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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. ...
Building e-community centres for rural development : report of the regional workshop, Bali, Indonesia, 8-14 December 2004
(United Nations, 2005)
During the last decade information and communications technology
(ICT) has experienced unprecedented growth, which has facilitated greater
flow of resources, including monetary capital, physical goods, human
resources, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Strengthening policies and programmes on social safety nets : issues, recommendations and selected studies
(United Nations, 2001)
<p>This publication presents case studies on social safety nets in Indonesia, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, and Thailand. It examines the programmes that focus on the poor and disadvantaged and vulnerable groups. ...
Protecting marginalized groups during economic downturns : lessons from the Asian experience
(United Nations, 2002)
This report evaluates the income/employment generating programmes to alleviate socio-economic impacts of the economic crisis in Indonesia, the Republic of Korea and Thailand. The social impact and the need to provide social ...