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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. ...
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, ...
Women in Indonesia : a country profile
(United Nations, 1998)
Presents some descriptive information on women's role and status in Indonesia as well as statistical data. The aim is to propose additional measures to further enhance the participation of women in education, health, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Population and environment dynamics, poverty and qulaity of life in countries of the ESCAP region
(United Nations, 1997)
<p>The implementation, by ESCAP, of the regional project, entitled “Population and environment dynamics, poverty and quality of life in Asia and the Pacific: country case studies and regional synthesis”, was ...
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. ...