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Empowerment of women in poverty : report of ESCAP/Grameen Bank Regional Seminar, 7-9 July 1999, Dhaka
(United Nations, 2000-03)
<p>This report covers a regional overview of integrating gender concerns into macroeconomic and social policies, social mobilization for collective empowerment of women in extreme poverty, and effective empowerment mechanisma. ...
Quaternary stratigraphy of Asia and the Pacific IGCP 296 : ESCAP atlas of stratigraphy XIII, quaternary stratigraphy and paleonvironments of Australia, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Thailand and Viet Nam
(United Nations, 1993-03)
<p>This publication, fourth in a series devoted exclusively to the study of Quaternary stratigraphy in the Asia-Pacific region, contains a selection of papers presented at the third and fourth regional meetings of Project ...
Disability at a glance : a profile of 28 countries and areas in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 2006)
The "Disability at a Glance: a Profile of 28 Countries and Areas in Asia and the Pacific" is a compilation of disability-related data and information from the following 28 countries and areas: five from the East and ...
Good practices in information and communication technology policies in Asia and the Pacific : promotion of enabling policies and regulatory frameworks for information and communication technology development in the Asia-Pacific region
(United Nations, 2004)
Information and Communication Technology, or ICT, provides unique opportunities for economic
growth and human development. It offers a chance for developing countries to catch up with the developed
world in the new ...
Sustainable development of water resources in Asia and the Pacific : an overview
(United Nations, 1997)
<p>The main principle for the sustainable development of water resources is that the rate of extraction both from ground and surface water sources should not exceed the rate at which the resource is renewed and its extraction ...
Rural poverty alleviation through integrated pest management (IPM) and green farming
(United Nations, 2002)
The current status and future prospects of pesticides and chemical fertilizers utilization and its impacts on the environment and poverty alleviation in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Indonesia, Lao People's ...
Guidelines and practices in evaluation and development of industrial minerals and offshore aggregates in Asia
(United Nations, 2001)
This publication contains mainly papers presented at the Workshop on Industrial Minerals and Offshore Aggregates in Asia and the Pacific organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)from ...
An in-depth study of broadband infrastructure in the ASEAN region, August 2013
(UN.ESCAP, 2013)
<p>Between late 2012 and mid‐2013, Terabit Consulting performed a detailed analysis of the broadband infrastructure in the nine largest member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): Cambodia, ...
State trading in countries of Asia and the Far East region (report by the ECAFE secretariat)
(United Nations, 1964)
<p>State trading in the context of actual practices in the ECAFE region may be defined as direct participation by the government (or its agent) in foreign trade including those trading activities in which the government ...