United Nations: 284 books

The 2013 edition of the Economic Report on Africa examines key constraints and opportunities for African countries to make the most of their commodities by adding value through linkage development. It then addresses how African countries can design and implement industrial and other development policies...

Across the world, forests, trees on farms, and agroforestry systems play a crucial role in the livelihoods of rural people by providing employment, energy, nutritious foods and a wide range of other goods and ecosystem services. They have tremendous potential to contribute to sustainable development...

This publication assesses long-term trends in Africas growth, analyses the factors behind the recent growth momentum, and provides global perspectives on the key challenges to be addressed, which are critical to unleashing the role of Africa as a global growth pole. The main aim of this publication is...

The Survey points out promising directions for reform, including strengthening government capacities for formulating and implementing national development strategies; doing more to ensure that official development assistance is aligned with national priorities; strengthening the international trade and...

To cast new light on social inequality, the 2012 edition of Social Panorama of Latin America is devoted mainly to aspects of caregiving on which systematized information for the region has not been available hitherto: paid employment in care-related activities, household expenditure on care, and the...

Nothing short of a technological revolution on the scale of the first industrial revolution will be required to meet the challenge of sustainable development. Enormous improvements in human welfare have taken place over the past two centuries, but at a lasting cost of degradation of our natural environment....

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are tools that can be used to bridge gaps and provide citizens with opportunities, such as broader access to quality health care. This book describes population trends that underscore the need to incorporate ICTs more decisively into health care in the...

In 2009, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean experienced the brunt of the global financial crisis on their levels of activity, so that the region experienced a decline of 1.9% of GDP. However, since the second half of the year, most countries in the region have begun a vigorous recovery...

The 2012 edition of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) report Preliminary Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean provides a summary analysis of economic trends in the region for that period. The report concludes with an account of the external environment and growth projections in 2013.

Since its inception, the Commission has been committed to devising a model for sustainable development over the medium and long terms. Recently, the basic tenets of the development model have been revisited in light of the current challenges of equality and sustainability, as set forth in the position...

The 2012 edition of the survey was prepared in a context of multiple challenges to achieving the goals of sustainable development and a rhetoric of change in favour of an open, responsive and collaborative government. The report examines the institutional framework for e-government and finds that the...

Significant gaps remain in delivering on the commitments in the areas of aid, trade, debt relief, access to new technologies and to affordable essential medicines. The MDG (Millennium Development Goals) Gap Task Force Report 2011 monitors the progress made in achieving the targets of MDG 8, including...

Implementation of these measures by all port States, using minimum standards agreed at global and regional levels, is of vital importance for the sustainability of the tuna and other fisheries resources occurring in all marine areas. The entry into force of the FAO Agreement on port State Measures...

n récent consensus a conduit à l’adoption d’un nouvel indicateur de diversité alimentaire, la Diversité alimentaire minimale-Femmes (Minimum Dietary Diversity-Women, ou MDD-W), pour remplacer le Score de diversité alimentaire des femmes (Women’s Dietary Diversity Score, ou WDDS). Cependant,...