in precarious conditions — many of them women. This publication aims to shed some light on the main underlying reasons for their plight and offer guidance on measures to prevent and eradicate discrimination against women with respect to housing rights. The first chapter describes the international legal and policy frameworks for the implementation of women’s right to adequate housing — human rights treaties, the principle of non-discrimination and the progressive realization of all rights. Chapter II outlines the main underlying causes — from discriminatory statutory laws to customary laws and practices, and lack of access to legal and other remedies. Finally, Chapter III elaborates on selected issues such as forced evictions, degraded living conditions, and cultural and religious recognition of women’s rights.
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Progress of the World’s Women 2011-2012: In Pursuit of Justice
In recent years, there have been impressive gains in reforming laws to recognize women’s rights. However, women continue to lack control over resources, access to services, voice in decision-making and protection from violence. The United Nations Women’s Report focuses on women’s access to justice. It identifies effective strategies employed by governments, civil society and multilateral organizations worldwide to expand women’s access to justice and rights.
Publisher: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UN Women) Publication Date: July 2011 ISBN: 9781936291335 Pages: 164 Price: $19.95
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: December 2011 ISBN: 9789211541922 Pages: 66 Price: $15.00
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Global Study on Human Rights Institutions for Children
Independent Human Rights Institutions for Children, referred to as "Ombuds for Children", have gained considerable importance in implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and as key contributors to policy processes for child rights. Ombuds for Children monitor the actions of governments and other actors that affect children, promote children’s rights, and facilitate dialogue between children and the State. Many countries established, or are setting up, such institutions. International networks exist to facilitate and support these efforts. This study examines independent institutions for children’s rights, with a view to informing decision-making. It analyzes their distinctive value in the realization of children’s rights, highlights practical considerations, and identifies conditions for their effective functioning. Publishers: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) / Innocenti Research Centre (IRC)
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Report Card 9 The Children Left Behind presents a first overview of inequalities in child well-being for 24 Member States of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The Report Card focuses on the relative gap between children in the bottom of the distribution with those occupying the median. Three dimensions of well-being are examined: material, education, and health. In each case, the questions asked are: how far behind children are being allowed to fall, and why some countries are doing so much better at protecting their most vulnerable children.
Publisher: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) / Innocenti Research Centre (IRC) Publication Date: February 2011 ISBN: 9788889129999 Pages: 36 Price: $20.00
Publication Date: November 2011 ISBN: 9788889129876 Pages: 200 Price: $25.00
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Regional Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment: East Africa
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This regional assessment is broadly focused on transnational organized crime (including drug trafficking) issues and the linkages with development, governance and security in East Africa. This Report is intended to provide a more comprehensive and nuanced picture of contraband flows, criminal markets and their political, social and economic impacts on the regions in question. It will be a means to convene strategic dialogue on emerging transnational organized crime threats, and the recommendation it yields will be built back into policy analysis and programme development throughout the United Nations System, including at the regional and country levels.
Reports of International Arbitral Awards, Vol. XXIX
The present volume consists of a collection of awards and similar decisions relating to a particular field of international law, namely the delimitation and demarcation of international boundaries. This volume contains awards handed down in 34 different dispute-settlement procedures over a period of more than 150 years, from the late 18th century to mid-20th century.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: December 2011 ISBN: 9789211337136 Price: $70.00
Publisher: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Publication Date: April 2012 ISBN: 9789211303179
Regional Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment: Central America and the Caribbean
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This regional assessment is broadly focused on transnational organized crime (including drug trafficking) issues and the linkages with development, governance and security in Central America and the Caribbean. This Report is intended to provide a more comprehensive and nuanced picture of contraband flows, criminal markets and their political, social and economic impacts on the regions in question. It will be a means to convene strategic dialogue on emerging transnational organized crime threats, and the recommendation it yields will be built back into policy analysis and programme development throughout the United Nations System, including at the regional and country levels.
Publisher: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Publication Date: February 2012 ISBN: 9789211303162
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Regional Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment: East Asia and the Pacific
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Publisher: United Nations University (UNU) Publication Date: December 2011 ISBN: 9789280812053 Pages: 460 Price: $42.00
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This regional assessment is broadly focused on transnational organized crime (including drug trafficking) issues and the linkages with development, governance and security in West Africa. This Report is intended to provide a more comprehensive and nuanced picture of contraband flows, criminal markets and their political, social and economic impacts on the regions in question. It will be a means to convene strategic dialogue on emerging transnational organized crime threats, and the recommendation it yields will be built back into policy analysis and programme development throughout the United Nations System, including at the regional and country levels.
Yearbook of the International Law Commission 2005, Vol. I
This volume contains the summary records of the meetings of the International Law Commission on its fifty-seventh session (2 May – 3 June and 11 July – 5 August 2005). The issues discussed at that session included: unilateral acts of states, diplomatic protection, state responsibility, reservations to treaties and international liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: October 2011 ISBN: 9789211337051 Pages: 372 Price: $75.00
Publisher: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Publication Date: December 2011 ISBN: 9789211303131
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Crime Victimization in Africa
The Report provides an overview of patterns and forms of crime victimization in Africa. On the basis of recent surveys conducted in 11 African countries, it explores the main forms of crime experienced by the population and existing relationships with social and economic development. It also provides a detailed analysis of criminal incidents and the factors that may make people more vulnerable to criminal victimization, and provides useful indications for better crime prevention and more effective law enforcement.
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Yearbook of the International Law Commission 2005, Vol. II Part 1
This volume contains the summary records of the meetings of the International Law Commission on its fifty-seventh session (2 May – 3 June and 11 July – 5 August 2005). The issues discussed at that session included: unilateral acts of states, diplomatic protection, state responsibility, reservations to treaties and international liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: November 2011 ISBN: 9789211337068 Pages: 552 Price: $90.00
Publisher: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Publication Date: December 2011 ISBN: 9789211303124
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Accountable Government in Africa: Perspectives from Public Law and Political Studies
This book brings together a number of leading experts in the fields of public law, political science and democratisation studies to identify ways of making African governments accountable and describe the extent to which these mechanisms work in practice. It presents new knowledge about legal and political developments in a number of African countries, relevant to the policy goal of developing and deepening democratic governance and accountable government on the continent. This book will be of interest to academics, students and practitioners in the fields of public law, public administration, political studies and African studies.
Publisher: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Publication Date: January 2012 ISBN: 9789211303148
Regional Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment: West Africa
Parliaments perform vital roles in a democracy. Their authority rests on their ability to represent and articulate the interests of citizens in ways that no other institution can. However, in a complex and fast-moving environment, many parliaments are having to change the way that they perform in order to retain their legitimacy and relevance. The Report seeks to provide an overarching analysis of the state of parliaments worldwide. The central theme of this Report is the changing relationship between parliaments and citizens. While emphasizing the diversity among parliaments, it looks in particular at reforms designed to enhance this relationship. This Report benefits from inputs from parliaments, parliamentarians, parliamentary development practitioners and academics. The annex contains key statistical data on parliaments.
Publishers: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) / Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Publication Date: December 2011 ISBN: 9789211263176 Pages: 120 Price: $25.00
This regional assessment is broadly focused on transnational organized crime (including drug trafficking) issues and the linkages with development, governance and security in East Asia and the Pacific. This Report is intended to provide a more comprehensive and nuanced picture of contraband flows, criminal mrkets and their political, social and economic impacts on the regions in question. It will be a means to convene strategic dialogue on emerging transnational organized crime threats, and the recommendation it yields will be built back into policy analysis and programme development throughout the United Nations System, including at the regional and country levels.
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Global Parliamentary Report: Parliaments in Synergy with Citizens and Society
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Yearbook of the International Law Commission 2005, Vol. II Part 2
This volume contains the summary records of the meetings of the International Law Commission on its fifty-seventh session (2 May – 3 June and 11 July – 5 August 2005). The issues discussed at that session included: unilateral acts of states, diplomatic protection, state responsibility, reservations to treaties and international liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law.
