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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES
Human Development Report 2019
Beyond Income, Beyond Averages, Beyond Today - Inequalities in Human Development in the 21st Century United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Inequalities in human development are a roadblock to achieving the 2030 Agenda. They are not just about disparities in income and wealth. They cannot be accounted for simply by using summary measures of inequality that focus on a single dimension. And they will shape the prospects of people that may live to see the 22nd century. This report explores inequalities in human development by going beyond income, beyond averages and beyond today. It asks what forms of inequality matter and what drives them, recognizing that pernicious inequalities are generally better thought of as a symptom of broader problems in a society and economy.
Publication Date: December 2019 ISBN: 9789211264395 Pages: 366 Price: $35.00 A C E F P 8
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World Economic Situation and Prospects 2020
United Nations This is the United Nations’ definitive report on the state of the world economy, providing global and regional outlooks for 2020 and 2021. Produced by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the five United Nations regional commissions, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, with contributions from the UN World Tourism Organization and other intergovernmental agencies.
Publication Date: January 2020 ISBN: 9789211091816 Pages: 234 Price: $70.00 8 9 12
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World Social Report 2020
Inequality in a Rapidly Changing World United Nations This report examines the links between inequality and other major global trends (or megatrends), with a focus on technological change, climate change, urbanization and international migration. The analysis pays particular attention to poverty and labour market trends, as they mediate the distributional impacts of the major trends selected. It also provides policy recommendations to manage these megatrends in an equitable manner and considers the policy implications, so as to reduce inequalities and support their implementation.
Publication Date: February 2020 ISBN: 9789211303926 Pages: 216 Price: $50.00 10
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Foreign Direct Investment and Sustainable Development in International Investment Governance
United Nations Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a principal means of financing the 2030 Agenda. FDI’s potential contributions to sustainable development in Asia-Pacific can only be realized if the right conditions and policies are in place and if both the quantity and quality of FDI to, from, and within the region increase. This requires not only identifying and prioritizing FDI projects in key sustainable development sectors - such as renewable energy, education, health, water and sanitation, etc. - but also developing and operationalizing FDI policies and legal and regulatory frameworks at national and international levels that maximize the sustainable development potential of FDI in local economies.
Publication Date: February 2020 ISBN: 9789211208023 Pages: 132 Price: $30.00 9
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Social Panorama of Latin America 2019
United Nations Social Panorama of Latin America 2019 analyzes issues crucial to understanding and action given the structural challenges facing the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean in the current economic and social situation, especially in the context of the transformations underway in labour markets. Throughout the report, which has been published since 1991, strategies and policies are suggested for advancing toward inclusive development in accordance with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Publication Date: March 2020 ISBN: 9789211220308 Pages: 252 Price: $95.00 8
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Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2019
United Nations This publication, one of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean’s most important annual reports, analyzes in its last edition the economic performance of the region throughout the year, including the international context and macroeconomic policies implemented by the Commission’s Member States, while also providing an outlook for 2020.
Publication Date: March 2020 ISBN: 9789211220353 Pages: 150 Price: $55.00 E 8
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United Nations Coal production, transportation, storage and use account for roughly 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Methane, which is a potent greenhouse gas with a 100-year global warming potential 25 times that of carbon dioxide (CO2) and a 100-year global temperature potential 6-fold greater than CO2, once released from coal seams in which it is trapped creates a number of problems even after cessation of mining activities. Following mine closure, methane emissions decrease, but do not stop completely. This publication presents recommended principles and standards for effective methane recovery and use from abandoned coal mines.
Publication Date: March 2020 ISBN: 9789211172164 Pages: 80 Price: $45.00 7 9 13
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Arab Society: Demographic and Social Trends - Issue No. 14
United Nations This publication is the latest in a series published biennially by the Statistics Division of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) under the title Arab Society: Demographic and Social Trends. It presents a broad description of Arab society and the ways in which it is changing. It focuses on population dynamics, household composition, family formation, housing conditions, health, education, labour, poverty, inequality, and culture and social participation.
Publication Date: April 2020 ISBN: 9789211284119 Pages: 78 Price: $30.00 1 3 4
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United Nations The Satellite Account on Nonprofit and Related institutions and Volunteer work (NPI) brings various efforts together to offer comprehensive methodological guidance for creating a coherent satellite account on what we are calling the “third, or social economy, sector,” the “TSE sector” for short, embracing three components: (a) NPIs that are not controlled by government; (b) certain related institutions that are not controlled by government, including in-scope cooperatives, mutual societies, and social enterprises; and (c) volunteer work. TSE institutions and volunteer work attract policy interest because of their growing presence, their involvement in the solution of public problems, and contributions they are thought to make to the common good.
Publication Date: April 2020 ISBN: 9789211616439 Pages: 130 Price: $30.00 E
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES
Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2020
United Nations This report analyses trends as well as data availability for monitoring progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Asia and the Pacific and its five subregions. It assesses gaps which must be closed to achieve the goals by 2030. This assessment is designed to ensure the region’s actions remain on target, shortcomings are addressed as they arise, and all interested parties remain engaged. It is an invaluable resource for all stakeholders involved in prioritization, planning, implementation and follow-up of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific.
