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Food security in Southwest Pacific island countries : proceedings of a workshop held in Sydney, Australia, December 12-13, 2000
(CGPRT Centre, 2001)
<p>The research project “Food Security Strategies for Selected South Pacific Island Countries (SouthPIC)” started in July 1999 and was operationally completed in December 2000.</p>
<p>Although it was said that ...
Export competitiveness and sustained economic recovery
(United Nations, 2001)
This publication focuses on export competitiveness policy for sustained economic growth and recovery in the ESCAP region and reviews recent economic and trade developments. The impact of regionalism, multilateralism and ...
Working towards social integration in the ESCAP region
(United Nations, 2001)
<p>This paper discusses the issues, approaches and policy options towards social integration in the ESCAP region in the context of the Copenhagen Declaration and the Agenda for Action on Social Development in the ESCAP ...
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, ...
Living in Asian cities : the impending crisis - causes, consequences and alternatives for the future : report of the Second Asia-Pacific Urban Forum
(United Nations, 1996)
<p>The Second Asia-Pacific Urban Forum was held at Bangkok from 11 to 15 March 1996. It was organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in cooperation with The United Nations Centre for Human ...
Urbanization in Asia and the Pacific : proceedings of the ministerial conference on urbanization in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok 27 October to 2 November 1993
(United Nations, 1994)
<p>Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific adopted resolution 46/2 of 13 June 1990 on urbanization strategies in the ESCAP region — towards environmentally sound and sustainable development and ...
Incorporating sustainable development considerations into economic decision making : the case of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
(United Nations, 1996)
<p>This publication examines the situation in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu with regard to two specific areas of development: urbanization and energy requirements.</p>
<p>Chapter 1 deals with the process of urbanization, ...
Demand side management (DSM) in integrated resource planning (IRP) of the power sector : status and potential in Asian countries
(United Nations, 1996)
<p>The Programme for Asian Cooperation on Energy and the Environment (PACE-E), funded by UNDP, is an inter-country programme on energy which has been designed as a follow-up to its predecessor project, REDP or the Regional ...
Geology for land-use planning in tropical deltas : Greater Dhaka City (Keraniganj Upazila), Bangladesh
(United Nations, 1991)
<p>Presents geological data for land-use planning in a tropical delta, classifying the land into different geomorphic map units. The six geomorphic units are (1) channel deposit, (2) natural level deposit, (3) flood plain ...