Forthcoming Vienna International Centre, PO Box 500, 1400 Vienna, Austria Tel: (+43-1) 26060-0, Fax: (+43-1) 26060-5866, www.unodc.org
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: December 2011 ISBN: 9789211337075 Pages: 246 Price: $50.00
Handbook on police accountability, oversight and integrity
The present Handbook describes an integrated approach to installing an effective police accountability system, including both preventive and corrective measures, and explains the role and functions of the different actors in this system. The Handbook is one of the practical tools developed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to support countries in the implementation of the rule of law and the development of criminal justice reform. It aims to assist countries in their efforts to develop effective systems of oversight and accountability within their law enforcement authorities and enhance police integrity. The issues addressed include enhancement of police integrity and the integrity of policing, dealing with complaints about policing (receipt, investigation and follow-up), setting policing priorities and encouraging policy input, and inviting external review, including from independent actors.
Publisher: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789211303070 Pages: 100 Price: $28.00
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Good Practices and Innovations in Public Governance 2003-2011
This publication provides an overview of 144 successful innovations in governance and public aministration from 50 countries that received the United Nations Public Service Awards, which is the most prestigious international recogition of excellence in public service. The purpose of this book is to disseminate, through descriptive case studies, information about innovative practices by looking at the problem that led to an innovation, at the solution that was designed and implemented to respond to the specific challenge, at the actors and steps involved in the innovation process, and lessons learned. Learning more about how public institutions from around the world have solved difficult governance challenges can be a powerful and inspirational tool for those engaged in improving public sector performance.
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Model Law against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition
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Model Law against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms
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Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: October 2011 ISBN: 9789211231885 Pages: 460 Price: $35.00
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Model Law against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, their Parts and Components and Ammunition
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Publisher: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789290685906 Pages: 290 Price: $60.00
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United Nations Juridical Yearbook 2010
This yearbook contains documentary texts of treaties and other materials concerning the legal status and activities of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations. It also presents the judicial decisions on questions related to the Organization. A bibliography on jurisprudence is included.
Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods: Model Regulations - Seventeenth Revised Edition
These recommendations have been developed in the light of technical progress, the advent of new substances and materials, exigencies of modern transport systems and, above all, the requirement to ensure the safety of people, property and the environment. This revised edition contains various new provisions concerning, inter alia, chemicals under pressure, electric double layer capacitors, mercury contained in manufactured articles, dangerous goods used as a coolant of conditioner, flexible bulk containers, salvage pressure receptacles, lithium batteries, dangerous goods packed in limited and minute quantities and packing instructions.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: August 2011 ISBN: 9789211391411 Pages: 820 Price: $155.00
Publisher: United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) Publication Date: October 2011 ISBN: 9789290452010 Pages: 152 Price: $20.00
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World Migration Report 2010: The Future of Migration - Building Capacities for Change
This Report focuses on the future of migration and the capacities that will be required by States, regional and international organizations, civil society and the private sector to manage migration successfully over the coming decades. Ten years ago there were 150 million migrants. Now, the number of migrants has grown to 214 million, and the figure could rise to 405 million by 2050, as a result of demographic disparities, environmental change, global political and economic dynamics, technological revolutions and social networks. This Report argues that it is essential for States to be able to develop the comprehensive knowledge and efficient, flexible institutions that they will need to promote and implement humane and orderly policies for the movement of people, now and in the future.
Publisher: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Publication Date: October 2011 ISBN: 9789211337129 Pages: 180 Price: $32.00
The world continues to wrestle with the dual nature of nuclear energy. The proliferation risks stemming from the spread of sensitive technologies point to the need for a multilateral approach to the nuclear fuel cycle. Taking the dangerous aspects of nuclear energy out of national hands and placing them in multilateral hands could strengthen the non-proliferation regime and provide states with secure and equitable access to the benefits of peaceful nuclear energy. This book presents two studies. The first provides a historical overview of the issue of multilateralization and discusses the present situation and future prospects. The second discusses prospects for regional approaches to the nuclear fuel cycle using Eastern and South-Eastern Asia as a case study.
No area of the world faces a greater challenge with regard to resource-related conflict than Central Africa. The violence and instability in the region has cost millions of lives, ranking among the most deadly in recent history. All those presently indicted by the International Criminal Court come from Central Africa, broadly defined, and more children are exploited in armed conflict in Central Africa than in any other part of the world. While the causes of the conflict are complex, there can be little doubt that resource theft and smuggling have enabled armed groups and have perpetuated an environment of lawlessness and impunity. This Report assesses the mechanics of how contraband and resource smuggling fuel conflict, prolong instability and retard development.
Publisher: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789211303087 Pages: 100 Price: $21.00
The Firearms Model Law has been developed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to assist States in implementing the provisions contained in the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. By distinguishing between mandatory and optional provisions, and suggested provisions stemming from other legal instruments, the Model Law offers flexible solutions adaptable to the needs of each State, whatever its legal tradition and social, economic, cultural and geographical conditions. The Model Law is a voluntary tool, which requires careful adaptation to the specific domestic legal systems in which it is supposed to operate.
Multilateralization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: A Long Road Ahead
Organized Crime and Instability in Central Africa
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Handbook on Police Accountability, Oversight and Integrity
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United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL): Yearbook 2007 (CD-ROM)
The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) is the core legal body of the United Nations system in the field of international trade law. It specializes in the modernization and harmonization of rules on international business. The Commission is composed of sixty Member States elected by the General Assembly. This Yearbook reproduces the substantive documents prepared each year for the Commission and its working groups. It also includes the annual Report of the Commission, meeting records, General Assembly resolutions and Sixth Committee reports related to UNCITRAL’s work, as well as a bibliography of recent scholarly writings examining the legal texts prepared by UNCITRAL.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: October 2011 ISBN: 9789211337112 Pages: 718 Price: $70.00
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: August 2011 ISBN: 9789211337105 Price: $80.00
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Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and their Precursors 2010
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Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and their Precursors Fabrication de stup茅fiants, de substances psychotropes et de leurs pr茅curseurs Fabricaci贸n de estupefacientes, de sustancias sicotr贸picas y de sus precursores
This publication lists national manufacturers authorized by governments to manufacture or convert specific narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, as well as manufacturers of precursor chemicals, on a country-by-country basis. Along with the name of manufacturers, readers will find contact details and the name of narcotic drugs and/or psychotropic substances each manufacturer is authorized to produce. An index in English, French and Spanish of all substances under international control reported to have been actually manufactured during the year appears at the end of the publication, indicating the country or countries in which manufacture took place and the manufacturers involved.
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UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions: Supplement on Security Rights in Intellectual Property
The overall objective of the Legislative Guide is to promote low-cost credit by enhancing the availability of secured credit. In line with this objective, this Supplement is intended to make credit more available and at a lower cost to intellectual property owners and other intellectual property rights holders, thus enhancing the value of intellectual property rights as security for credit. This Supplement, however, seeks to achieve that objective without interfering with fundamental policies of law relating to intellectual property.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: May 2011 ISBN: 9789211337082 Pages: 180 Price: $30.00
Publisher: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Publication Date: August 2011 ISBN: 9789210481458 Pages: 90 Price: $25.00
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SIGNI: Signs and Signals for Inland Waterways
Signs and Signals for Inland Waterways (SIGNI) establishes a harmonized signaling system, applicable to the inland waterways of international importance and coherent with the maritime buoyage system. SIGNI covers bouyage and marking of the waterways, marking of permanent structures, blockage of the waterways, waterway signs and marking for prohibited or resticted zones.
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Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: July 2011 ISBN: 9789211170481 Pages: 72 Price: $20.00
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Blood and Borders: The Responsibility to Protect and the Problem of the Kin-State
Inter-ethnic conflict and genocide have demonstrated the dangers of failing to protect people targeted by fellow citizens. When minority groups in one country are targeted for killings or ethnic cleansing based on their group identity, whose responsibility is it to protect them? In particular, are they owed any protective responsibility by their kin-state? How can cross-border kinship ties strengthen greater pannational identity across borders without challenging territorially defined national security? As shown by the Russia-Georgia conflict over South Ossetia, unilateral intervention by a kin-state can lead to conflict within and between states. The protection of national minorities should not be used as an excuse to violate state sovereignty and generate interstate conflict.
This 2010 review of latest developments in space science, technology, space applications, international collaboration and space law has the aim to inform a broad worldwide audience of recent advancements in the manifold field of outer space. This Report should significantly contribute to all the efforts undertaken by the United Nations family, in particular the Office for Outer Space Affairs, in attempting to disseminate information on space activities and on the benefits involved to all nations of the world.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: April 2011 ISBN: 9789211012361 Pages: 277 Price: $15.00
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Yearbook of the International Court of Justice 2006-2007
This is an annual record of the work of the Court spanning 1 August 2006 to 31 July 2007. It discusses cases before the Court pertaining to subjects such as territorial rights, law of the sea and treaty interpretation. A wide range of topics have been covered in the years and each issue contains a chapter describing the publications issued by the Court during that year.
