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Overcoming institutional constraints to implementing macroeconomic policies
(United Nations, 1997)
<p>During 1996 and 1997 the ESCAP secretariat implemented a project aimed at assisting the least developed countries in institutional development of macroeconomic policy management and coordination. The project sought to ...
Role of the informal service sector in urban poverty alleviation
(United Nations, 1996)
<p>ESCAP implemented a project on the “Role of the informal service sector in poverty alleviation”, with generous financial support from the Government of Netherlands. The project focused on petty trading, ...
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. ...
Gender assessment of selected e-business and strategies in Asia : the case studies of Malaysia, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea and Thailand
(United Nations, 2007-02)
<p>The study takes into consideration the level of infrastructure development and ICT penetration, the level of recognition of gender issues in general and in relation to ICT in particular, and the level of readiness and ...
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 ...
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 ...
People's participation for community development : six innovative approaches submitted for the 1996 ESCAP HRD award
(United Nations, 1998)
The present publication features case studies of six innovative human resources development (HRD) approaches to community development from the Asian and Pacific region. These case studies were drawn from the shortlisted ...
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 ...
Trends, patterns, and implications of rural-urban migration in India, Nepal, and Thailand
(United Nations, 1995)
<p>The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), at its forty-seventh session, in 1991, observed that “migration from rural to urban areas continued at a rapid pace in many countries of the ...