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Policies and strategies for promoting the role of the private sector in industrial and technological development, including privatization in South Asian economies
(United Nations, 1996)
Highlights the importance of the private sector in industrial and technological development in South Asian economies after drawing experiences from other Asian countries; and elaborates deregulation, liberalization 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 ...
Improving the access of women to formal credit and financial institutions : windows of opportunity
(United Nations, 1995)
<p>The paper provides a regional overview of lessons from selected developing countries of the Asian and Pacific region where there has been extensive experience in poverty alleviation through credit programmes focusing ...
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 ...
Unveiling protectionism : regional responses to remaining barriers in the textiles and clothing trade
(United Nations, 2008)
<p>The collection of papers and country reports in this volume results from a project entitled “Weaving the Fabric of Regional Cooperation for Competitive Garment Exports: A Post-Quota Trading Environment (Phase ...
Mineral investment conditions in selected countries of the Asia-Pacific region
(United Nations, 1992)
<p>This study was prepared by the ESCAP/UNDP project Economic Restructuring and International Trade in the Mineral Commodities Sector (RAS/089/027) by a team from the Centre for Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy ofthe ...
Potential for pigeonpea in Thailand, Indonesia and Burma
(CGPRT Centre, 1988)
This report gives the results of surveys conducted in Thailand and Indonesia in July 4985 and Burma in January 1987 to investigate the potential for the production and use of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) in these countries.
The sediment problem
(United Nations, 1953-12)
<p>The various studies carried out by the Bureau of Flood Control and Water Resources Development of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East are being published as Flood Control Series. The first number of this ...
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, ...