Publisher: International Court of Justice (ICJ) Publication Date: April 2011 ISBN: 9789211700848 Pages: 380 Price: $35.00
Publisher: United Nations University (UNU) Publication Date: July 2011 ISBN: 9789280811964 Pages: 272 Price: $35.00
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Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS): Fourth Revised Edition
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The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) has been developed on the basis of a mandate given in "Agenda 21" by the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. The GHS addresses classification of chemicals by types of hazard and proposes harmonized hazard communication elements, including labels and safety data sheets. It aims at ensuring availability of information on physical hazards and toxicity from chemicals in order to enhance the protection of human health and the environment during the handling, transport and use of these chemicals. It provides a basis for harmonization of rules and regulations on chemicals at national, regional and global levels.
World E-Parliament Report 2010
The findings presented in this publication are based on the results of the Global Survey of information and communication techonologies (ICTs) in Parliaments conducted by the Global Centre for ICTs in Parliament between July and November 2009, to which 134 parliamentary assemblies responded. The rapid growth of ICTs is changing not only the economic, social and political landscape around the world, but also the environment within which parliaments operate. In both developed and developing countries, parliaments are exploring ways to use technology to strengthen democracy and encourage political participation. This Report evaluates the progress accomplished by parliaments in their efforts to use modern technologies to strengthen their institutional role. It provides a methodology that can serve as a tool for parliaments to improve their performance.
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Strengthening local governance with a view to promoting democratic representation, establishing entitlements, and improving the provision of goods and services can play a critical role in human development. For the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to play a more effective role in strengthening local governance reforms, the evaluation recommends that it should mainstream local governance into all programmatic focus areas by developing a coherent framework that is firmly grounded in the practice of human development. The evaluation also recommends that UNDP should strenghten its partnerships with its associated funds and programmes in order to enhance the effectiveness in local governance.
Cross-Border Governance in Asia: Regional Issues and Mechanisms
Rapid globalization has led to increased flows of capital, services, ideas, information and people between countries. Problems that face one nation often have a rippling impact throughout the region and globally. This growing list of cross-border challenges cannot be resolved by isolated policy action at the national or sub-national level. It is essential to forge cross-border strategic alliances and develop consolidated approaches through regional platforms for dialogue and mechanisms for action. This book discusses regional governance mechanisms and institutional arrangements to respond to emerging cross-border issues and trends in Asia and the Pacific.
Publisher: United Nations University (UNU) Publication Date: March 2011 ISBN: 9789280811933 Pages: 344 Price: $35.00
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: May 2011 ISBN: 9789211231878 Pages: 262 Price: $45.00
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Evaluation of UNDP Contribution to Strengthening Local Governance
Publisher: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Publication Date: March 2011 ISBN: 9789211263091 Pages: 92 Price: $18.00
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: June 2011 ISBN: 9789211170429 Pages: 568 Price: $115.00
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United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL): Yearbook 2006 (CD-ROM)
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The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) is the core legal body of the United Nations system in the field of international trade law. It specializes in the modernization and harmonization of rules on international business. The Commission is composed of sixty Member States elected by the General Assembly. This Yearbook reproduces the substantive documents prepared each year for the Commission and its working groups. It also includes the annual Report of the Commission, meeting records, General Assembly resolutions and Sixth Committee reports related to UNCITRAL’s work, as well as a bibliography of recent scholarly writings examining the legal texts prepared by UNCITRAL.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: March 2011 ISBN: 9789211337013 Price: $80.00
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Travaux Préparatoires of the Negotiations for the Elaboration of the United Nations Convention against Corruption
Development and Globalization: Facts and Figures 2012
This publication is meant to increase the analytical emphasis and to offer some explanation for new and emerging economic trends. This brief synopsis of data and information, illustrated by charts, graphs and tables with accompanying text, exemplifies the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's (UNCTAD's) independent research in the areas of its core mandate, namely the integrated treatment of trade, development and interrelated issues in the areas of finance, technology, investment and sustainable development, and its endeavours in the area of statistics. For each topic, a "Learn more" section highlights UNCTAD Secretariat activities and points to a selection of UNCTAD publications and reference documents offering detailed analysis of the issues discussed and means of accessing other relevant information.
Publishing Agency: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Publication Date: April 2012 ISBN: 9789211128376 Pages: 100
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Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: March 2011 ISBN: 9789211336962 Pages: 692 Price: $90.00
This volume contains a review of the main developments in the area of accounting and reporting and also the proceedings of the 27th session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD's) Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR), held in Geneva. The main agenda item of the 27th session of ISAR was a capacity-building framework for high-quality corporate reporting. The study was conducted by examining the corporate governance disclosure requirements of relevant laws and stock exchange listing rules, and comparing these with the ISAR benchmark of good practices identified in the 2006 UNCTAD publication Guidance on Good Practices in Corporate Governance Disclosure.
International Law/Governance
Publisher: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789211128314 Pages: 100 Price: $75.00
European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN) 2011 Including the Annexed Regulations, Applicable as from 1 January 2011
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This Report identifies the challenges and opportunities for trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific rgion and concludes that with the right policies and strengthened regional cooperation, the region will be able to continue strong trade- and investment-led growth. With the continued stalling of the Doha Round, regional trade agreements remain an important approach to controlling protectionism. A fresh look at negotiations of the rules under these agreements in order to make them perform their enabling role is recommended. The Report emphasizes that governments need to step up efforts to improve the environment for business and investment.
The European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN) agreed in Geneva on 26 May 2000 under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine (CCNR) entered into force on 28 February 2008. The Agreement currently has fourteen Contracting Parties. The Regulations annexed to the ADN contain provisions concerning dangerous substances and articles, provisions concerning their carriage in packages and in bulk on board inland navigation vessels approval, recognition of classification societies, monitoring, training and examination of experts.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789211206289 Pages: 212 Price: $55.00
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: February 2011 ISBN: 9789211391381 Pages: 1,000 Price: $150.00
United Nations Framework Classification for Fossil Energy and Mineral Reserves and Resources 2009
Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2011: Post-crisis Trade and Investment Opportunities for Asia and the Pacific
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This publication contains the official records of the negotiations for the elaboration of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 58/4 of 31 October 2003. It provides a comprehensive picture of the background to the Convention and gives the reader an understanding of the issues confronted by the Ad Hoc Committee and the solutions it found.
International Accounting and Reporting Issues: 2011 Review
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The United Nations Framework Classification for Fossil Energy and Mineral Reserves and Resources 2009 (UNFC-2009) is a universally applicable scheme for classifying/evaluating energy and mineral reserves and resources — it is the successor to UNFC-2004. Designed as an all-encompassing framework, it enables the incorporation and unification of existing national systems, while allowing their classification units and glossary to be retained. The principal objective of UNFC-2009 is to enhance international communication by providing a simple, user-friendly and uniform format for the reporting of energy reserves and resources, using market-based economic criteria.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: February 2011 ISBN: 9789211170337 Pages: 28 Price: $10.00
Trade and Human Development: A Practical Guide to Mainstreaming Trade
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. World trade expanded at an average annual rate of 16 per cent since 2003 before collapsing as a result of the global economic crisis in 2009. Despite the growth, the benefits of trade are unequally distributed both within and across countries. 40 per cent of world merchandise exports are accounted for by only three countries. On the other hand, the 48 least developed countries accounted for less than 1 percent of world exports in 2009. This publication discusses the dynamics of trade mainstreaming in developing countries drawing on the experience of 14 case studies. The objective is to look more closely at the context in which trade mainstreaming occurs, and to identify the common elements of success in mainstreaming trade in national development strategies.
Publisher: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789211263190 Pages: 100 Price: $19.95
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Trade and Development Report 2011
What lessons have policy makers drawn from the global financial and economic crisis to reform the international monetary and financial system and the design of macroeconomic policies? The enthusiasm about system reform and a reorientation of macroeconomic policies has not lasted. Reforms of financial regulations are progressing slowly and only at the national level, monetary system reform is limited. After an interlude that some considered as a return to Keynesianism, the orientation of macroeconomic policy, especially fiscal policy, is back to business as usual. This will hinder a sustained recovery of the world economy and open the door for new financial crises. Thus, the rethinking of policies and reshaping the financial and monetary system remain an urgent task. The Report makes concrete proposals on how, and in which priority areas, to advance with the strengthening regulation of the financial sector and commodity markets, reform of the international monetary system, and the reorientation of fiscal policy.