Publication Date: April 2020 ISBN: 9789211208078 Pages: 102 Price: $35.00
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Pathways to Sustainable Energy
Accelerating Energy Transition in the UNECE Region United Nations Energy underpins the development of economies and most of the goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda. The energy sector plays a critical role in finding solutions for both sustainable development and climate change mitigation. Since the universal agreement on the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including the goal on sustainable energy SDG 7 in 2015, countries have commenced with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. However, at this stage, there is a gap between the agreed energy and climate targets and the strategies and systems that are being put in place today to achieve them. Accelerated and more ambitious strategies and policies will be needed to fill the persistent gaps to achieve the 2030 Agenda.
Publication Date: April 2020 ISBN: 9789211172287 Pages: 64 Price: $45.00 7 9 13
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How Natural Gas Can Support the Uptake of Renewable Energy
United Nations There is a strong medium-to-long-term future for gas so long as it wholeheartedly embraces the energy transition and partners with renewables to produce carbon-free products, notably hydrogen, whilst embracing carbon capture and storage (CCS). Gas has several key advantages. It is highly flexible and can be used for heating, cooling, cooking, waste disposal and transportation as well as feedstock for chemicals, fertilisers and pharmaceutical products. Moreover, throughout most of the UNECE area there are already extensive distribution networks that enable gas to be transferred both across borders and within member states. These networks can be adapted to carry hydrogen either mixed in with natural gas or as self-contained systems. They can also be used to distribute CO2.
Publication Date: April 2020 ISBN: 9789211172294 Pages: 34 Price: $55.00 7 9 13
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Report of the Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development 2020
Financing for Sustainable Development Report United Nations The global economic recession and financial turmoil from COVID-19 are derailing implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Even before the pandemic, this report of the Inter-agency Task Force noted that there was backsliding in many areas. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, global financial markets have witnessed heavy losses and intense volatility. Particularly worrisome is the prospect of a new debt crisis. The report highlights both immediate and longer-term actions, including arresting the backslide, to respond to the global pandemic.
Publication Date: April 2020 ISBN: 9789211014228 Pages: 204 Price: $50.00
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Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2020
Towards Sustainable Economies United Nations Economic policymaking in Asia-Pacific developing countries has long been focused on maximising economic growth, given the imperatives of poverty reduction and job creation. There is no gainsaying that there is a strong case for focusing on economic growth but when this comes at costs that undermine the sustainability of growth itself over the long term, it is time to ask questions. This is evident in the region, where decades of high growth have transformed the socioeconomic landscape – lifting a billion people out of extreme poverty and raising living standards. However, such growth has been accompanied by growing inequality of income and opportunity and is beginning to endanger the well-being of future generations.
Publication Date: May 2020 ISBN: 9789211208139 Pages: 108 Price: $95.00 1 6 10
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United Nations E-Government Survey 2020
Digital Government in the Decade of Action for Sustainable Development (With addendum on COVID-19 Response) United Nations The Survey assesses global and regional e-government development through a comparative rating of national government portals relative to one another. It is designed to provide a snapshot of country trends and relative rankings of e-government development in the implementation of the SDGs. It presents trends and relative rankings of e-government development across 193 Member States through a quantitative composite index, the E-Government Development Index, with three separate components: the Online Service Index (OSI), Telecommunication Infrastructure Index, and Human Capital Index. It includes an addendum on COVID-19 (coronavirus) response.
Publication Date: July 2020 ISBN: 9789211232103 Pages: 360 Price: $70.00
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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES
Promoting Energy Efficiency Standards and Technologies to Enhance Energy Efficiency in Buildings
United Nations Considerable progress in energy efficiency in the building sector is reported in the majority of the UNECE Member States, and still reaching the potential often falls short due to flawed policy frameworks, and lack of public awareness on available modern technologies and education on long-term economic and social benefits of energy efficiency improvement. This publication is prepared in response to the outlined challenges and aims to elucidate the status of implementation of energy efficiency standards in buildings and deployment of appropriate technologies, and to identify good policy practices and replicable solutions. It also proposes a set of general recommendations and priority actions arising from the analysis.
Publication Date: July 2020 ISBN: 9789211172355 Pages: 76 Price: $45.00 7 11
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World Investment Report 2020
International Production Beyond the Pandemic United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) This report looks at the prospects for foreign direct investment and international production during and beyond the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. It not only projects the immediate impact of the crisis on investment flows, but also assesses how it could affect a long-term structural transformation of international production. It reviews the evolution of international production networks over the past three decades and examines the configuration of these networks today. It then projects likely course changes for the next decade due to the combined effects of the pandemic and pre-existing megatrends, including the new industrial revolution, the sustainability imperative and the retreat of laissez faire policies.
