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The information sector and urban poverty alleviation in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 1995)
<p>Urbanization is on the rise in most developing countries of the Economic and Social Commission forAsia and the Pacific (ESCAP) region, supported by both migration from rural to urban areas and natural population growth. ...
Benefits and challenges facing Asia-Pacific agricultural trading countries in the Post-Uruguay Round period
(United Nations, 1995)
<p>The publication focuses on the implications of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) of the Uruguay Round Agreements on Agriculture for major agricultural commodity countries of the ESCAP region. It examines ...
The changing role of the family as a social institution in development in the Asia and Pacific region
(United Nations, 1991)
<p>The family thus “reflects the influence of economic and social transformations as well as the immediate impacts of specific watershed events in history” (Dai Keijing 1990:174). For Asian and Pacific countries ...
Energy, environment and sustainable development III [energy infrastructure policies and issues]
(United Nations, 1999)
<p>Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) which addresses a selected theme of current interest to analysts, policy makers and planners in the energy sector.</p>
<p>This publication, No. 36 in the series, takes up the ...
State of urbanization in Asia and the Pacific 1993
(United Nations, 1993)
<p>The State of Urbanization in Asia and the Pacific was prepared by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) to serve as a basis for the discussions at the Ministerial Conference ...
Review of road safety in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 1999)
This publication, the final report of a series on road safety, reflects the road safety situation in the region at the end of 1994. The report, based on the analyses of the questionnaires and from other sources, outlines ...
A pilot study on the alleviation of poverty in remote communities in Indonesia
(United Nations, 1999)
The pilot study on strategies to mitigate the effects of physical isolation on remote island communities. Indonesia was chosen as the location for the pilot study. Adequate transport improves living standards through access ...
Bali declaration on population and sustainable development
(United Nations, 1992)
The Fourth Asian and Pacific Population Conference, which was held in Bali, Indonesia, in 1992, highlighted the inextricable link between population dynamics and sustainable development; it demonstrated that population ...