Publisher: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789211128222 Pages: 200 Price: $55.00
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World Investment Report 2011: Non-equity Modes of International Production and Development
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This Report is widely regarded as the most authoritative source of data and analysis on the activities of transnational corporations, national and international regulatory regimes, and their implications for development. The 2011 edition focuses on the strategic use of non-equity modalities (e.g. contract manufacturing, service outsourcing, licensing, franchising, etc.) by transnational corporations in their management of global value chains and international operations. Additional highlights include a discussion of the interplay between foreign direct investment and industrial policy, as well as an assessment of the origin, rise and global map of state-owned transnational corporations. It also contains a statistical annex with data on flows and stocks of foreign direct investment for 196 economies.
World Drug Report 2012
Many illicit drug markets have reached global dimensions and require control strategies on a comparable scale. In that context, there is a need to better understand these transnational markets and the manner in which they operate. This annual Report is a contribution towards that objective. It presents comprehensive information on the illicit drug situation and provides detailed estimates and trend analysis on production, trafficking and consumption in the opium/heroin, coca/cocaine, cannabis and amphetamine-type stimulants markets.
Publisher: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Publication Date: June 2012 ISBN: 9789211482676 Price: $70.00
Publisher: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Publication Date: August 2011 ISBN: 9789211128284 Pages: 250 Price: $95.00
Fighting Irrelevance: The Role of Regional Trade Agreements in International Production Networks in Asia
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The objective of this study is to explore the linkages between existing regional trade agreements and international production networks in the region. This book provides new evidence from selected sectors of certain Asian economies on the linkages between international production networks and regional trade agreements. The research project was part of the Phase II research program of the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT). The project focused on only three sectors in five Asian countries — automotive, textiles and clothing, and electronics — which have proven to be fruitful areas for the establishment of international production networks.
United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2009-2010
This Demographic Yearbook is the the sixty-first in a series published since 1948. Through the cooperation with the national statistical offices, official demographic statistics are compiled in the Yearbook, as available, for more than 230 countries and areas of the world. This edition of the Yearbook contains chapters on the population size and distribution, the population of capital cities, fertility, foetal mortality, infant and maternal mortality, general mortality, nuptiality and divorce.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: February 2012 ISBN: 9789210511049 Pages: 800 Price: $120.00
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: June 2011 ISBN: 9789211206203 Pages: 260 Price: $44.00
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Market Access, Transparency and Fairness in Global Trade: Export Impact for Good
This new Report concludes that "market access begins at home". It argues that further reducing barriers to trade between developing countries needs to be an essential part of the way forward. The report is the first of an annual series on market access issues and focuses on reducing global poverty by improving market entry and trade transparency for developing countries. In this Report, a new methodology was applied, offering more accurate estimates of global poverty distribution and the impact of export growth on poverty.
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The first of a new series, this Report sets benchmarks and provides forward-looking analysis of the 2015 targets set by the United Nations General Assembly in its 2011 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS. The UNAIDS Report asks "how will we get there?" and presents key data and illustrative figures covering the decade 2006 to 2015. An incisive narrative examines the new global targets in the Political Declaration and in the UNAIDS strategy on AIDS, and it reviews options and implications to stop the AIDS epidemic. Numerical targets are charted and their implications reviewed for each region.
Publisher: International Trade Centre (ITC) Publication Date: April 2011 ISBN: 9789291373871 Pages: 160 Price: $70.00
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The Financial and Economic Crisis of 2008-2009 and Developing Countries
This book examines how developing countries were affected by the global economic and financial crisis. It reflects on lessons learnt and on the policy agenda necessary for supporting such countries. Contributions fall into three categories: 1) general issues on the causes of the crisis and its transmission to the developing world; 2) country and regional case studies; and 3) policy recommendations. It is found that there is widespread awareness of a growing wedge between financial-sector growth and the real economy in many countries, which call for a rethinking of approaches to financial liberalization. Also, in the same way as the roles of business and the State need to be rebalanced at the national level, economic globalization requires enhanced global governance. Finally, the macroeconomic strategies of developing countries may need redirecting towards greater emphasis on employment creation and active domestic demand management.
Publisher: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Publication Date: November 2011 Pages: 36 Price: $30.00
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Review of Maritime Transport 2010
More than 80 per cent of international trade in goods is carried by sea, and an even higher percentage of developing-country trade is carried in ships. This annual publication is an important source of information on this vital sector. It closely monitors developments affecting world seaborne trade, freight rates, ports, surface transport, and logistics services, as well as trends in ship ownership and control and fleet age, tonnage supply, and productivity. The Review contains a chapter on legal and regulatory developments and each year includes a chapter highlighting a different region. In 2010, the focus is on Asia and the Pacific.
State of the World Population Report 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 large strides in health care that allow older people to live longer, more children to survive to adulthood and beyond, as well as policies and other initiatives that allow women to play a stronger role in society. This overview includes analysis of the latest demographic trends, such as the unprecedented "youth bulge", as well as projections and implications for the quality of life of women, men and young people. The Report will include original reporting from China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, India, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Publisher: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Publication Date: October 2011 ISBN: 9780897149907 Pages: 112 Price: $24.00
Publisher: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Publication Date: April 2011 ISBN: 9789211128185 Pages: 340 Price: $27.00
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UNAIDS World AIDS Day Report 2011: Harnessing Science to Reach the Targets of the 2011 Political Declaration
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Publisher: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Secretariat (UNCTAD) Publication Date: April 2011 ISBN: 9789211128109 Pages: 212 Price: $95.00
Global Report on Homicide
Due to its serious nature and recording by multiple data sources (police and public health), intentional homicide is widely accepted as one of the most accurate, reliable and comparable crime indicators for world crime trends and patterns. Using data from the United Nations Surveys on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS) and the latest "homicide statistics" dataset of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Report provides a global overview of levels and trends of intentional homicide and its relationship with, and impact on, human development. The Report also examines the links between homicide and forms of organized crime, including drug trafficking, as well as the use of firearms. It describes characteristics of homicide victims and perpetrators (including from the gender perspective) as well as detailed data on homicide location.
Publisher: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789211303100
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Amphetamines and Ecstasy: 2011 Global ATS Assessment
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This Report, which is produced in triennial intervals, provides an overview of the global manufacture, trade and use of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) and ecstasy, highlighting the nature of the ATS threat and the impact of ATS use on society. Sections show regional trends for Asia, Oceania, the Near and Middle East/South-West Asia, Europe, Africa, North America and Central and South America and the Caribbean. Focus is on countries and regions where available data suggest that the most significant changes have occurred over the past five years. Beyond this regional focus, the Report highlights manufacturing methods and trends in precursors. The constraints of ATS-related data gathering, the central role of qualitative information and forensic data to understand the range of products available in illicit ATS markets are also covered in the Report.
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Opportunity in Crisis: Preventing HIV from Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood
Today, around the world, there are 5 million young men and women living with HIV. This publication examines the state of the HIV epidemic among young people, highlighting the challenges they face and presenting solutions informed by evidence of what works with different age groups and in different epidemic settings. The Report outlines key steps towards building a continuum of HIV prevention that can help keep children HIV-free as they develop into young adults.
Publisher: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Publication Date: July 2011 ISBN: 9789280645866 Pages: 64 Price: $15.00
Publisher: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789211482652 Pages: 100 Price: $28.00
Opiates originating in Afghanistan threaten the health and well-being of people in many regions of the world. Their illicit trade also adversely impacts governance, security, stability and development — in Afghanistan, its neighbours, the broader region and beyond. This publication covers worldwide flows of Afghan opiates, as well as trafficking in precursor chemicals used to turn opium into heroin. By providing a better understanding of the global impact of Afghan opiates, this Report can help the international community identify vulnerabilities and possible countermeasures.