Publication Date: August 2020 ISBN: 9789211129854 Pages: 264 Price: $115.00 5 9 17
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The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020
United Nations This year marks the start of the Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. It is a critical period to advance a shared vision and accelerate responses to the world’s gravest challenges – from eliminating poverty and hunger to reversing climate change. Yet, in only a brief period of time, the precipitous spread of the novel coronavirus turned a public health emergency into one of the worst international crises of our lifetimes, changing the world as we know it. Now, due to COVID-19, an unprecedented health, economic and social crisis is threatening lives and livelihoods, making the achievement of Goals even more challenging.
Publication Date: August 2020 ISBN: 9789211014259 Pages: 64 Price: $25.00 A C E F R 10
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World Youth Report
Youth Social Entrepreneurship and the 2030 Agenda United Nations Young people hold the key to the world’s future. Their ambitions, goals and aspirations for peace, security, development and human rights are often in accord with those of society as a whole. The United Nations World Youth Report is published by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA). It outlines the keys issues and situations faced by young people across the globe.
Publication Date: August 2020 ISBN: 9789211304060 Pages: 146 Price: $55.00 4 8 10
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Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report 2020
Leveraging Ocean Resources for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States United Nations This publication discusses issues of interest for Asia-Pacific least developed countries (LDCs), landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) and small island developing States (SIDS), collectively referred to as countries with special needs. This edition, with its theme of “leveraging ocean resources for the sustainable development of small island developing States”, offers analytical studies and policy recommendations for the Pacific SIDS to well manage and take full advantage of their ocean resources such as coastal fisheries and marine-based tourism, for sustainable development.
Publication Date: September 2020 ISBN: 9789211208085 Pages: 94 Price: TBD 1 13 14
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Outward Foreign Direct Investment and Home Country Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific
Studies in Trade, Investment and Innovation No. 93 United Nations Asia and the Pacific has now become the largest source of foreign direct investment globally. This is due to the growing number of firms from AsiaPacific that have become active outward investors. The upsurge in outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) from the region raises several questions, including How can OFDI stimulate positive developmental outcomes in home countries? What types of activities yield the most significant sustainable development outcomes for home countries? This study focuses on exploring the potential of OFDI to stimulate sustainable development.
Publication Date: September 2020 ISBN: 9789211208115 Pages: 94 Price: TBD 9 10 12
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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES
Inclusive Business and Social Enterprises in South-East Asia
United Nations As awareness of Inclusive Business (IB) has increased, countries have sought to understand how IBs complement other efforts aimed at harnessing the potential of the private sector for development. Depending on the socioeconomic context of each country, the IB agenda has found synergies with the promotion of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and social enterprises (SEs), including measures to promote impact investment and corporate social responsibility (CSR). These synergies represent opportunities to enhance the promotion of IB by building on existing policy frameworks focusing on MSMEs, SEs and CSR. Leveraging the existing frameworks has allowed countries to move faster on the IB agenda. Governments can encourage the emergence, expansion and scale-up of IB models.
Publication Date: September 2020 ISBN: 9789211208047 Pages: TBD Price: TBD 9
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Economic Development in Africa Report 2020
Tackling Illicit Financial Flows for Sustainable Development in Africa United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) In the aftermath of COVID-19, African countries will need to intensify resource mobilization efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda. This report adopts a multidisciplinary methodology to tackle the relationship between illicit financial flows (IFFs) and the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. Its inclusive approach integrates a gender lens and gives voice to multiple vantage points, from civil society to firms doing business in Africa. Building on established measures of IFFs, it provides new insights on country estimates of export misinvoicing on the continent and highlights specific characteristics of mineral commodities. It also underlines some of the motivations and root causes of IFFs.
Publication Date: October 2020 ISBN: 9789211129823 Pages: 244 Price: $50.00
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Economic Report on Africa 2020
Innovative Financing for Private Sector Development in Africa United Nations The report examines the role of innovative finance for business sector development as a pathway to financing and achieving Africa’s sustainable development and Agenda 2063. It articulates how innovative sources of finance can be utilized to finance Africa’s business sector development, taking into account innovations in the financial services sector and financial technologies as one of the main mechanisms for transitioning African countries to inclusive economic growth and sustainable development. It provides strategic guidance to business sector decision makers and policy makers on critical regulations and measures needed to be deployed for the creation and use of innovative financing mechanisms.
Publication Date: October 2020 ISBN: 9789211251395 Pages: TBD Price: TBD 8 9
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Guidelines and Best Practices for MSME in Delivering Energy-efficient Products and in Providing Renewable Energy Equipment
United Nations The role of micro-, small and medium enterprises (MSME) in delivering energy-efficient products and in providing renewable energy equipment can become crucial in the post-COVID-19 recovery phase if they are provided with necessary incentives. This can be one of the ways to restart MSME or even create new ones when job opportunities are scarce. The study includes an analysis of the environment that MSMEs face as a result of COVID-19; best practices in the area of energy efficiency and renewable energy that show how MSME may respond; measures that MSME can undertake in delivering energy-efficient products, and recommendations on creating an environment for MSME to facilitate an economic recovery in line with the SDGs.
Publication Date: December 2020 ISBN: 9789211172553 Pages: 90 Price: TBD 7 8 9
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