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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. ...
Organic agriculture and rural poverty alleviation : potential and best practices in Asia
(United Nations, 2002-10)
This publication presents a comprehensive global and regional overview study of the organic farming in Asia with country reports on China, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand. ...
Towards social security for the poor in the Asia-Pacific region
(United Nations, 1996)
<p>To assist the Asian and Pacific Governments in formulating such an overall policy framework, the secretariat undertook a two-year project on the enhancement of social security for the poor. The first part of the project ...
Women in China : a country profile
(United Nations, 1997)
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 ...
Economic reforms and rural poverty alleviation : an enquiry into the Asian experience
(United Nations, 1998)
<p>The impacts of economic reforms on rural poverty are still not adequately known. While the developing countries of the region have embarked on the reforms path to increase economic growth rates and integrate national ...
Levels and trends of fertility and their determinants for small geographic areas in the ESCAP region
(United Nations, 1997)
<p>Studies the dynamic of fertility change and its differentials in the light of changing socio-economic factors in nine participating countries. Participating countries analyse fertility correlates by carrying out ...
Social safety nets for women
(United Nations, 2003)
This publication examines the social protection systems and the crisis-designed social safety nets in China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Republic of Korea, and Thailand. An overview of the Asian economic crisis and its ...
Population policies and programmes : current status and future directions
(United Nations, 1987)
<p>ESCAP assist regional countries in reaching their population goals through advisory services, research, training, information sharing and other technical assistance. The Seminar on Population Policies for Top-level ...
Knowledge and attitudes of grassroots family planning workers about contraceptive methods - China
(United Nations, 1988)
<p>The aim of the project was to find ways of helping family planning organizations provide a more balanced mix of contraceptive methods. In this project, a sample of grassroots family planning workers in Heilongjiang ...