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Publisher: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789211482638 Pages: 280 Price: $70.00
Population Situation Analysis (PSA): A Conceptual and Methodological Guide
The Population Situation Analysis (PSA) provides the basis for an integrated appraisal of the population and reproductive health dynamics and their impacts on poverty, inequality and development. By integrating a micro- and macro-analytical approach, the PSA clarifies the interactions between individual behaviour and demographic dynamics. The PSA responds to demand by countries that international cooperation should promote national capacity-building and recognize national ownership and leadership as prerequisites for development, in accordance with the principles agreed at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the Millennium Declaration. This manual contributes to more efficient evidencebased programming, which relies on increased capacity for data generation and new databases.
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Publisher: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789291738953 Pages: 132 Price: $30.00
30: UNAIDS Outlook Report 2011
UNAIDS commemorates 30 years of the AIDS epidemic by publishing a compilation of 30 milestones, thoughts, images, words, artworks, breakthroughs, inspirations and ideas in response. The special edition of Outlook illustrates timelines on three issues that have shaped the AIDS response — the evolution of access to antiretroviral treatment, HIV/Tuberculosis and the use of condoms. It presents a range of posters from around the world that show the diverse visual strategies used over the years to communicate messages on AIDS awareness and safer sex. Two chapters in the book bring out the human face of the epidemic. Six activists who have lost their lives to AIDS are remembered through their writings, speeches and recollections by their friends. The book also presents an analysis of current HIV prevention approaches, human rights and AIDS, gender disparities, HIV data, resources available for the AIDS response and recent advancements in the field of science.
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HIV in Asia and the Pacific: Getting to Zero
This regional Report features an update on the regional epidemic and response and aims to provide perspectives on the situations, opportunities and challenges currently at play — to build understanding, inform discussion and inspire ongoing commitment for actions that will halt HIV and get Asia and the Pacific "to Zero".
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State of the World Population 2010: From Conflict and Crisis to Renewal - Generations of Change In 2000, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1325, recognizing the vulnerability of
women and girls to violence during and after armed conflict, and the absence (or low level) of women’s representation in efforts to prevent war, build peace and restore devastated societies. This Report highlights how women in conflict and post-conflict situations — as well as in emergencies or protracted crises — are faring a decade later. It is constructed around interviews and reporting in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Haiti, Jordan, Liberia, the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, Timor-Leste and Uganda, which are rebuilding with limited resources. Some have experienced profound social changes as a result of war and displacement.
Publisher: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Publication Date: June 2011 ISBN: 9780897149747 Pages: 112 Price: $17.50
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Publisher: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Publication Date: August 2011 ISBN: 9789291739035 Pages: 142 Price: $40.00
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Many illicit drug markets have reached global dimensions and require control strategies on a comparable scale. In that context, there is a need to better understand these transnational markets and the manner in which they operate. The annual Report, produced by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, is a contribution towards that objective. It provides an overview of the illicit drug situation worldwide and regionally, analytical discussions of the key transnational drug markets and statistical trends for all major drug categories.
Publisher: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Publication Date: June 2011 ISBN: 9789211482621 Pages: 268 Price: $70.00
Publisher: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789291738915 Pages: 232 Price: $50.00
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Public Health/Population
Publisher: United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) Publication Date: June 2011 ISBN: 9780897149884 Pages: 162 Price: $48.00
Public Health/Population
Global Afghan Opium Trade: A Threat Assessment
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World Fertility Report 2007 (Includes CD-ROM)
This second Report presents a compilation of key indicators of fertility, nuptiality, contraceptive use and population policies regarding childbearing for 192 countries. The data cover the extremes of a period, from the 1970s to the early years of the 21st century, of unprecedented changes in reproductive behaviour. A CD-ROM is included that contains a comprehensive set of indicators related to childbearing.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: March 2011 ISBN: 9789211514735 Pages: 88 Price: $26.00
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UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2012
This Handbook provides a comprehensive, reliable, coherent and comparable collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of international trade, investment and development, for individual countries and for economic and trade groupings. The publication presents consolidated reference statistics considered of particular importance for describing how developing countries have evolved in the context of globalization for the following subjects: international merchandise trade, export and import structure by products and by regions of origin and destination, and related concentration and diversification indices; volume and unit value indices of exports and imports, terms of trade and purchasing power indices of exports; international trade in services; commodity prices and relevant price indices; international financial data: current accounts.
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Publisher: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Publication Date: December 2012 ISBN: 9789211128369 Pages: 500 Price: $130.00
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National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables 2010 (Five-volume Set)
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Statistics
This Yearbook 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 United Nations agencies and other international, national and specialized institutions. The 54th edition contains data available to the Statistics Division as of 31 December 2010 and presents them in 70 tables on topics such as: agriculture, forestry and fishing; communication; development assistance; education; energy; environment; finance; gender; international tourism; labour force; manufacturing; national accounts; population; prices; science and technology; and transport. The number of years of data shown in the tables varies from one to ten, with most tables covering the period up to 2008 or 2009. Accompanying the tables are technical notes providing brief descriptions of major statistical concepts, definitions and classifications. Publisher: United Nations
International Merchandise Trade Statistics: Concepts and Definitions 2010
This edition provides a comprehensive methodological framework for collection and compilation of international merchandise trade statistics in all countries, irrespective of the level of development of their statistical system. The conceptual framework reflects both the multipurpose nature of these statistics and concern for availability of the adequate data sources and data compilation procedures. It is intended primarily for the producers of international trade statistics, particularly the staff of national statistical offices and/or customs involved in the collection and compilation of merchandise trade statistics, but may be also useful to researchers and other users interested in better understanding the nature of trade statistics.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: November 2011 ISBN: 9789211615418 Pages: 126 Price: $24.00
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Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services 2010
This Manual addresses the needs of a variety of producers and users of such statistics. While it is primarily a guide for statistical compilers, it is also a useful tool for governments and international organizations that use statistical information in connection with international negotiations on trade in services. Furthermore, it can help enterprises and others that need to monitor developments in international services markets. The annex presenting the nature and purpose of the Tourism Satellite Account has been updated.
Statistics
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: January 2012 ISBN: 9789211615555 Pages: 4250 Price: $350.00
Statistical Yearbook: Fifty-fourth Issue
The International Recommendations for Water Statistics (IRWS) were developed to assist countries establish and strengthen information system for water, which in turn support the design and evaluation of better water policies. In particular, these recommendations: a) support the collection, compilation and dissemination of internationally comparable water statistics in countries; b) support the implementation of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounts for Water (SEEA-Water); and c) provide the necessary information for deriving coherent and consistent indicators, enabling comparisons over time and between countries from an agreed list of data items. The IRWS consolidate the experiences and practices of countries and international organizations in water statistics. The United Nations Statistical Commission is the highest decision-making body for international statistical activities, especially the setting of statistical standards.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: November 2011 ISBN: 9789211615456 Pages: 226 Price: $49.00
The publication contains detailed official national accounts data for 198 countries or areas of the world for the years 1999 to 2010. It is a valuable source of information on the state and structure of economies worldwide. Each country chapter contains a write-up on the methodology and data sources which are used to compile the national accounts. A summary of the United Nations System of National Accounts conceptual framework, classifications and definitions is also included in the publication.
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International Recommendations for Water Statistics 2010
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: November 2011 ISBN: 9789211615425 Pages: 244 Price: $37.00
Publication Date: December 2011 ISBN: 9789210612845 Pages: 816 Price: $155.00
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Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook 2008
This publication provides statistics on the production of about 600 major industrial commodities. Data are provided for the ten-year period of 1999-2008 for approximately 200 countries and territories. The commodities have been selected on the basis of their importance in world production and trade. This edition is the fourth to provide data on the value of industrial production. The Yearbook is organized in two volumes: Volume I - Physical Quantity Data and Volume II - Monetary Value Data. The publication also contains correspondence tables that allow the user to link the information provided to other internationallyused product classifications.
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Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: December 2011 ISBN: 9789210613019 Price: $160.00
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UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2011 (Includes DVD)
This publication provides a comprehensive, reliable, coherent and comparable collection of reference statistics considered of particular importance for describing how developing countries have evolved in the context of globalization for the following subjects: international merchandise trade, export and import structure by products and by regions of origin and destination, and related concentration and diversification indices; volume and unit value indices of exports and imports, terms of trade and purchasing power; indices of exports; international trade in services; commodity prices and relevant price indices; international financial data; current accounts, capital and financial accounts, foreign direct investment, external indebtedness, workers’ remittances, and indicators of development like GDP and population and labour force.
Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2011
This Statistical Yearbook presents data for the 58 regional Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) member countries, as well as world, regional, sub-regional and economic aggregates for comparison. It offers current trends and emerging topics in the Asia-Pacific, grouped around the themes of people, the environment, the economy and connectivity. It provides the international and regional community with key indicators, objective analyses of the current trends and emerging issues, along with data and charts. In order to maximize the comparability, the Yearbook data is sourced exclusively from international agencies that adhere to the official global statistical standards.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789211206296 Pages: 240 Price: $90.00
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African Statistical Yearbook 2011
The African Statistical Yearbook aims to break with past practices, whereby each regional/subregional organization published their own statistical data on African countries. It is expected that the joint collection and sharing of data between regional institutions will promote a wider use of country data, reduce costs and significantly improve the quality of the data, leading to better monitoring of development initiatives on the continent. The data in this issue of the Yearbook are arranged generally for the years 2002 to 2010 or for the last eight years.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: August 2011 ISBN: 9789210251662 Pages: 344 Price: $55.00
Publisher: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Publication Date: December 2011 ISBN: 9789211128291 Pages: 556 Price: $130.00
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Energy Balances and Electricity Profiles 2008
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This Report contains energy balances for about 115 developing countries, showing energy production, trade, conversion and consumption for each fuel used in the country, as well as electricity profiles for about 190 countries, providing detailed information on production trade and consumption of electricity, net installed capacity and thermal power plant input for selected developing and developed countries. This. publication is bilingual (English and French) and is available in printed and electronic (PDF format) versions.
International Trade Statistics Yearbook 2009, Volume II: Trade by Commodity
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This second volume contains detailed tables showing international trade for individual commodities (3-digit SITC groups) in 2009 and eleven world trade tables covering trade values and indices with data up to 2009. Volume II has been compiled approximately six months after the submission of Volume I (in November 2010) as the preparation of these tables requires and benefits from the additional country data which, normally, become available later in the year. Volume II contains updated versions of the two world trade tables A and D published in Volume I.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: August 2011 ISBN: 9789210613002 Pages: 702 Price: $95.00
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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 trade, transport, communications, gender, education and environment, based on over 20 international statistical sources. The layout provides an easy-to-view comprehensive statistical profile of each country or area; and the notes on sources and definitions on indicators provide a valuable guide for further research. This issue of the World Statistics Pocketbook also shows comparative data for the years 2000, 2005 and 2009.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: June 2011 ISBN: 9789211615517 Pages: 252 Price: $17.00
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: August 2011 ISBN: 9789210612982 Pages: 634 Price: $130.00
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This publication is the fifty-second issue in a series of annual compilations of internationally comparable statistics summarizing world energy trends. Annual data for over 200 countries and areas for the period of 2005 to 2008 are presented on production, trade and consumption of energy, i.e. solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, as well as electricity. In addition, per capita consumption series are provided for all energy products. Graphs are included to illustrate historic trends and/or changes in composition of production and/or consumption of major energy products. Special tables of interest include international trade tables for coal, crude petroleum and natural gas by partner countries (providing information on direction of trade), selected series of statistics on renewables and wastes, refinery distillation capacity and a table on selected energy resources.
African Statistical Yearbook 2010
The joint African Statistical Yearbook aims to break with past practices, egional organization published their own statistical data on African countries. It is expected that the joint collection and sharing of data between regional institutions will promote a wider use of country data, reduce costs and significantly improve the quality of the data, leading to better monitoring of development initiatives on the continent. The data in this issue of the Yearbook cover the period from 2001 to 2009, or up until the last year for which data are available. There are two parts to this volume: a set of summary tables followed by a set of country profiles.
International Trade Statistics Yearbook 2009, Volume I: Trade by Country
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This first volume provides an overview of the international merchandise trade in 2009 and detailed information on the trade performance for numerous countries up to the year 2009. Overall, data for a total of 174 countries (or areas) are shown with the 2009 detailed data on imports and exports by commodity and trading partner provided for 88 countries (areas). This represents approximately 70 per cent of world trade of 2009. This volume has been compiled early in 2010 (in May 2010) to allow for an advanced release of an overview of international merchandise trade in 2009 and for a much earlier publication of the available 2009 country (area) data.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: June 2011 ISBN: 9789211615432 Pages: 424 Price: $115.00
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: August 2011 ISBN: 9789210251655 Pages: 398 Price: $55.00
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National Accounts Statistics 2008: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables. (Four-volume Set)
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The fiftieth issue of National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables shows detailed national accounts estimates for most of the world’s countries and areas for the reporting years 1995 to 2008. The national data for each country and area are presented in separate chapters using uniform table headings and classifications recommended in the United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA). A summary of the conceptual framework of the SNA and definitions of important terms are also included in this publication. Other statistical information covered includes gross domestic product, national income, savings, private and government consumption, and transactions of institutional sectors.
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 2009. The analysis covers the level of total and per capita gross domestic product, shares of gross domestic product by expenditure and by kind of activity, economic structures, economic development and price development, average growth of gross domestic product and components thereof, and implicit price deflators. The national data for each country and area are presented in separate chapters using uniform table headings and classifications recommended in the United Nations System of National Accounts 1993.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: April 2011 ISBN: 9789211615340 Pages: 3,788 Price: $250.00
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: July 2011 ISBN: 9789211615463 Pages: 3,930 Price: $300.00
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National Accounts Statistics: Analysis of Main Aggregates, 2009
The National Accounts Statistics: Analysis of Main Aggregates, 2009 is the 40th issue of this publication presenting a series of analytical national accounts tables for more than 200 countries and areas in the world. It has been prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division in cooperation with the national statistical offices. The publication presents, in the form of analytical tables, a summary of the principal national accounts aggregates as provided by countries and supplemented with estimates prepared by the Statistics Division. The tables of the publication include analysis of data on GDP by different structural components, for example, by type of expenditure, kind of economic activity, major area, region and country.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: July 2011 ISBN: 9789211615487 Pages: 270 Price: $80.00
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Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: April 2011 ISBN: 9789211170375 Pages: 160 Price: $27.00
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Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice
Beginning with "We the peoples of the United Nations...", this handy pocketbook contains all Articles of the Charter of the United Nations, as well as an introductory note that outlines past amendments. It also includes the Statute of the International Court of Justice, which forms an integral part of the UN Charter.
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A Young People’s Guide to the United Nations
This Guide is targeted at students in intermediary and secondary schools. It explains the UN Charter and the work of the United Nations, its structure and its family of specialized organizations. It illustrates with photos and stories from the field what the UN does for international peace and security, economic and social development, human rights, and humanitarian action. It also contains of definitions of keywords and elements of international law. Each chapter starts with a list of facts and statistics and ends with a series of trivia questions for a young audience. This publication is also designed to be used as a teacher's resource.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: November 2011 ISBN: 9789211012521 Pages: 100 Price: $15.00
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Basic Facts about the United Nations
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The Declaration on the Right to Development at 25
This book is devoted to the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development. It contains a collection of analytical studies of various aspects of the right to development, which include the rule of law and good governance, aid, trade, debt, technology transfer, intellectual property, access to medicines and climate change in the context of an enabling environment at the local, regional and international levels. It also explores the issues of poverty, women and indigenous peoples within the theme of social justice and equity. The book considers the strides that have been made over the years in measuring progress in implementing the right to development and possible ways forward to make the right to development a reality for all in an increasingly fragile, interdependent and ever-changing world.
National aid workers constitute the majority of aid staff in the field — upwards of 90 per cent for most international NGOs — and undertake the bulk of the work in assisting people in need. Although the statistics show that international (expatriate) aid workers have a higher per capita rate as victims of violent attacks, national staffers, because of their higher numbers and greater exposure in frontline field positions, comprise the vast majority of victims every year. Despite overall improvements in aid agencies’ security risk management, national aid workers perceive continued inequities in security support compared with their international counterparts. This Report highlights the issue of national staff's specific needs in terms of operational security, expanding on the findings of the recent study To Stay and Deliver: Good Practice for Humanitarians in Complex Security Environments.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: November 2011 ISBN: 9789211320329 Pages: 100 Price: $10.00
Publisher: United Nations ISBN: 9789211012354 Pages: 328 Price: $15.00
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Security for National Humanitarian Aid Workers
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Handbook on the Working Methods of the Security Council
This Handbook is designed both for insiders as well as the public at large. It contains an introduction which places the Security Council in the larger context of the United Nations and how it operates. It is followed by practical information of the Security Council agenda, briefings, meetings, programme of work, membership, etc., as well as by the articles of the UN Charter related to the work of the Security Council, its Provisional Rules of Procedure, and other documents. It also includes a glossary of terms related to the Security Council.
United Nations
This comprehensive handbook designed for the general public, sets forth the structure of the United Nations, how the Organization works and the main issues it deals with in their importance for people everywhere. Along with explaining the role played by its principal organs and the family of UN organizations, individual chapters explore UN contributions to international peace and security, economic and social development, human rights; humanitarian action, international law; and decolonization. A series of appendices documents UN membership, peacekeeping operations, budget, and contact information for UN information centres, services and offices. This new edition of the work has been substantially revised to take account of many significant developments that have taken place in the world and in the United Nations itself since the last edition of the book (previously titled The UN Today) in 2008.
Publishers: United Nations and the Permanent Mission of Japan to the UN Publication Date: October 2011 ISBN: 9789211370355 Pages: 110 Price: $12.00
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: March 2012 ISBN: 9789211541946 Price: $52.00
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State of the World's Volunteerism Report
In most societies, millions of people make significant contributions to economic and social development through voluntary action. The first State of the World's Volunteerism Report (SWVR) supports a better understanding of volunteerism by exhibiting its universality, scope and reach, and new trends in volunteerism in the 21st century. It examines the important contributions in diverse fields such as enhanced livelihoods, social inclusion, social cohesion, disaster risk reduction, governance and political participation. SWVR also provides an alternative vision towards a better society. This publication is expected to lead to enhanced recognition, facilitation, networking and promotion of volunteerism worldwide and to an increased recognition of United Nations Volunteers' critical role in peace and development as well as in norm-setting in the United Nations System.
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Good practice for humanitarians in complex security environments
The League of Nations: From Collective Security to Global Rearmament
In the wake of the First World War, at the Peace Conference at Versailles, US President Wilson called for the creation of a League of Nations for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small nations alike. For the first time, conflicts between nations were a matter of global concern. Numerous key areas — social, economic and statistics, health, labour — were dealt with either directly by the League or indirectly by its specialized agencies. The League’s lifetime (1919-1947) saw the creation of bodies that would be at the origin of the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the World Health Organization and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Their achievements were manifold and though some of them were "revived" as United Nations offices or specialized agencies after the Second World War, they were inherited from the League of Nations.
Providing humanitarian assistance amid conflict has always been a dangerous and difficult endeavour. However, over the past decade, violent attacks against aid workers — resulting in killing, kidnapping and serious injury — have tripled, reaching over 100 assaults per year. From 2005 onwards, the largest numbers of security incidents on humanitarian personnel have been concentrated in a limited number of countries representing the most difficult and volatile operating environments. Even as aid workers come under increasing attack, however, they find ways to continue delivering life-saving services and providing protection to people in need. This study documents, across different types of security contexts and risk patterns, a variety of good practices and innovative strategies that enabled humanitarians to maintain presence and ensure uninterrupted delivery of services.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789211320312 Pages: 100 Price: $15.00
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: December 2011 ISBN: 9789211012460 Pages: 160 Price: $25.00
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To Stay and Deliver: Good Practice for Humanitarians in Complex Security Environments
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TheYearbook has been a rich source of historical knowledge of developments, trends and achievements of multilateral disarmament for more than 30 years. In early spring of each year, Part I of the Yearbook is published containing an annual compilation of text and statistics of disarmament-related resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly. In early fall, Part II is published presenting the main topics of multilateral consideration during the year, along with a convenient issues-oriented timeline.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: April 2011 ISBN: 9789211422788 Pages: 236 Price: $45.00
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: December 2011 ISBN: 9789211012484 Pages: 130 Price: $22.00
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The Yearbook is a rich source of historical knowledge of developments, trends and achievements of multilateral disarmament for more than 30 years. In early spring of each year, Part I of the Yearbook is published containing an annual compilation of text and statistics of disarmament-related resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly. In early fall, Part II is published presenting the main topics of multilateral consideration during the year, along with a convenient issues-oriented timeline.
With its comprehensive coverage of political and security matters, human rights issues, economic and social questions, legal issues, and institutional, administrative and budgetary matters, this publication is the most authoritative reference work available on the activities and concerns of the Organization. Fully indexed, the Yearbook includes the texts of all major General Assembly, Security Council and Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions. This latest volume, the sixty-first, highlights the attention given by the United Nations in 2007 to conflicts in Afghanistan, Central Africa and in the Darfur region, as well as instability in the Middle East, along with the challenges posed by poverty, gender inequality, uneven development, climate change and terrorism.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: September 2011 ISBN: 9789211422795 Pages: 380 Price: $55.00
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: April 2011 ISBN: 9789211012262 Pages: 1,652 Price: $175.00
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Year in Review 2010: United Nations Peace Operations
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This Review is an annual publication providing an overview of the current United Nations peace operations worldwide, newest trends and developments in the area of peacekeeping, peacemaking and peacebuilding. It contains basic statistical facts and figures relating to UN peace presence in the field. The publication is produced by the Department of Public Information's Peace and Security Section, with contributions from the Departments of Peacekeeping Operations, of Field Support and of Political Affairs, as well as from UN peace missions.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: April 2011 ISBN: 9789211012385 Pages: 80 Price: $10.00
Publisher: United Nations University (UNU) Publication Date: August 2011 ISBN: 9789280811988 Pages: 304 Price: $24.00
Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council 1993-1995
IGF
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: May 2011 ISBN: 9789211370331 Price: $70.00
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The fourth Internet Governance Forum, held in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt from 15-18 November 2009, demonstrated the continuing evolution and refinement of this unique process of global multistakeholder dialogue. As in the previous year, the agenda featured opening events followed by main sessions on the management of critical Internet resources; security, openness, and privacy; and diversity and access. New to the agenda was an experimental main session on Internet governance in the light of the WSIS principles that assessed the application of those principles within global Internet governance arrangements. Rounding out the agenda were an emerging issues session on the impact of social networks; a special stock taking consultation on the desirability of the continuation of the forum; and a special host country honorary session on preparing the young generations in the digital age, which featured a keynote address by H.E Ms. Suzanne Mubarak, First Lady of Egypt. In addition, the meeting included 103 workshops, open forums, best practice forums, and dynamic coalition meetings that were self-organized by the some of the more than 1,800 participants from around the world. The objective of this volume is to present in an easily accessible format the richness of the dialogues at Sharm el Sheikh. It presents extended and edited extracts of the main sessions, as well as the reports on the workshops and other events that were submitted by their organizers. In addition, to help set the context, the volume includes a set of background papers by an internationally diverse set of expert participants that illuminate the IGF’s treatment to date of its main substantive themes, as well as its unique procedural dynamics. The volume is edited by William J. Drake, a Senior Associate of the Centre for International Governance at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.
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This publication serves as a guide to the proceedings of the Security Council. The current Supplement covers the years 1993-1995. It deals with a period when the Council’s practice, in response to changes and new challenges on the international scene, considerably expanded in scope in the areas of conflict prevention, peacekeeping and electoral assistance. This period also witnessed new dimensions in the Council’s interpretation of the Charter of the UN. The Repertoire is designed to assist government officials, practitioners on international law, academics and all those interested in the work of the UN to gain a better understanding of the framework within which it operates.
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Internet Governance: Creating Opportunities for All
The objective of this volume is to present in an easily accessible format the richness of the dialogues at Sharm el Sheikh. It presents extended and edited extracts of the main sessions, as well as the Reports on the workshops and other events that were submitted by their organizers. In addition, to help set the context, the volume includes a set of background papers by an internationally diverse set of expert participants that illuminate the Internet Governance Forum’s treatment to date of its main substantive themes, as well as its unique procedural dynamics.
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Knowledge is power. In the hands of the UN peacekeepers, it can be a power for peace. Lacking knowledge, peacekeepers often find themselves powerless in the field, unable to protect themselves and others. This book explains how technologies can increase the range, effectiveness and accuracy of UN observation. It also identifies potential problems and pitfalls with modern technologies and the challenges to incorporate them into the United Nations System. The few cases of technologies effectively harnessed in the field are examined and creative recommendations are offered to overcome the institutional inertia and widespread misunderstandings about how technology can complement human initiative in the quest for peace in war-torn lands.
Publishing Agency: United Nations Publication Date: March 2011 ISBN: 9789211046120 Pages: 554 Price: $52.00 EDITED BY WILLIAM J. DRAKE
The Fourth Internet Governance Forum Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt 15-18 November 2009
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Manual for UN Delegates: Conference Process, Procedure and Negotiation
Publisher: United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Publication Date: May 2011 ISBN: 9789211569582 Pages: 206 Price: $25.00
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Index to Proceedings of the Security Council 2009
This UN manual intends to help newcomers to conference diplomacy to overcome obstacles, familiarize themselves with conference processes and procedures, and become effective more quickly. It also aims to serve as a reference work for more experienced conference delegates. This book will deepen their understanding of both the rules and the dynamics of conferences, and help them take their skills to a higher level. Also, those who give instructions to conference delegates or are affected by conference outcomes can find support here to understand how conferences reach their outcomes. The manual is written from the perspective of practitioners and draws on the experience of conference diplomats from many nations, developed and developing. It also introduces the reader to widely used strategies and tactics, and gives tips as to practices which have proved effective over the years.
This series indexes meeting records by subject and by country, including names of speakers and voting records of Member States, reports, resolutions and documents of the Security Council.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: May 2010 ISBN: 9789211012200 Pages: 312 Price: $49.00
Permanent Missions to the United Nations, March 2011
The "Blue Book" lists the names, addresses and phone numbers of all representatives to the United Nations. This publication is written in conjunction with the United Nations Protocol and Liaison Service.
Publisher: United Nations Publication Date: May 2011 ISBN: 9789211012415 Pages: 388 Price: $35.00
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Economic Development in Africa Report 2011: Fostering Industrial Development in Africa in the New Global Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in National and International Policy Making. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Economic Insecurity and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2009-2010: The Distributive Impact of Public Policies . . . . . . . . . 17
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Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2011: Sustaining Recovery and Dynamism for Inclusive Development - Connectivity the Region and Productive Capacityin Least Developed Countries . . . . . . . . . 13 Economic Report on Africa 2011: Governing Development in Africa - The Role of the State in Economic Transfomation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Achieving Global Sustainability: Policy Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Enabling Shelter Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Accountable Government in Africa: Perspectives from Public Law and Political Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Energy Balances and Electricity Profiles 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Adapting for a Green Economy: Companies, Communities and Climate Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Energy Statistics Yearbook 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
African Statistical Yearbook 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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African Statistical Yearbook 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Establishing a Resource-Circulating Society in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Agenda 21: Earth Summit - The United Nations Programme of Action from Rio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN) 2011: Including the Annexed Regulations, Applicable as from 1 January 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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AIDS at 30: Nations at the Crossroads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Amphetamines and Ecstasy: 2011 Global ATS Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Asia-Pacific Population Journal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2011: Post-crisis Tradeand Investment Opportunities for Asia and the Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Assessment of Development Results: Ghana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Assessment of Development Results: Lao PDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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Basic Facts about the United Nations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Bioenergy and Water Nexus, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Blood and Borders: The Responsibility to Protect and the Problem of the Kin-State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 CEPAL Reviewl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Children Left Behind, The: A League Table of Inequality in Child Well-being in the World's Rich Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Evaluation of UNDP Contribution to Strengthening National Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Evaluation of UNDP Contribution to Environmental Management for Poverty Reduction: The Poverty-Environment Nexus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Evaluation of UNDP Contribution to Disaster Prevention and Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Evaluation of UNDP Contribution at the Regional Level to Development and Corporate Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Fighting Irrelevance: The Role of Regional Trade Agreements in International Production Networks in Asia. . . . . . . .
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Financial and Economic Crisis of 2008-2009 and Developing Countries, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Fixing Haiti: MINUSTAH and Beyond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Gender and Economic Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Global Afghan Opium Trade: A Threat Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction: Revealing Risk, Redefining Development . . . . . . . . . . 5 Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Global Compact International Yearbook 2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 24
Climate Change and Global Sustainability: A Holistic Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Global Parliamentary Report: Parliaments in Synergy with Citizens and Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Collection of Municipal Solid Waste in Developing Countries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Global Report on Homicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Crime victimization in Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Global Report on Human Settlements 2011: Cities and Climate Change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cross-Border Governance in Asia: Regional Issues and Mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Global Report on Trafficking in Persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Declaration on the Right to Development at 25, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Global Study on Human Rights Institutions for Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Decoupling Natural Resource Use and Environmental Impacts from Economic Growth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Global Trends in Sustainable Energy Investment 2010: Analysis of Trends and Issues in the Financing of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Civil Society, Conflicts and the Politicization of Human Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Defying Victimhood: Women and Post-conflict Peacebuilding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Designing Our Future: Local Perspectives on Bioproduction, Ecosystems and Humanity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Development Financing and Economic Insecurity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Development and Globalization: Facts and Figures 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Dialogues at the Economic and Social Council: Achieving Gender Equality, Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Empowerment and Strengthening Development Cooperation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Evaluation of UNDP Contribution to Strengthening Local Governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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Green Hills, Blue Cities: An Approach to Water Resources Management for African Cities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Good Practices and Innovations in Public Governance 2003-2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Handbook on Police Accountability, Oversight and Integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Handbook on the Working Methods of the Security Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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Highlights in Space 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Ecosystem Approaches to the Management of Ocean-Related Activities: Training Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
HIV in Asia and the Pacific: Getting to Zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Human Development Report 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Organized Crime and Instability in Central Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Illicit financial flows resulting from drug trafficking and other transnational organized crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Permanent Missions to the United Nations, March 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Impact of the Global Financial Crises on International Migration: Lessons Learned, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Poor Poverty: The Impoverishment of Analysis, Measurement and Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Index to Proceedings of the Security Council 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Population and Development Report: Youth in the ESCWA Region - Situation Analysis and Implications for Development Policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Population Situation Analysis (PSA): A Conceptual and Methodological Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Population and Vital Statistics Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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International Accounting and Reporting Issues: 2011 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
International Merchandise Trade Statistics: Concepts and Definitions 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Private Forest Ownership in Europe Geneva Timber and Forest Study Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
International Recommendations for Water Statistics 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Progress of the Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Women 2011-2012: In Pursuit of Justice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
International Trade Statistics Yearbook 2009, Volume II: Trade by Commodity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Promise of Protection: Social Protection and Development in Asia and the Pacific, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
International Trade Statistics Yearbook 2009, Volume I: Trade by Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Protection of Children from Violence, Sexual Abuse and Exploitation in the Online and Offline Environment. . . . . . . . 19
Information Economy Report 2011: ICTs as an Enabler for Private Sector Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Public Works and Social Protection in Southern Africa: Do Public Works Work for the Poor?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Information and Societies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Development of Technologies and Technologies for Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods: Model Regulations - Seventeenth Revised Edition . . . . . . . 23
International Trade Forum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Internet Governance: Creating Opportunity for All. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Investment Policy Review: Guatemala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Keeping Watch: Monitoring Technology and Innovation in UN Peace Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Regional Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessments: Central America and the Caribbean. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Regional Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessments: East Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Report on the World Social Situation 2011: The Global Social Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Latin America and the Caribbean: Atlas of our Changing Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Report of the International Narcotics Control Board on the Availability of Internationally Controlled Drugs: Ensuring Adequate Access for Medical and Scientific Purposes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Law of the Sea Bulletin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council 1993-1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Least Developed Countries Report 2011, The: Exploring the Role of South-South Cooperation and Integration for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Reports of International Arbitral Awards, Vol. XXIX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
League of Nations, The: from Collective Security to Global Rearmament. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Manual for UN Delegates: Conference Process, Procedure and Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and their Precursors 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Market Access, Transparency and Fairness in Global Trade: Export Impact for Good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Marine Scientific Research: A Revised Guide to the Implementation of the Relevant Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 MDG Gap Task Force Report 2011: The Global Partnership for Development - Time to Deliver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Men in Families and Family Policy in a Changing World. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Millennium Development Goals Report 2011, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Model Law against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, their Parts and Components and Ammunition . 22 Monthly Bulletin of Statistics (MBS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Multidimensional Poverty and Child Well-being in Wealthy Nations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Multilateralization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: A Long Road Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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National Accounts Statistics 2008: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables (Four-volume Set) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 National Accounts Statistics: Analysis of Main Aggregates, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 National Accounts Statistics 2009: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables (Five-volume Set) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables 2010 (Five-volume Set). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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International Legal Protection of Human Rights in Armed Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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